If someone is autogynephilic isn't it best for them to confront that fact directly, work through the initial feelings of shame, and integrate that knowledge so that they emerge on the other side with increased self-awareness and acceptance of who they truly are? 1/

Isn't that ultimately the path that contains less pain and confusion? I see most AGP trans as unwilling to accept the best model for making sense of their motivations and in doing so they believe they are *literally* female and they experience pain when reminded of being male. 2/

Why not just accept that you were born with a quirky kind of male heterosexuality that makes you long to be a woman? It doesn't innately harm anyone else, and being honest about it makes you less likely to exhibit toxic behaviors. 3/

It took me a few months to work through the initial difficult feelings surrounding being autogynephilic, most of which were in the shame spectrum. But now, I've accepted it, can have a sense of humor about it, and can avoid being uptight about being trans. 4/

I think that it's better to confront the truth about one's sexual orientation directly, rather than building a web of mollifying lies in an effort to avoid grappling with the difficult feelings initially experienced when presented with the concept of autogynephilia. 5/