Gay and Transgender Representation - which was better?

Another tourist that doesn't understand the difference between trans and crossdresser.

@BigBoyAdvance ooh, interesting point! so, are you familiar with japanese culture enough to say that they were crossdressers and not trans women? Coz as far as I am aware, such a grouping of people in the UK would either be trans women, or at very least a mix of trans women and crossdressers, at least as far as I'm aware... but that's the limit of my knowledge. I guess idk what gatherings of crossdressers specifically are like.

Do you have deeper insight u can provide? I'd 100% value it!

@herbeey Did you watch the anime? Those characters were complaining about having a dick between their legs and they looked like 100% natural men, not like men who took HRT to look like women. So yes, they were crossdressers, not trans. Being trans requires advanced modifications to your body via HRT and/or surgery.

@BigBoyAdvance um, ok, now you're the one sounding like a tourist. Either that or truscum...

I'm a trans women and know many trans women and access to medical intervention is limited to the rich and the very lucky. HRT is easier to get access to, but in Scotland at least, I reckon trying to get it now would probably take upwards of 10 years. Also dysphoria is not a prerequisite of being trans. Again, I don't know much about the context of Japan, but I would imagine access to HRT and gender confirming surgery to be pretty limited.

My context is the UK, so, like, my perspective is limited...

All the same, trans women don't become trans women when they begin HRT or get bottom surgery. They are valid women before that ever happens. Given the living situation of these crossdressers or trans women or whatever they be... I would wager that they are very poor. So I would guess that their access to HRT and/or surgery to be impossible. Crossdressers to an extent can go home and be normal cis people, whereas for trans women, it is not a costume they put on. Which I reckon aligns more with what we see in the show.

Like, are you saying i'm not a trans women because I complain about having a dick between my legs? coz I've been trying for years to change that but I'm not rich enough to make it happen, and even before I was trying to do that, I was still a valid trans woman.

Are you still truly convinced these can't be trans women, coz what you've said so far seems entirely unconvincing to me. Like, are you a trans woman or crossdresser? I'm not really sure where you're coming from when you call me a tourist?