Sicstories

If there was ever a strong sign that I was transgender in my youth, it was my extremely early fascination with topics that would come to be identified as fetishistic. I was deeply fascinated with transformation and change in cartoons even as a very young child, and immediately upon reaching puberty I found I was attracted to larger figures. This led me to the early weight gain art communities present in the late 90’s and early 00’s.

While it is still unclear what directly causes paraphilias, without condoning an overemphasis on biological factors, queerness and sexuality both have neurological roots. There is now excellent neurological research underpinning being transgender that confirms that indeed, the brain can code for gender in a way that runs counter to assigned sex at birth. It is certainly no mere fantasy made up by ‘unstable’ people as detractors try to make it sound.

https://youtu.be/8QScpDGqwsQ?si=xvFZaagY-dCe8heN

There is some small evidence the same for sexual kinks. To quote wikipedia’s article on Paraphilias:

A 2008 study analyzing the sexual fantasies of 200 heterosexual men by using the Wilson Sex Fantasy Questionnaire exam determined that males with a pronounced degree of fetish interest had a greater number of older brothers, a high 2D:4D digit ratio (which would indicate excessive prenatal estrogen exposure), and an elevated probability of being left-handed, suggesting that “disturbed” hemispheric brain lateralization may play a role in paraphilic attractions.

It’s no surprise that ‘deviant’ sexuality and queerness are both common scapegoats for far right wing ideologies, as if departing from a norm carries with it ontological evil. To persecute one, you must also persecute the other.

The overlap between things such as anthro communities and kink along with queerness is also well established. We as queer people have a unique relationship with the malleability of our bodies, the power of sexual imagination, and the potency of being self-defining. We should be proud of our sexuality and embrace sex-positivity, as our kinks may very well may be a defining facet of our queerness.