I actually agree with you in every way, I want to clarify that I’m saying that the video felt like it was dismissing the experience of non-binary people, especially those who medically transition, and while I know that wasn’t the intent (and possibly the opposite of the intent), the implications that non-binary people are actually capitalist stooges made me really uncomfortable.

My concerns are that a significant part of the video feels like it’s dismissing that this is an issue, even though I think it isn’t the intent of the video at all, especially with the parts that explicitly mention it IS an issue, like Lily explicitly saying that non-binary people often DO want to medically transition.

When I mentioned the discussion being “extremely online” I was referring to the theoretical group of non-binary radicals who think “binary trans women” are invalid or evil for merely existing. I have never seen these people and while I’m sure it’s just partially luck, it’s insane to me that someone could genuinely think that “binary trans women” are betraying the movement or something. The video just feels unhinged because it feels like it’s designed to reply to a group that’s I’ve never seen or been around.

Like I want to urge HOW STRONGLY I agree with you here. I’ve identified as non-binary for about a year now, and wanted to present very differently, and I’ve slowly realized all of the systemic shit designed to prevent transition as a non-binary person as I’ve grown more interested in HRT. My fundamental issue is just that I’m reading the video in a paranoid way, and took it as an attack on non-binary people.