Some people argue that if you are not cis you are trans; I believe this comes from the perspective that being trans is not just transitioning but that transness is the umbrella for being genderqueer. This is why some people say that all nonbinary folks are trans while others disagree; I personally think these labels are descriptive and no prescriptive so choose whatever you want. But imo being anything other than cis can be a lot like race; just because you aren’t white doesn’t mean you’re black, but just because you’re not black doesn’t mean you’re white. Plenty of people of color try to lean into their whiteness and put distance between them and blackness, but the fact of the matter is that a brown person will never be white and trying to avoid blackness can destroy the solidarity that allows us to overcome this system; just because you aren’t cis doesnt mean you’re trans, but at the end of the day the system doesn’t care if you’re trans, it cares that you’re not cis. If transness was the issue the intersex people would have nothing to worry, but they are facing just as much discrimination from anti-trans policies as well.
You may make the distinction between being agender and beinf trans, and that’s reasonable and should be respected. The state makes no such distinction.
Some people argue that if you are not cis you are trans; I believe this comes from the perspective that being trans is not just transitioning but that transness is the umbrella for being genderqueer. This is why some people say that all nonbinary folks are trans while others disagree; I personally think these labels are descriptive and no prescriptive so choose whatever you want. But imo being anything other than cis can be a lot like race; just because you aren’t white doesn’t mean you’re black, but just because you’re not black doesn’t mean you’re white. Plenty of people of color try to lean into their whiteness and put distance between them and blackness, but the fact of the matter is that a brown person will never be white and trying to avoid blackness can destroy the solidarity that allows us to overcome this system; just because you aren’t cis doesnt mean you’re trans, but at the end of the day the system doesn’t care if you’re trans, it cares that you’re not cis. If transness was the issue the intersex people would have nothing to worry, but they are facing just as much discrimination from anti-trans policies as well.
You may make the distinction between being agender and beinf trans, and that’s reasonable and should be respected. The state makes no such distinction.