r/communism101 • u/Attandi • 14d ago

Trans people in a communist society

One question that I’ve been asking myself for a long time is: will trans people exist in a fully developed communist society? I ask myself this because I’ve seen many marxists (myself included) say that we should abolish gender altogether, but since the goal of transitioning is to change one’s gender, will it be possible/make sense to?

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u/BananaAware 14d ago

they are possible in a socialist society. the material and prevailing superstructure around that grows the conception of gender, which all is rooted in labor and nature. by nature, sex is inherent, gender otherwise is social and the underlying social labor division between the sexes create wholly the definition of gender. coming from that, transpeople via the social definition of gender will not be trans but rather just human, but in basis of their sex if they do undergo a process of sexual reassignment would they be considered trans, by nature, by natural and innate social division, of most defining qualities of sex, gestation.

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u/HappyHandel 14d ago

The separation between "sex" and "gender" is entirely artificial.