By all commonly accepted standards, including official legal and medical ones, Chris is as trans as they come.
I don't really consider the current throwing of the WPATH guidelines to the wind to be much in the way of medical science, however "official" they may be. What currently qualifies as trans is what specifically was excluded in the past as simply the fetish of autogynephilia, by the actual pioneers in the field.
He's legally female, prescribed HRT by a doctor, and been living this way for 10+ years, starting at a time and place when it wasn't popular and while dependent on transphobic parents. Getting lesbian pussy may have been an initial motivation, but by all indications he 100% views himself as a lesbian goddess trapped in a male body - he wouldn't have done things like cut his taint open if it was purely cynical and he did not feel dysphoria (Chris typically hates physical discomfort).
I'm not sure about that. He certainly hates certain types of physical discomfort, but he has a very strange pain tolerance threshold, as an example, the time he shaved off a thick beard without any kind of shaving cream or even water. That wouldn't necessarily be horrifically painful, but most people would find it incredibly unpleasant.
Chris being insane, incel, an incestuous rapist, not passing, believing in cartoon dimensions, etc. does not disqualify him from being trans.
Well, not by current rules, but by current rules, a rapist who openly admits he's only trooning to get into a women's prison to find rape victims has to be "affirmed" in their "trans" identity. If Hitler himself just declared himself a troon, they'd have to "affirm" that, too. I've seen troons on Twitter say this and even more insane shit. The current "rule" such as it is is that quite simply if you say you're a troon, you are one, period, even if the ulterior motive is utterly
transparent.
That said, I'd agree this obviously isn't just pure self-serving bullshit. I just think Chris is so nuts he doesn't really know what he is and there might not even be a name for it. I'd grant he's more "legitimate" a tranny than most of the transtrenders out there, and did it when there was no gain to be had, but that isn't really a high bar to clear.
I've never seen this in the case of trannies. In fact, I've more often seen left wingers (especially if trans) scold people for misgendering Bruce Jenner or Robert "Blaire" White.
For that matter, I've never even seen Jenner chimp out about dumb bullshit like "misgendering." That's the kind of thing only a totally weak person even gives a shit about.