Brain sex differnce in transexuals

[Anonymous]

Thank you for posting the link to the paper, Rhiannon.

Logically, it is kind of gratifying to know that there is a basis in science for the triggers that make us all who we are, and that it isnt purely a psychological issue.

I wonder though, is it more important to each of us to try to step aside from requiring scientific understanding of the reasons that we are ourselves and learn to accept that it is our maker/god/goddess/higher power that has made us the way that we are, and that what we are is good, wholesome, and for a reason, whatever that reason may be? Since stepping away from needing reasons, I feel that I have found an inner peace that is helping me to find a better way to live in this messed up world.

I dont care what the DSM-IV, psych’s or any mental health professional thinks, we are not sick, ill, or in need of teatment beyond helping us to adjust to our chosen way of being and the sooner that this is realised, the sooner will we be acceted into our communities and live full, happy lives without the losses so many of us suffer when we choose to visibly explore who we are.

[Anonymous]

Hi Mari

Totally agree we need no reasons, it is our given human right to self identify. The good thing I find about this sort of research is that it leads to a means to and end, not for those on the inside for all those looking in. Many the time I have been asked why are you the way you are but unless you have the experience it is hard for most people to understand or even comprehend, it also hits hard back at all the phsyc’s, biggots and trans bashers who think we are mentally ill, perverts or just plain weirdos.
Neither upbringing nor cultural influences can change the pre-natal wiring of one’s brain, once the relevant stage of pregnancy has passed, there is no way that the foetus’s brain-sex (and hence gender) can be altered: postnatally, hormones can alter the body, but the brain remains forever as it was born. Once these facts are understood that it is impossible to change a transgender to match their natal sex, then our freedom to self identify will beocme greater improved and our critics will move on to some other unworthy cause.

cheers

Rhi

[Anonymous]

hi… hey that would be nice to know what or who we are yet i have not ??? my self like so many i know do .as to why am i this way i spos i was to thick to ask ?? . it was who i was & am so i had no problems with who i am just other people not knowing . so what i do is try & tell them as to what is going on who i am how i live . yea thats neat well may be one day who ever will get it right .. will we really want to know oh dear now thats scary …noeleena…

[Anonymous]

We, as a race, are such a mixture of organic elements that none of us are identical. Appearance, intellect, size etc. So its no surprise that our gender differences are prevalent. I still feel male in a lot of ways, but am starting to question why I have to behave in a way that is the male stereotype. I enjoy dressing, and the more I dress the more I want to dress. And the more I dress the more feminine I need to be.

Do I question it? No, because I don’t want to confuse myself even more. Not being a geneticist I accept I am neither a full male nor a full female.

As our race develops and genetic differences start to become wider, then the middle ground that is blurred between the sexes may actually become more prevalent.

[Anonymous]

It’s nice to know there’s some physiological basis for wanting to be the opposite sex – the nature article is quite complex and a bit difficult for the uninitiated (me) to understand fully – I remember reading ages ago that all embryos are female and not all the switches get thrown properly as it changes to male. Any physiological proof helps with acceptance generally but it doesn’t happen overnight.

Purely physiological or genetic reasons rarely are the sole reason we desire things – part of the whole nature v nurture debate and the reality seems to me to be a bit of both in many cases and I don’t mean just in the TS/CD community either.