Pure assumptions, that’s not science, not a single objective proof given.Įnvironmental inluences, it claims, have been widely disclaimed? That it APPEARS that in the womb transgender fetuses MAY have been exposed to insufficient levels of estrogen. They admit that the fact that transgender people, depending on how they identify, take testosterone or estrogen which MAY askew the findings. They offer up some theory that gender MAY be influenced by hormones. Science cannot be “fitted”, it either is or isn’t, that’s the whole point calling it science.
For an in-depth look at how disagreements over restroom usage has shaped policy, check out this Politico article.For a more complete discussion on queer acronyms, see this description from BBC news.For a review of discrimination against transgender persons, see this report from the National Center for Transgender Equality.For a quantitative view of transgenderism in the US, take a look at this analysis from Times Union.For a SITN blog article discussing sex determination, check out “I’m XY and I Know It”: Sex determination systems 101.We also encourage you to explore additional resources on this topic: Should transvestic fetishism be classified in DSM 5? Recommendations from the WPATH consensus process for revision of the diagnosis of transvestic fetishism.The (CA)n polymorphism of ERβ gene is associated with FtM Transsexualism.White matter microstructure in female to male transsexuals before cross-sex hormone treatment: A diffusion tensor imaging study.Regional gray matter variation in male-to-female transsexualism.Changing your sex changes your brain: influence of testosterone and estrogen on adult human brain structure.
A sex difference in the hypothalamic uncinate nucleus: relationship to gender identity.Male-to-female transsexuals have female neuron numbers in a limbic nucleus.A sex difference in the human brain and its relation to transsexuality.