Science Got Our Backs

There is more and more evidence that gender dysphoria has a biological component and might be an intersex condition.

The New Science of Sex and Gender
Why the new science of sex & gender matters for everyone
By The Editors
Scientific American
September 2017 Issue

Sex is supposed to be simple—at least at the molecular level. The biological explanations that appear in textbooks amount to X + X = and X + Y = . Venus or Mars, pink or blue. As science looks more closely, however, it becomes increasingly clear that a pair of chromosomes do not always suffice to distinguish girl/boy—either from the standpoint of sex (biological traits) or of gender (social identity).

In the cultural realm, this shift in perspective has already received a wide embrace. “Nonbinary” definitions of gender—transfeminine, genderqueer, hijra—have entered the vernacular. Less visible perhaps are the changes taking place in the biological sciences. The emerging picture that denotes “girlness” or “boyness” reveals the involvement of complex gene networks—and the entire process appears to extend far beyond a specific moment six weeks after gestation when the gonads begin to form.

To varying extents, many of us are biological hybrids on a male-female continuum. Researchers have found XY cells in a 94-year-old woman, and surgeons discovered a womb in a 70-year-old man, a father of four. New evidence suggests that the brain consists of a “mosaic” of cell types, some more yin, others further along the yang scale.

These findings have far-reaching implications beyond just updating the biology textbooks. They have particular bearing on issues of personal identity, health and the economic well-being of women. That is because arguments about innate biological differences between the sexes have persisted long past the time they should have been put to rest.

WOW!

But I think this is something that we knew empirically, we knew that we didn’t choose to be trans, it chose us. We knew from an early age that we were trans, we may of not had the vocabulary but we knew deep down inside that we should have been a girl or a boy instead of what they assign us at birth.
And they go on to list the article in the magazine, and the one that attracted my attention was,

Is There a "Female" Brain?
The debate over whether men and women have meaningfully different brains could have profound implications for health and personal identity
By Lydia Denworth

But alas we are going to have to buy the issue to find out more.

There have been many research studies that I have written about and if you click on the tag “research” they will be listed.