We Are Who We Are

There is more and more evidence that we were born trans, that something went on during fetal development that caused us to be trans. This article popped up on my Facebook feed that is worth a second look even though it is a year old.

Transgender people are born that way, a new study has found
Pink News
By Josh Jackman 
15th March 2018

Transgender people are born that way, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School have compared the brains of trans and cisgender adults, and discovered that they are significantly different.

In the study, it was found that the insula – a region of the brain – had a distinct volume depending on whether it was in the brain of a trans or cis subject.

The insula plays an important role in people’s body image, self-awareness and empathy.
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“We found that trans people have characteristics that bring them closer to the gender with which they identify and their brains have particularities, suggesting that the differences begin to occur during gestation,” he said in a statement.
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“The evidence is building that it’s not a matter of ideology. Our own research based on MRI scans points to a detectable structural basis.”

Professor Geraldo Busatto, who heads the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Laboratory at the university’s hospital, said it would be “simplistic to make a direct link with transgender, but the detection of a difference in the insula is relevant”.

Other studies have found a difference between trans and cis people, one of the studies found that,

We observed thicker cortices in 24 MTF transsexuals compared to 24 age-matched control men in a number of regions across the lateral and medial cortical surfaces.

So there is something going on in our brains that could be one of the causes of gender dysphoria, however the best way to determine if a person is trans is ask.