Learning about Trans community, CWed for length
@Surasanji So actually, biological sex is not binary either. Not in animals and not in humans.
There are more possibilities than XX/XY.
And it turns out, chromosomes don't always determine biological sex either! See "androgen insensitivity syndrome".
Kudos for being open. There is always more learning to do.
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Learning about Trans community, CWed for length
@intensity While this is also true, the issue with the chromosomal aspects and genetic aspects there is that they are oddities and not standard. Those are disorders, mutations, and anomalies where it relates to the genetics of male versus female in human beings.
Trans identity may, certainly, be connected to those sorts of abnormalities in one's genes or physical self- but I feel like transexuality is specifically NOT a disease or disorder and doesn't present itself in that same vein.
I do imagine that there are greater numbers of mental health disorders among the Trans community, but not specifically because they are Transexual (As this, again, is not a disorder or a disease. It's just who they are.) but rather a function of their environment, and society's treatment of this group of people.
Being treated like shit and forced to act in a way that doesn't feel natural to one's self is a sure fire way to get a good case of the fucked up head, in my opinion and experience.
So, in short, I'm not sure I agree with the statement regarding biological sex, but more research is likely warranted to find examples that are not due to disorders, syndromes, or other anomalous actions within the physical and biological side of things.
Once more, I'd like to make perfectly clear: One's sexual and/or gender identity is *not* an illness or disease when it does not match with one's biological sex or heteronormative standards. I'm just not so sure that pointing out that a very, very small group of people don't follow the standard biological template is a good or helpful point of reference as it would, in my opinion, lead some people to believe that previously mentioned gender/sexual identities are somehow intrinsically connected to what amounts to a biological fluke.
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