actually metal, you’re close but a little off. Transgenderism is actually closest to a neurological condition; there’s far more than hormones at work in the transgendered brain. There are several known variations between male and female brains – everything’s the same basic layout, but some areas are more pronounced in females than in males. Some little-known research analysing scans of transgendered brains for gender-biased structural variations have shown that most brains of people who identify as transgender – be they male or female – exhibit a brain that, structurally, most resembles that of their assumed gender, not their physical sex. There’s still far more than that going on, and the cause – or causes – isn’t understood.

The fetus does not actually develop any gender without sex chromosome interference, but rather a scaffold that is capable of supporting either sex. It just so happens that it visibly resembles the female form more than the male. Physiologically, however, it is as far from female as it is from male. It just requires a boost of testosterone – caused by the Y chromosome – before a certain ‘threshold’ developmental age to ‘override’ the X and begin specialising those ‘scaffold’ structures into male forms. Without the Y, the X chromosome is not suppressed and so is free to boost eostrogen production, accentuating female development.

It has, thus, been suggested that a hormonal imbalance in the mother during this critical time of pregnancy might ‘trick’ the fetus into believing it has a Y chromosome – or lacks a Y chromosome – when it doesn’t, but initiates and irreversible variant physiological basis to cause hard-wired gender-based behaviours to pervade into adulthood.
However, hormones are large protein structures, far too large to cross the maternal/fetal blood barrier in the placenta and no evidence has ever been found to support this theory, albeit a sound theory on paper.

We may never know what causes transgenderism, but the facts are – yes FACTS – that it is not all just “in their heads” like a mental disorder. Transgenderism has a definite physiological basis; one that is just not yet really understood. We know it’s there, in brain-scans and bloodwork, but we don’t know why or how. Note also that transgenderism is possible in any sex – not just those male-born. Note also the difference between ‘gender’ and ‘sex’: ‘gender’ refers to one’s own mental alignment to male or female; ‘sex’ refers to ones genotype (being XX or XY). Most people have a matching sex and gender, and so never ever question it. But for those rare people who do have a mismatched sex/gender, life is pretty damn fucked up.

There’s a lot of misinformation out there, Metal, but props for at least looking and trying to understand. Most people don’t even have the decency to do that much… case in point: bstaples.

Bstaples, take it from me: you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Think I’m the one talking shit? Well show me your degree in Developmental Physiology and we’ll talk, k? Until then, grow some common fucking decency and quit talkin shit about stuff you so obviously don’t even understand. Fucking hillbilly hick…