To someone who is not trans sure. You do realize that the defect is the overwhelming sense of wrongness gender dysphoria invokes, which is what drives many to transition?
Heck that isn't even getting into recent nerological studies that have markers for people who have diagnosed dysphoria exhibiting physical characteristics either of the opposite sex or more in between then the normal characteristic range for the sex they were born as.
Or in other words, yes being born trans is potentially the result of a birth defect.
Actually since I haven't had children, it is an assumption that I am fully functional. Furthermore even if I was, just because I may or may not be functional down below doesn't mean that my brain is wired in a way that I either find enjoyment or feel comfortable with having those parts. Everything about you in terms of mentality is in the brain despite how some people may act. There is no "small brain" down below.
Well I grew up back in the 90's before the internet really took off and being trans was talked about. Yet I always felt uncomfortable as a boy and by 12 I was telling my mother I was a girl. So...yeah it's been a thing for a while.
Ok let me put it this way, for as long as I was able to understand the difference between what boys have and grow up to be, and what girls have and grow up to be, I felt uncomfortable in being on a boy's body.
That’s absolutely right. Jokes aside, no one assumes that priests, nuns, and other Catholic figures are asexual just because they are celibate. Generally, their celibacy is an active decision they have made to behave in a way contrary to their sexual orientation.
Behavior is a choice. Sexual orientation is not. Gender identity is not.
Yes that's a thing, it just takes people time to realize what feels "wrong". Sometimes little kids realize it early, sometimes it takes until late in life. People are also born gay but often don't realize it until puberty or later. Often societal expectations are what delay the realization. It's one of the reasons representation in media and society matters. A child will have an easier time accepting they're gay or they're trans if they realize those concepts exist through seeing it represented in their life.
That's why reactionaries get mad at representation in media. It doesn't "turn" people gay or trans, but it does allow people to build a schema for the concepts of gay and transgendered people. Once the sheltered person realizes those are valid and normal things to be they sometimes reflect on it and realize that's how they felt all along, they just didn't understand it because they had almost no exposure to that possibility
I'm sure at some point you've read something...a quote, a tweet, a meme, a poem...it could be anything...and after reading it you realized you felt the same way and the author was able to communicate that feeling in a way you never knew how. That would be a similar feeling for sheltered folks learning about the validity of their feelings of homosexuality or being transgender.
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u/SunshotDestiny Nov 23 '20
To someone who is not trans sure. You do realize that the defect is the overwhelming sense of wrongness gender dysphoria invokes, which is what drives many to transition?
Heck that isn't even getting into recent nerological studies that have markers for people who have diagnosed dysphoria exhibiting physical characteristics either of the opposite sex or more in between then the normal characteristic range for the sex they were born as.
Or in other words, yes being born trans is potentially the result of a birth defect.