Gay\transgender -- not by genetics, not by upbringing, not by choice

Straggler writes:Are you denying that there can be any non-social component to transsexualism?

Straggler writes:So how do we tackle these non-social causes?

Ringo writes:Often it is useful to know the cause of the problem in order to solve it.

Wiki writes:The etiology of transsexualism, meaning the cause or causes of transsexualism, is an area of interest for many transgender and transsexual people, physicians, psychologists, other mental health professionals, and family members and friends of transsexual people. Transsexualism usually presents with an expression of gender identity different from the gender assigned at birth, behaviors typical of that gender, and discomfort called gender dysphoria.[1] Currently, there are numerous scientific explanations of the cause of transsexualism, linking the cause to genetics, brain structure, brain function and prenatal androgen exposure; in addition other theories have proposed linking the cause to psychological and behavioral reasons. These theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Straggler writes:But if one's self identity isn't wholly determined by others then simply changing how others react to someone isn't going to solve all issues of self identity is it?

Straggler writes:If however the cause of the problem is physiological then how can you exclude physiological solutions (such as surgery)?

Straggler writes:But if one's self identity isn't wholly determined by others then simply changing how others react to someone isn't going to solve all issues of self identity is it?

Ringo writes:Why is it necessary to solve all issues of sexual identity?

Straggler writes:Physiological

Straggler writes:Not all of these life ruining issues of sexual identity can be solved by changing how others react.So how do we tackle those?

Wiki on Transsexualism writes:Currently, there are numerous scientific explanations of the cause of transsexualism, linking the cause to genetics, brain structure, brain function and prenatal androgen exposure; in addition other theories have proposed linking the cause to psychological and behavioral reasons.

Ringo writes:If it's caused by brain structure, are you suggesting brain surgery?

Ringo writes:How do we tackle the life-ruining issues of racial identity?

Wiki writes:Transsexualism usually presents with an expression of gender identity different from the gender assigned at birth, behaviors typical of that gender, and discomfort called gender dysphoria. Currently, there are numerous scientific explanations of the cause of transsexualism, linking the cause to genetics, brain structure, brain function and prenatal androgen exposure...

Straggler writes:I'm asking what you are suggesting as an answer to non-social causes.

Straggler writes:Can you give me an example of a black man asking to have his inner white man surgically brought forth?

Straggler writes:Or even any scientific evidence showing that there are brain differences between races of the sort that exist between the sexes?

Ringo writes:And you've suggested surgery as a possible answer. I'm wondering why brain surgery wouldn't be the answer to a brain problem.

Ringo writes:Can you show that there are brain differences between men who want to be women and men who want to be men? Can you show that there are brain simiarities between men who want to be women and women who were born women?

Wiki writes:In the first of its kind, Zhou et al. (1995) found that in a region of the brain called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTc), a region known for sex and anxiety responses, MTF transsexuals have a female-normal size while FTM transsexuals have a male-normal size.

Straggler writes:If you want to exist and yet are given the hypothetical choice of either having a body transplant (i.e. your brain in another body) or a brain transplant (i.e. your body but with a different brain) which would you choose?