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They themselves may be not aware of this. Sort of like getting lucky with good genes or rare mutation. Meanwhile for a transgender is purely a rational choice
by tremon 8y ago
They themselves may be not aware of this. Sort of like getting lucky with good genes or rare mutation. Meanwhile for a transgender is purely a rational choice
This gets me curious. In your definition, a person with strongly deviating hormonal levels isn't transgender until they are aware of their situation?
- mantas 8y agoAFAIK modern transgender definition don't include hermaphrodites who were fixed in hospital right after birth. Someone having issues with their hormones doesn't become transgender either. So I'd say it's safe to say that the person has to have consciously chosen to transition to be considered a transgender. Also, people who didn't transition (yet) on hormonal level but did minor plastic surgeries and wear clothes accordingly are considered transgenders too. If someone has XXY chromosomes and consider himself one gender their whole life, do they "trans" between something?
- liminvorous 8y agoThere are some degree of differing opinions on this but roughly speaking, people who encounter a person who has xxy chromosomes will make some judgement on whether they are a man or a woman (this is gender, and orthogonal to the fact that they are intersex). If they have a strong preference for which option people pick they are either cis or trans gender depending on whether it matches up with the one people pick or not.