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The treatments do not depend on the cause being an intersex condition or a brain syndrome. Modern medical support for trans people helps them far better than an
by brighteyes 12y ago
The treatments do not depend on the cause being an intersex condition or a brain syndrome. Modern medical support for trans people helps them far better than anything we had before, but not because it is tied intrinsically to any theory of what causes one to be trans. Instead, the treatment makes sense for someone that feels as their physical form is inappropriate - it helps change that. It doesn't matter why they feel that way.
The danger, as I see it, with your approach is that you predicate society's view of trans people on medical grounds. Being trans is a medical condition, from your perspective. Of course, being trans can be medically relevant, but we aren't talking about that here - we are talking about how society should treat them. For that, the cause is simply irrelevant, and tying it to scientific findings is risky as we don't know what science will find.
- ZanyProgrammer 12y agoAnd its not uncommon in the trans community to tie "biological causes" with "more valid and real." Ultimately I bet gender dysphoria is indeed a biological issue, but it seems presumptuous to think the science is completely settled on it.