GenderTalk

• Canary Conn answer

• Next week: GenderTalk on location at First Event
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"Last October 15th (#532), there was a question from Pedro who said that he felt he was born the wrong race along with the associated confusion and shame. In your answer, you talked about being in the dominant group or having certain perceived social advantages. My therapists have always made it clear to me that if you only want the social advantages of being in the other gender, you are NOT transsexual. There should be a long-term cross-gender identification expressed in the behavior in some form along with the persistent discomfort with one's perceived gender. There is also evidence that transsexuality is based in structural and neurochemical similarities between the brain of transsexuals and brains typical of their gender identity. This is independent of any desire for social advantages of any kind. Isn't this a significant difference? "
(From: Jennifer)

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