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If you missed it, over the weekend I wrote a thread on new research on possible genetic roots of gender dysphoria.https://twitter.com/e_urq/status/1226589802738270208 …
The attitude I most often see towards this sort of scientific research in the trans community- and to a lesser extent in the LGBTQ community more broadly- is hostility and paranoia. I don't share that attitude, for a couple reasons.
First and foremost, I just like science and scientific ways of knowing. Gender dysphoria is an interesting phenomenon! I want to know how it works- and I suspect it'll be hard to learn how it works without learning more about how *humans* work. Neat!
Additionally, I believe that grounding gender dysphoria- and by extension transgender people- in the physical world is good for trans rights. I know some disagree, and I respect their arguments. But, at bottom, I think people are less fearful of things they understand.
i read both the article & the thread now (thank you for retweeting it) & it put my mind at ease, although i disagree with you on this screen here, if i'm interpreting what you mean correctly. it makes sense to me that gender is a mix of social construction, psychology & geneticspic.twitter.com/ooNG9Ioqf8
like, i'm agender. i identify as masculine because masculinity as a social construct is associated with having a penis & body hair, which i want but it doesnt make me a man anymore than it would a trans woman who wants to keep her penis & body hair
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