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 …
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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.
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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!
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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.
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