Evan Urquhart

This was an interesting read, both for the disability liberation side as well as having a bunch of folks I know with eds (some transmasc!)

There’s an awful lot of gay or trans people with either HSD or EDS. Every single bendy person I know outside of my own family is queer in some capacity. Most are transmasc. There really does need to be more research into this!

There’s also a LOT of us on the autism spectrum. And very, very frequently, all three combined. I have my theories on this, namely in regards to collagen defects impacting neurological development, but it’s never really been investigated. Find it fascinating though.

The autism thing I find really interesting and feel frustrated that there isn't more widespread pushback on it. A lot of "nuh uh there isn't more autism among trans ppl" instead of recognising higher rates of autism is a pattern across LGBTQ people generally.

I can't get further than: Either autistic people's lack of interest in being controlled by arbitrary social norms makes them more honest about themselves OR there's some neurochemical connection, but it's fascinating either way.

I really doubt there's a clear unified cause of being trans nor necessarily one for autism so for me the latter makes more sense - that autism makes inability to tolerate gender impositions in society more acute.

I agree there's (probably) not a clear unified cause of being trans. But, that doesn't preclude there being some biological mechanism that leads to both autistic symptoms and gender dysphoric symptoms, even if it's not a single neat explanation.

We're meat and bones underneath so i agree on that level. "my body is me" as Transgender Trend would say.