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Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of I Contain Multitudes (2016). Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo http://edyong.me  (he/him)

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    Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 15 Jan 2019

    An important new study shows that gender-nonconforming kids who go on to transition do so because they already have a strong sense of their true identity--something that transgender scholars have long noted.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/young-trans-children-know-who-they-are/580366/ …

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      2. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 15 Jan 2019
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        Do you have any good sources or glosses on the meaning/content of "gender" for non-conforming children? That is, is it non-conformity w/r/t cultural norms associated w/ biological sex, or w/r/t their physiological traits, independent of cultural norms?

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      3. Dragonblaze  🇪🇺  🇫🇮  🇬🇧  💉‏ @Dragonblaze 16 Jan 2019
        Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @edyong209

        Neuroimagining shows that the brains of trans people are different from their non-trans cohorts: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/captchaChallenge?redirectUri=%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.3109%2F09540261.2015.1113163%3Fscroll%3Dtop%26needAccess%3Dtrue …

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      1. Ian Marsman‏ @imarsman 15 Jan 2019
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        You write the greatest articles!

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      1. Becky Wragg Sykes‏ @LeMoustier 15 Jan 2019
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        thank you for writing about this Ed.

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      2. Derrick Kamp‏ @kampamycin 15 Jan 2019

        That's not what this article or study are about.

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      2. Vida Rz‏ @rz_vida 15 Jan 2019
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        Don't you find it weird that when an issue is politicized all of a sudden a NEW study, confirming our judgement, is publicized? Heard of confirmation bias? Bad science? Science communicators should be diligent in conveying science, not politics.

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      3. barefootwriter, MA‏ @bfwriter 15 Jan 2019
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        don't you find it weird that somehow, in spite of the fact that peer review usually takes months if not longer, you're showing up to assert the process works completely differently from how it actually does?

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