About transgenderism

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Transgenderism is wrong and scientificaly wrong.

You're completely missing the science here. The medical establishment - including the American Medical Association, American Psychological Association, and World Health Organization - recognizes gender dysphoria as a legitimate medical condition with established treatments.Look, the research is literally showing you're dead wrong. Studies with over 800 participants found that transgender people "present with their own unique brain phenotype" rather than just being shifted toward one end of the spectrum [1]. This isn't some fringe theory - we're talking about peer-reviewed neuroscience published in top journals. Brain imaging shows transgender women's brains are "shifted away from a male-typical brain anatomy towards a female-typical one," and transgender adolescents show "brain activation patterns more similar to their experienced gender than their assigned sex" [2]. That's not ideology - that's measurable neurological differences. The medical consensus isn't some political conspiracy. When every major medical organization recognizes this as legitimate healthcare, maybe the problem isn't the science - it's your refusal to accept evidence that challenges your preconceptions. We don't get to pick and choose which neuroscience we believe based on our comfort level.

Yeah, sure. That dysphoria is on what, 0.01% of population?

Wrong again - you're off by a factor of 100. Nearly 1% of American adults identify as transgender - that's over 2.1 million people [1]. Among young people it's even higher: 3.3% of youth aged 13-17 identify as transgender [1]. That's not some tiny fringe - we're talking millions of Americans. The numbers are growing because people finally feel safe enough to be honest about who they are, not because it's trendy. More than one in five Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ+ [2], and guess what? They're not doing it for fun. Your dismissive "0.01%" shows exactly the problem - you're making policy arguments based on numbers you pulled out of thin air. When you minimize real people's experiences with fake statistics, you're not being scientific, you're being willfully ignorant. These aren't abstract percentages - they're your neighbors, coworkers, and family members who deserve basic dignity and healthcare.