Transgendered people: Born That Way


By Brianna Austin
Sat Oct 18, 2008
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/10/18/02671.html


If in fact being transgender is a biological trait, like having blue eyes or blond hair, does that relieve us of this heavy load?

What if it came to light that you really weren't a woman in spirit? That none of this transgender life is about "being" a woman in a man's body, but rather just thinking you were? And what if that thought (of being and feeling female) was biologically "hard wired" into your brain? How would that make you feel? Are you happy that this can no longer be considered an action of choice, or does it make you sad knowing that "being wired biologically" means it is likely something you will never be able to change?

I think transgender is biological, why would anyone choose to be trans?  If it was psychological you would see it be "cured" but that can't be done.

The data over the last decade strongly suggests that being transgendered is genetic - not psychological.

Chaunte

IMO it's 100% biological. I just wish everbody else would understand that.

I've given that a great deal of thought over the years.  And I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter.

Whether or not I was hard-wired or it was just an irrepressible urge does not change the way I feel by one iota.

I have and always will feel like a woman.  And me trying to convince myself that it was just an urge, did nothing to relive me of the agony of having the wrong body.  Also trying to forgive myself for these feelings by saying it wasn't my fault, I was born this way did nothing to relive me of the agony either.

If you broke your arm, it really doesn't matter *how* you broke it, it's STILL BROKEN!

-Sandy

My personal experience I KNOW I was born a woman in a deformed body although it took a few years after transition to realize the certainty of it. Whether it was "hard wired", prenatal hormones, it doesn't matter.