Science behind Transsexuality?

mostly mental disorder

see http://www.thenewatlantis.com/docLib/20160819_TNA50SexualityandGender.pdf

It's a mental disorde, but the most effective treatment is transitioning.

>>8768117
i have a bachelors in biochemistry, am i safe in saying that there is no science backing the idea that there is more than 2 genders/sex/identity, male and female?

>>8768132
aside from the literal chromosomal disorders like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome and the few other variants, most of which make you sterile, there are only 2 genders

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There are diseases like Klinefelter's syndrome where the chromosomes don't separate properly during meiosis and you get people with an extra X or an extra Y chromosome. You can end up with

X (Turner syndrome - short woman)
XXY (Klinefelter's - androgynous man)
XYY (normal man, but slightly increased height)

and so on. As long as you get one X chromosome, you have all you need to be born alive.

>>8768110
your thought process doesn't add up.

If there is no science behind transsexuality, then it is by definition not a (mental) disorder.

Disorders are caused by phenomena that affect our bodies, some of which we can't explain fully yet. But if there is no science behind it, i.e. you cannot identify something that causes them to want to be in a different body, then it can't be classified as a disease.

The word you're looking for is belief. Like people who believe in homeopathy don't have a disease, they just believe it works.

>>8768132
I would encourage you to actually use the shitton of money your college/uni pays to keep access to scientific publications, to access a body of articles. If anywhere, evidence might be found in articles that deal with brain scans. Look at their sample sizes.

>>8768129
this

>>8768129
>yes schizophrenia is a mental disorder, but the best treatment is telling them the voices are real

It legitimately is a mental disorder.

>>8768219
>tfw have schizophrenia but never heard voices so I never knew wtf was going on
I fucking hate this illness so much.

>>8768142
>XYY (normal man, but slightly increased height)
Any examples or is it all just speculation?

>>8768249
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYY_syndrome
1 in 1000 births

>>8768129
Absolutely, the double digit suicide rate is really helping. Fucktard