Trans spouse - general discussion

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Zita60 · 27/05/2025 09:22

I've started this thread because @confusedpasty's thread about her husband announcing he is trans has got derailed with general discussion about trans spouses and trans people in general. Any such discussion can take place here, leaving @confusedpasty's thread for comments about her specific case.

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AhhFreakOut · 27/05/2025 20:48

I've just skim read the thread linked, and it's appalling that a man (Fairadvocate, an ironic username given he made the thread all about him, demonstrating a failure for advocacy) totally derailed the thread.

Whatever happened to women being allowed to support other women without men posting their unwanted opinions?

The situation confusedpasty finds herself in is the stuff nightmares are made of.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 27/05/2025 23:15

Zita60 · 27/05/2025 11:08

Our findings suggest that the neuroanatomical signature of transgenderism is related to brain areas processing the perception of self and body ownership

This stands out to me. It would explain why people with gender dysphoria don't see themselves as their actual sex.

I think there are other issues related to why people say they are trans, such as ROGD in young girls, autogynophilia in men etc. But this could be an explanation for long-standing gender dysphoria, such as a trans colleague of mine described.

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There's a chicken and egg question though. Does the brain difference cause the feeling, or does years of obsessing about self and body cause the brain difference?

it's simple to induce a false perception of the body: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1395356/

WarriorN · 28/05/2025 05:48

Given learning a second or third language, or taxi drivers (of either sex) learning and being tested on “the knowledge,” has measurable impact on brain scans, it’s highly likely that it’s the latter.

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