Transgender II

Why?

Since 2000 there has been a five-fold rise in the rate of people identifying as transgender. Is this because they have always been there and have been afraid to ‘come out’, or has something in the environment changed? It’s a question nobody seems to be asking. They are a political and social hot potato, but nobody is asking why they exist at all, let alone rise five times in 25 years

In 2012 an NHS England study recorded there were 250 referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), most of them were boys. In 2022, there were more than 5,000, with 60 per cent of them biological females suffering gender related distress.

We are still living in a male dominated society, so it is perhaps understandable why girls should want to become boys. Conversely, in the same society, why would boys want to become girls?

It is difficult enough for parents to cope, but how does society deal with it and is there a reason for the upsurge. Could this explain the traditional pantomime role of girls playing the male hero and men playing dames? Has gender dysphoria always been a problem but not expressed openly and only now is it becoming more acceptable to come out as transgender?

The structure of the male and female brains differ. Brains of people suffering from gender dysphoria have a brain structure similar to that…