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The title is transgender youth...The following sentence is child...Youth refers to people who are ages between 18 -35 . Transgender youth are able to transition without parental consent as they're considered adults.After reading the content the title should be something along the lines transgender childeren...thnx Agirlwithabrain (talk) 21:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see a discussion of the biology of transgender here. Am I missing it? I would expect it to be almost the first thing that appears. Sex is so fundamental to biology and evolution that it would seem that transgender phenomenon would be of major biological importance. Tedtoal tedtoal (talk) 15:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if by "transgender phenomenon" you imply that it’s a "new phenomenon", then I would recommend this article! (It’s pretty cool learning about obscure history and culture…) Anyway, I believe that the article that’s specifically about transgender youth may not be as suited for discussion of the biological reasons behind being transgender than the main article. Though, I will try to at least give you with a basic understanding of what we know about trans people from a "hard science" point of view.
On the question of the evolution reason of the existence of trans people, well, I would like to point out that not only has human kind been known to have homosexual behaviour for millennia, but many great apes, monkeys, mammals, birds, insects…Why do we all exhibit homosexual behaviour, even though it does not serve in reproduction? Well, some have theorised that it carries some sociological usefulness-society being crucial to many species, especially ours, it makes sense evolution would help on that regard for the sake of survival-though it’s not fully understood how or why yet. I believe that trans people are along the same lines: not logically useful in their existence if considered to help for survival only, but look at the Bissu of Southeast Asia! They carry a spiritual role in their culture, and so their existence may have proved evolutionarily advantageous by their ability to unite society.
Finally, I’d like to add that the biggest single difference we found between transgender and cisgender (the literal antonym of "trans", btw) people is that trans people have a brain structure ever so slightly more like of the sex other than they were assigned at birth (it may sound weird, but "assigned at birth" is the widely recognised academic term). That’s basically it as far as I know. Some people have found genes that show a slightly higher correlation in trans people, but not very conclusive. Therefore, I think that the question is not really biological, but more precisely, neuropsychological, which is still muddy waters for scientists at the moment.
So there you have it! Basically, the biological reasoning behind the existence of transgender people is sociological and neuropsychological.
