1. There is no LGBT. The first three are sexual orientations as measured on the Kinsey Scale. The last is a personal belief about one's gender. According to a friend who has been a gay activist for two decades, the connection with T began with an overlap in being interested in drag. He tells me that whenever T joins an organization it typically takes over and LGB becomes largely irrelevant. I can't dispute that.
2. I practiced psychiatry for a year following medical school in Germany. In studying neurology I learned that in gay males there is a structural difference in the brain between homosexuals and heterosexuals. The current thinking is that epigenetics accounts for the difference - a deficiency in testosterone in the womb. My conclusion was that LGB were involuntary, and were born that way. T is another matter. The only commonality is that no one should be subjected to medical treatment about either sexual orientation or gender identity before the brain fully matures, 24 or 25 for females, 25 or 26 for males. There is zero scientific evidence to support clusters of transsexuals.
1. There is no LGBT. The first three are sexual orientations as measured on the Kinsey Scale. The last is a personal belief about one's gender. According to a friend who has been a gay activist for two decades, the connection with T began with an overlap in being interested in drag. He tells me that whenever T joins an organization it typically takes over and LGB becomes largely irrelevant. I can't dispute that.
2. I practiced psychiatry for a year following medical school in Germany. In studying neurology I learned that in gay males there is a structural difference in the brain between homosexuals and heterosexuals. The current thinking is that epigenetics accounts for the difference - a deficiency in testosterone in the womb. My conclusion was that LGB were involuntary, and were born that way. T is another matter. The only commonality is that no one should be subjected to medical treatment about either sexual orientation or gender identity before the brain fully matures, 24 or 25 for females, 25 or 26 for males. There is zero scientific evidence to support clusters of transsexuals.