09-17-2014, 07:45 PM
(09-17-2014, 07:08 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: I get a little testy when some of you say that wanting to change your gender is a choice. Most transgender folks feel (in their brains) that they were born in the wrong body. Those chromosomes can really get messed up, some one gets an extra Y chromosome or an extra X, etc.... It happens and the brain doesn't wait until puberty to decide this. These feelings are apparent at a very early age...Just like being gay is not a choice, neither is a transgendered person. If you choose to judge someone, try to research the issue first.
What I don't understand is that Hank Bassett dated a transgendered person when he cheated on Kendra so what does that make Hank? Not sure about this scenario. Human sexuality is complicated but some conditions you are born with just like the color of your eyes and is not a choice.
I looked up the different XY genetic syndromes and none suggested that having an extra X or Y chromosome had anything to do with being transgendered. Klinefelter syndrome is the occurrence of 2 X chromosomes in a male child (XXY), XYY or Jacob's syndrome is the occurrence of 2 Y chromosomes in a male. Triple X sydrome is a female born with three X chromosomes.
All of these syndromes have an occurrence of 1:1000 live births.
In none of these cases was there any predisposition to becoming transgender. You may be speaking of some other chromosomes, but the XY variations play no role in transgenderism according to reputable studies that I can find. If you have research you could link I would like to read it.