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LGBTQIA+ 4w
As someone who is about to graduate with a neuroscience degree in a couple weeks it absolutely baffles me to hear ppl say being trans can be “fixed” through therapy bc it’s “just mental illness”. There’s literally scientific studies showing trans ppl’s+
#ftm
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Anonymous 4w

Brain chemistry can literally be altered in utero through chemical and hormonal imbalances, and the brains of trans ppl in studies quite literally almost match 1:1 to those of cis ppl with their aligned gender. But ppl don’t wanna hear that ig

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Eeeh the last part is slightly debated bc the more brains we study the less gender differences we find. BUT that just means there is no fucking difference and gender identities don’t need validation of some scientist, they’re valid bc they exist

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Certain brain regions do show closer match to trans people’s experienced gender, but could also be altered by HRT to look even more like their experienced gender. Brains r such interesting things to study but there r definitely some differences that point to similarity and differences in brains between trans and cis people

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Neuroplasticity my beloved

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