There may be a link between transgender and a person's genetic makeup, according to a recent study.
The study was published on September 21st in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism .
Researchers looked at 380 trans and 344 non-transgender women in Australia and the United States, studying connections between gender dysphoria and a dozen sex hormone-signaling genes.
What they found was surprising: a “significant association” was found between several genes and gender dysphoria, signaling a strong likelihood that transgender people are different from non-transgender people on a genetic level.
The research reinforces other studies that point to a biological component to transgender identity, including a May study which shows that brain activity in transgender teens is very similar to that of the sex they identify with.
Studies like this also reinforce the point that transgender activists have long postulated: trans people are not “mentally ill,” but are in fact the sex they identify with, not what their physical body may display.
