When i fell for transgenderism, i think alot of it had to do with the fact that, my father had been essentially psychologically abusing me in a covert way, and i had lost touch with my feelings, since they were denied so much. when you rely on the intellect and do not follow your gut, it only takes one misstep in logic to go way off course. i wonder if for autistics, their distance from social instincts means they naturally lack this sort of counterbalance.