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[–]Vulptex 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Gender affirmation is just denial. In order to have a real solution we need to have a real cure.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Gender affirmation is just denial.

It has the best outcomes.

In order to have a real solution we need to have a real cure.

Until we can grow a new body that matches the brain and connect it up, we'll have to make do with what we can do that has the best outcomes.

[–]jet199 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What do you mean a body which matches the brain?

Trans people don't have different brains to anyone else if their sex and sexuality.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180619/

The only brain difference between trans and everyone else is they are disassociated from their bodies.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230954-600-transgender-people-have-different-brain-activity-when-touched/

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think they're talking about the fMRI data that is essentially useless garbage. Those scans detect brain activity in dead fish.