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[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's probably almost impossible to have legit gender dysphoria without autism. Even most gay people have it. All of these and a few other disorders that always seem to co-occur have been suspected of being caused by a bad mixture of prenatal hormones.

But the trenders are also more commonly autistic, because their more vulnerable social skills make them more susceptible to gender propaganda. The rigid tendency to follow rules may also make them feel like they have to strictly conform to gender norms and label themselves as such.

[–]Haylstorm 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think it's something like autistic people are x6 more likely to be trans according to a study. Though they're not sure about the why yet. It could be a brain setup thing or it could be the rigid tendencies, it could be both or neither. Def interesting though.

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not to mention the fact that autistic people tend to fixate on things that pique their interest. If you get an autistic person interested in transgenderism, he or she will devote a chunk of their waking lives to it.

Of course, I’d say that most autistic people are not trans or know that it’s bullshit. An autistic person could go by the biological and accurate perspective of sex and not care if his or her perspective makes a troon angry. Also, a lot of troons are not autistic, but self- diagnose themselves as such so they can have more oppression points.

[–]gloomy_bear 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I have autism and see gender identity as bullshit

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly. A lot of autistic people are capable of seeing shit for what it really is.