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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's something you saw sporadically in medical literature from the 1950's or so. It didn't suddenly come out of nowhere.

I think the internet drove a lot of it into the open and basically emboldens them to be a lot more open about it.

[–]Dzonatan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

In terms of mainstream awareness? Yeah, it kind of did. Hearing about troons on a daily basis makes as much sense as hearing about harlequin syndrome.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I suspect the number of people who have an actual clinical diagnosis of gender disphoria that goes beyond a simple "I feel therefore I am" diagnosis common now, is extremely low.

[–]Dzonatan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed.