Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals [Nature]

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I'm autistic. It turns my stomach to see the word "transpie" (That's trans + aspie (aspergers)). I don't think that autistic people should be encouraged to transition. They just have a different brain and dont fit into the same societal boxes. That doesn't mean they should have their bodies mutilated and force themselves into a role they literally were not born to play.

Also, there's a push within the autistic community to use a rainbow infinity as a symbol. Rainbow already means LGBT. If you make it also mean autism, young people will be lead to believe that they must be LGBT as well. It's like they don't get how manipulating that is. Of course they don't, they're autistic.

Ugh. The more I learn about both transgenderism and autism, the more fucked up it gets.