* Reduce Gender Identities to Gender Goals ("trans" vs. "cis" only makes sense if the gradient between full-transition intervention and no intervention is sufficiently sharp)
other commentary—
+because personal identity doesn't exist, comparing notes with other people and being able to learn from _their_ mistakes is more useful than just saying "everyone has their own experience"
psychological sex differences aren't real, but gender identity is?? always nurture except when politically convenient
Falsifiability and What We Expect Not to See (this is important for the Bayes crowd)
Bucketing (go through Wikipedia list of trans women, categorize everyone)
> Knowing his occupation and observing him briefly and superficially were sufficient, together, for me to guess confidently about aspects of Edwin's life that he never mentioned. I know what he was like as a boy. I know what kind of person he is sexually attracted to. I know what kinds of activities interest him and what kinds do not. I am least sure what he will look like five years from now.
—J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
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+because we're not narcissists http://elegantgatheringofwhitesnows.com/?p=2270
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+quote Frozen on not being the right person to write this blog
+Don't let them in,
+don't let them see
+Be the good girl you always have to be
+Conceal, don't feel,
+don't let them know
+Well now they know
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