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The original was posted on /r/transsexual by /u/unmakethewildlyra on 2023-08-19 23:21:22.

while I personally think stuff like the blanchard typology is, to put it politely, not based in any sort of fact, one interesting element discussed by it and a lot of similar “theories” is that straight trans women often grow up dressing as girls and express their desire to be a girl before puberty, whereas lesbian trans women often only develop gender dysphoria later. I personally fit this (lesbian, and developing dysphoria only when I started puberty) and it also seems to fit most of the trans people I know personally.

of course this completely ignores trans men and bisexuals, and I realise the whole idea is reductive in nature. it has lingered in the back of my mind though as one of many “why am I this way” questions. I’m wondering if there is a pattern to be seen here or I just coincidentally have a lot of friends fitting the stereotype?

(and fyi: I don’t think this would make anyone less or more of a trans person or whatever—the mechanics of being trans just interest me)