[wufufufu]

Thank you for commenting these in. I find this quote "That when allowed to be themselves, their psychological issues largely disappear." interesting and hopeful -- and the way it's phrased suggests some causation.

Is there a study that proves this? I did a brief literature scan and it seems to me that researchers are unclear about the causation direction of things like trauma, psychological disorders, and GID/gender dissatisfaction. I think this is a pretty important part of the ongoing debate.

I don't want to be the "citations needed" guy, but I do have a tremendous respect for science and I don't want to just have to go with my gut on something like this.

[DoreenMichele]

Well, there's the study cited above showing that when they transition, their mental health issues largely go away.

I'm not an expert on Trans issues. However, I'm recovered from childhood sexual trauma and I had unusual levels of support.

So it's clear in my mind that a lot of what you see in the LGBTQ community is really due to the effects of trauma and not due to being LGBTQ per se.

But, I mean, most people would dismiss that as just my opinion. So it probably isn't something you would want to cite.