In the past decade, there has been some fascinating research on the brains of transgender people. What is most remarkable about this work is not that… - Jennifer Finney Boylan

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In the past decade, there has been some fascinating research on the brains of transgender people. What is most remarkable about this work is not that trans women’s brains have been found to resemble those of cisgender women, or that trans men’s brains resemble those of cis men. What the research has found is that the brains of trans people are unique: neither female nor male, exactly, but something distinct.

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About Jennifer Finney Boylan

Jennifer Finney Boylan (born James Boylan, June 22, 1958) is an American author, political activist, and professor of English at Barnard College of Columbia University (since 2014) and a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She was formerly professor of English at Colby College in Maine from 1988 until 2014. She is a trans woman.

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You know, don’t you, that no amount of wishing that this were not the case can make it not the case. No amount of praying that you are not transgendered will make you something other than what you are. No amount of love from anyone will make you fit inside a body that does not match your spirit.

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