Trans identities and neuro divergence
Over the last decade there has been an increased awareness of a potential link between trans identities and neuro divergence, with some exclusionary feminists claiming that transing kids is essentially transing neuro divergent children without accounting for the underlying conditions. Yes, anecdotally many trans folk readily identify as some form of neuro divergence. Yet, for me, the wider issue is not that neuro divergence leads kids to being trans but how neuro typical people automatically assume that that the gender normativity present in society is actually an inherently normal and good thing. Neuro divergence helps see the world through different conceptions of self, one being that is something does not make sense then we have the power to affect change in ourselves. Thus, being neuro divergent and trans makes logical sense for many neuro divergent folk and they are not afraid to come out and live as their affirmed self.
While I have no formal diagnosis of neuro divergence I grew up in a household where my mother and three siblings were, which makes my personal trans history interesting and more complex that is obvious. I tend to get frustrated with abstract logic, always picking away at the edges and adding caveats, which frustrates anyone trying to be formally logical with me. For me the world is a messy and complicated place, an overlapping series of personal…
