How genes and evolution shape gender – and transgender – identity
- Written by Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
There are many genes involved in shaping not just our biological sex, but also our gender identity. Limor Zellermayer/Unsplash, CC BYMismatch between biological sex and gender identity, culminating in its severest form as gender dysphoria, has been ascribed to mental disease, family dysfunction and childhood trauma.
But accumulating evidence now...





