The “being trans is an intersex condition” hypothesis is… well, many intersex people are trans, but many intersex people are *not* trans (e.g. Caster Semenya; per https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/runner-caster-semenya-rejects-intersex-label-forced-medical-interventions/, she’s very much a cis woman and isn’t really comfortable even with the label “intersex”), and most of these studies presume the hypothesis without really questioning it.
Many trans people fail to exhibit the genetic features that crop up in those papers. Same with the MRI-phrenology stuff. They’re still trans.
The “being trans is an intersex condition” hypothesis is… well, many intersex people are trans, but many intersex people are *not* trans (e.g. Caster Semenya; per https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/runner-caster-semenya-rejects-intersex-label-forced-medical-interventions/, she’s very much a cis woman and isn’t really comfortable even with the label “intersex”), and most of these studies presume the hypothesis without really questioning it.
Many trans people fail to exhibit the genetic features that crop up in those papers. Same with the MRI-phrenology stuff. They’re still trans.