Today, we proudly present Skeptoid Episode No. 463 by guest host Alison Hudson, a transgender

woman who is no longer with us.

The topic is transgender myths, a subject of greater importance to many of us than we realize,

and of pivotal importance to the unfortunate brevity of her life.

Please enjoy transgender factor fiction by Alison Hudson.

Right now, Un Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Alison Hudson from Skeptoid.com.

Transgender, Fact, or Fiction.

Transgender has become a hot topic in the media lately, from the successive shows like

Transparent, Pagasa column rumors about Bruce, for now, Jenner, to political debates over

bathroom bills and civil rights legislation.

Transgender people, those whose gender identity does not align with their birth assigned

gender, are getting a lot of attention.

Because transgender is a hot topic, everyone seems to have an opinion on it.

And especially in places like op-ed pages and blog comment sections, many self-appointed

experts have been sharing what they view as the Facts of being transgender with others.

Not surprisingly, many of those Facts are plain wrong.

Full disclosure, I am both a transgender woman and a Skeptic.

As a trans woman, my own subjective experience is all I really need to know about being transgender.

But as a Skeptic, I was compelled, even before I started my gender transition, to learn

as much as I could about what the sciences, be it psychology, neurology, biology, sociology,

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