listen - i didn't learn about being transgendered in a classroom. i'm not applying an academic theory. i'm living a life. and, if my empirical experiences don't uphold the theory, it follows that the theory is wrong, at least in how it applies to my life.

i can work through this on my own - i don't need somebody else to tell me how to think about it.

i'm an individual, and it's my individual experiences that are important to me, not some shared collective experience determined by some eggheads at some academy somewhere.

so, no - what i'm presenting to you is not what you read in a book. but, listen to me, don't believe what you read.