Today’s show comes from our friend Ingrid who suggested we talk about myths surrounding being transgender and transitioning, which is exactly what we do on this episode. We get into the science behind gender identity, deconstruct what sociologists actually mean by “gender is a social construct” (spoiler alert: it's complicated), and, yes, explain why there’s no comparison between Rachel Dolezal and being trans.Links:•My article about the science behind gender identity (with links to studies mentioned): proves-trans-people-arent-making-it-up.html">https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/science-proves-trans-people-arent-making-it-up.html •Sociology of Gender: https://othersociologist.com/sociology-of-gender/ •There is no comparison between transgender people and Rachel Dolezal: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/12/comparison-transgender-people-rachel-dolezal •What transracial actually means: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/adopting-reason/201605/is-transracial-adoption-harmful-kids •Myths about Transition Regrets: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/myths-about-transition-regrets_b_6160626.html •3 myths that shape the transgender bathroom debate: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/health/transgender-bathroom-law-facts-myths/ •The Psychology of Transgender: transgender.aspx">http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/11/psychology-transgender.aspx •A Lost State of Mind: http://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com •The Biskeptical Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biskepticalpodcast/ •The Biskeptical Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/biskepticalpod •Bi Any Means/Biskeptical Podcast Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179617892470906/ •Trav’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/tmamone •Morgan’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/mostring •Biskeptical Morgan: https://www.facebook.com/BiskepticalMorgan/ •Email: biskepticalpodcast@gmail.com •Listener line: 410-690-3558 •Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tmamone