Isn transgender behavior a mental illness and isn it related to other “deviant” sexual behaviors?
No on both counts. Transgenderism is a behavior and not an illness, mental or otherwise. They are not suffering from Multi-Personality disorder or Schizophrenia. The behavior is simply an expression of who they are; it is as intrinsically harmless as having blue eyes. Transgendered people are not sexual deviants. This behavior is unconnected to exhibitionism, child molestation or any other sexual behavior, coercive or non-coercive. All sexual behaviors statistically cut across all aspects of society. It is possible for a transgendered person to be an exhibitionist, but it is less likely since nature has already selected them once, and inherent sexual behaviors tend not to “strike twice”. A distinction must be made between coercive and non-coercive sexual activity. American society largely views any sexual conduct that is not strictly mainstream to be “deviant”, interpreted – “bad”. Coercive sexual practices such as exhibitionism, voyeurism, molestation, rape and even obscene phone call
