Anita Klein, Ph.D.

Humans who do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth, have existed throughout the evolution of our species. In many cultures, these individuals are accepted, not persecuted! I am trained as a Biochemist and Geneticist. I taught college students for >35 years. Over the course of my professional life, the scientific understanding of the gender identification, has advanced substantially. While XX chromosomes are primarly associated fetual development the female genitals at birth, and XY chromosome pairs with fetual development of male genitals at birth, we now know there are multiple genes on the other 22 chromosome pairs that impact genital development and gender identification. Approach 1% of humans identify as transgender. Is is horrific for enforce on trangender people a mistaken gender indentity based on the shapes of a newborn baby.