«Ndidafunikira thandizo
mutu, osati thupi langa. "

Malingana ndi zambiri zaposachedwa UK ndi US, 10-30% ya anthu omwe angosintha kumene amasiya kusintha pasanathe zaka zingapo atayamba kusintha.

Kukula kwa kayendetsedwe kazachikazi kunalimbikitsa kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa chiphunzitso cha sayansi ya "jenda", chomwe chimati kusiyana kwa zokonda ndi kuthekera pakati pa abambo ndi amai kumatsimikizika osati chifukwa cha kusiyana kwawo kwachilengedwe, koma ndi makulidwe ndi malingaliro omwe gulu la makolo limawapatsa. Malinga ndi lingaliro ili, "jenda" ndi "kugonana kwamaganizidwe" a munthu, zomwe sizimadalira kugonana kwake kwachilengedwe ndipo sizogwirizana kwenikweni ndi izi, pokhudzana ndi zomwe munthu wobadwa mwachilengedwe amatha kudzimva ngati mkazi ndikupanga maudindo azimayi, komanso mosiyana. Otsatira a chiphunzitsochi amatcha chodabwitsachi "transgender" ndipo amati ndichinthu chachilendo. Mu zamankhwala, vuto lamaganizoli limadziwika kuti transsexualism (ICD-10: F64).

Mosakayikira, "lingaliro lonse la jenda" lakhazikitsidwa pamalingaliro osamveka opanda umboni komanso malingaliro opanda maziko. Zimayimira kupezeka kwa chidziwitso pakalibe izi. Komabe, m'zaka zaposachedwa, kufalikira kwa "transgender", makamaka pakati pa achinyamata, kwakhala mliri. Ndizachidziwikire kuti kuipitsidwa kwa anthu kuphatikiza pamavuto osiyanasiyana amisala ndi mitsempha imatenga gawo lofunikira mu izi. Chiwerengero cha achinyamata ofunitsitsa "kusintha kugonana" chikuwonjezeka m'zaka zaposachedwa khumi ndipo adafika pamlingo wojambulira. Pazifukwa zosadziwika, 3/4 mwaiwo ndi atsikana.