The Link between DES Exposure and MTF Transsexuality

DES is probably the unacknowledged cause of most cases of MTF transsexuality among those born prior to the mid-1970s. Does Dr. Keith Ablow knows?

What if DES was the unacknowledged cause of most cases of MTF transsexuality among those born prior to the mid-1970s…

Brynn Tannehill
Brynn Tannehill is parent, writer, scientist, and advocate for trans inclusion in the military.

In January 2014, Dr. Keith Ablow, psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team, dismissed any biological origins of gender dysphoria, stating he was “Not convinced’ being TransGender exists“…

Few day later, Brynn Tannehill, Director of Advocacy, SPART*A, published a paper with no less than 15 studies showing a biological origin of gender dysphoria… One of them is a mention about DES:
In this study, more than 150 individuals with confirmed or suspected prenatal diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure reported moderate to severe feelings of gender dysphoria across the lifespan.”

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