Real data are proving that transgenderism is a marketing phenomenon

You don’t have to be a genius to know that the recent explosive trend among young people claiming to be in the wrong body isn’t as much about biological realities as psychological and/or socio-cultural factors—driving so many to undergo radical gender surgery and a lifetime commitment to high levels of hormones, the side effects of which we know precious little. My thesis in researching this topic and writing about it over the years has been that there are medically-diagnosed conditions—very few, however—that involve a genuine mismatch between one’s genes and secondary sexual characteristics. These conditions are incredibly rare. If something...