[AlexisRene]

I may be nitpicking here, but it's possible to explain color to the blind people who didn't have the condition at birth. I'm not a musician, but from what I've read, even after becoming totally deaf, Beethoven still knew what his music sounded like due to audiation.

My point is people may find a way to understand through means you may not expect. While the concept of having a gender identity that is non-congruent with the body's sex may be bizarre to most people, perhaps people would be more receptive to scientific evidence rather than an abstract concept?

I was metaphorically basing off of trying to explain color to someone who had never had their vision.

For me, I knew as a child my feelings were different. Was more so matching the girls & feeling outcast with the boys. But growing up in a rural community long before the internet, made sure to bury it as deep as possible. A few years later, remember when the news broke about Caroline Cossey who as an extra on a James Bond movie was transgender. Had no idea that any of that was possible, but it correlated within. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Cossey

But even at that, still buried everything. Common sense screamed why would anyone go through that sort of emotional & physical pain, health risks, potential social disaster(s) to transition? Would my parents throw me out or send me away? Would there even be happiness on the other side?

To keep this short, it was still years later coming to terms with things, but the key for me was communication. Body parts are just that, parts. But if the gender between your ears does not match the outer appearance, one cannot communicate properly nor effectively. That truly was & is the key for me.

Even though I was affected personally, my mindset was to stay the course, avoid the risk, blend in. Had so hoped that all of this was a choice & scientific data likely would not have had an effect. It literally took a multitude of things to come together & finding a key so to speak for me to understand.

So back to the color spectrum metaphor. I knew the colors, but failed or refused to interpret them properly. How would I ever explain the colors to someone who had never seen them? Much less apply an identifying label to them.