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No, people transition to align their gender with their physical or sexual characteristics.

(I am trying really hard to be polite because this is HN and people show that curtousey, but what you have written is not only incorrect but offensive and I implore you to seek out different topics that those which only see the world from the perspective of male sexual objectification.)

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But as "gender" (in the sense of "gender identity") is a euphemism for these thoughts, feelings and desires, this amounts to the same thing.

"Gender identity" in itself is a term used to obscure the various different reasons why some people choose to trans themselves. Often alongside thought-terminating clichés such as TWAW, to try to ward off any further scrutiny.

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