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When the author says transgender is new and a product of western queer culture, it demonstrates that they have allowed their desire for acceptance to override academic or journalistic integrity. I'm sorry they have had such a difficult time finding acceptance, but to take self recrimination as the only option is false and harmful to the advancement of the acceptance they claim to espouse.
I'm certain they do represent a certain subset of personailties. It just isn't a subset that I belong to, or would want to belong to.