A pedestrian green light in Trafalgar Square, London, displaying the transgender symbol instead of the usual man crossing the street symbol. This is from a 2016 cooperation between Transport for London and Siemens. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / David Monniaux.
Various expert reports suggest that around 2% of the world’s population is transgender (trans). In other words, the number of people feeling that their gender identity does not align with their biological sex is very small. This condition is also known as gender dysphoria. In the worlds of medicine and psychotherapy, there is deep disagreement…
