Transgendered children

[Longhorn]

I can certainly sympathize with someone that has a medical issue. I also know how personally how people who do not have a specific medical condition have difficulty understanding the unique challenges faced by people with disabilities. At the same time I consider sexism a serious social evil and it seems to me that the transgender issue reinforces problematic stereotypes of masculinity and femininity. Does anyone else see this tension?

Yes, this is a valid question, but, as has been said before, transgendered people don't experience gender dysphoria based on societal norms or gender roles, it's a mixture of genetic, hormonal, structural and psychological causes and as always it's hard to figure out how it works exactly

I see your point, though
The DSM-V only includes gender dysphoria as a disorder, which refers to the discomfort felt by transgendered individuals
This was done specifically to resolve the problem of enforcing the concept of gender being binary