My understanding here is that your assertion is that 30% of the TG population is delusional?

My understanding is that TG (commonly refered to as GID or Gender Identity Disorder) patients, as stated in the DSM-IV, are not dellusional. The standards which most Dr's follow are meant to weed out the dellusion from those with genuince gender identity issues. Persistence is a huge thing when it comes to identifying people with GID. We are not talking about people who woke up one day and said "Hey I want to be the opposite gender". What is happening here is that people, often from very early childhood, felt they were different than the gender that was given to them at birth and choose to follow what they feel is true and proper for them.

You mentioned Harry Benjamin. According to Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, after the gender disorder is treated, comorbid mood and anxiety usually do not return. In addition, Psychosis is rare. The only time psychosis comes into play in regards to GID is when this gender identity is seen as a psychotic symptom in cases such as schizophrenia. And GID in in schizophrenics is extremely rare. So according to what I understand of what you said, 30% of TG persons are the very rare schizophrenic.

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Early-childhood experiences are indicated in most narcissistic personality problems and to rule out a mother child relationship issue would be remiss

So this has me a little confused as well. Are you saying that TG persons are narcissistic?

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I am not sure of the numbers of ex-military who report transsexual issues but from my own research it is quite a high proportion in the USA. Often this is a direct result of the trauma they experience

I would be extremely interested in your research on this topic.

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Information on the net and "support" groups only reinforce the ideation.

The same could be said for PC as well. Or any other site or group that offers support to people.

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Many of these people subsequently after transitioning suicide but, the figures no longer show up as male TS but as 'female.'

Would you be able to tell me where you found this information? All the data that I have seen in the years I have spent researching this state something very different. Yes those post transition to still commit suicide. However, the number of those who choose this route before ever transitioning is significantly higher. The national sucide rate is approximately 3 per 100,000. Suicide fro the TG community is approximately 55 for every 100,000. More than 50% of people who identify as TG will attempt suicide at least one time before they are 20. For those post transition, the suicide rate is between 1 and 2.5 per 1000,000.