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The "born in the wrong body" narrative was given to trans people by doctors who were trying to give an explanation for what they saw as our pathology. Trans people learned to play along as it was the only way to receive medical care. It's not a narrative that we came up with.
The first Gender Clinics were based on the criteria set out by Dr Harry Benjamin in "The Transsexual
Phenomenon" [1966]. The doctors were delighted that so many of the patients met the criteria and it took them many years to realise the book was being passed around the community.
![The first Gender Clinics were based on the criteria set out by Dr Harry Benjamin in "The TranssexualPhenomenon" [1966]. The doctors were delighted that so many of the patients met the criteria and it took them many years to realise the book was being passed around the community.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EitRtgtWsAAVs-X.png "The first Gender Clinics were based on the criteria set out by Dr Harry Benjamin in \"The TranssexualPhenomenon\" [1966]. The doctors were delighted that so many of the patients met the criteria and it took them many years to realise the book was being passed around the community.")
Phenomenon" [1966]. The doctors were delighted that so many of the patients met the criteria and it took them many years to realise the book was being passed around the community.
You can read more about the history of this in Sandy Stone's "The Empire Strikes Back: A Post-transexual Manifesto".
https://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/trans-manifesto.pdf
https://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/trans-manifesto.pdf
