Draft:Scientific transphobia

Scientific transphobia is a type of transphobia supported by or based on misinformation excused as real science. While the validity of transgender people is supported by science, proponents of scientific transphobia often cite biology in order to discriminate against transgender people. Consequences of scientific transphobia are similar to those seen in general transphobia, including violence, suicide, bathroom bills,, and sports bans.

Arguments
Pseudoscientific arguments are often used to discriminate against transgender people. Ben Shapiro, for example, has stated being transgender is a mental illness. While gender dysphoria is recognized as a disorder in the DSM-5, not all transgender people experience gender dysphoria, and being transgender itself is not seen as a disorder. Another argument is that chromosomes determine sex, and therefore gender is determined at birth. However, sex and gender are known to be separate. Proponents of scientific transphobia cite sex as a binary, but intersex people may present at birth as female while having XY chromosomes, or male while having XX chromosomes, or have extra chromosomes.