# Gender identity - is it even a debate at all? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 26, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-identity-is-it-even-a-debate-at-all/537366 "2010-04-26T02:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![AqualungBats5th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AqualungBats5th](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AqualungBats5th)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-identity-is-it-even-a-debate-at-all/537366/84 "2010-04-27T01:39:26Z")
From the other thread… > [@Gay vs straight people--willingness to date a transsexual person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-vs-straight-people-willingness-to-date-a-transsexual-person/537187/77): > > Yes, soo absurd. You realize males and females have different bone structures that no amount of surgery can change! This is absolutely untrue. Males and females have differing skeletal structures on average, where males are usually larger with greater bone density. That is _average_, though, not destiny. Also, are you aware that if an FTM starts testosterone before they’re finished growing they will grow essentially to the height they would have been had they been born male? In addition, FTMs of any age will find their bone density increasing after beginning hormone therapy. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-identity-is-it-even-a-debate-at-all/537366)._