I so wish the rest of the med and education professionals thought more like you. Unfortunately there are still many who are decades out of step.

Extremely informative and really interesting! Being Dutch, it was a nice way of seeing a (semi-)objective presentation on this. You're giving a lot of other resources and informative data, without losing an academic way of looking at it. Thanks a lot!

I am a woman who has autism and I am attracted physical and emotional to women is that ok

Adult guardianship is a threat to gay rights and gender identity and something we need to address and possibly make a law that says that you must respect a wards right to be gay or transgender if you want guardianship over an adult autistic.

Thank you for the statistics and explanation of terms.

As an Aspie parent, I dread this talk with my NT kid

Thanks for this.

THIS IS GOOD BACKGROUND AUDIO FOR FPS GAMES

When I think of male and female nothing comes to my mind, I'm most likely like someone who doesn't know. Sometimes I choose female online if there is no other option. Also, I'm asexual. I have not done a diagnostic test just screening test. I saved a few scores. Autism Canada said I was high risk. I got 38 and 30 to 50 is high risk. I got 20 out of 80 on the empathy quotient. So, I might be Level 1 Autism. I scored better than the average of non autistic people on a Repetitive Behavior Test. I have aphantasia and alexithymia.

I didn't know there was a specific corrolation between Autism and Queer Identity. I knew I was not hetero since I before can remember having a concept of sexuality. I did not know I was Autistic until I was 28. (I recently turned 48.) I always knew I was different, from pretty much everyone I ever met... even from so many other LGBTQ*+ people. I am Non-Binary, primarily attracted physically/sexually/romantically to "males" with a stronger emotional/psychological affinity with "females." I found a few videos, and later some other research, on Autism in females a few years back, and I identified much more with several of the "female traits" and ways of masking, than I ever did with the "traits" often attributed to male Autistics. About a couple of hours ago, I simply decided to search for info that was specific to Autism, in the LGBTQ*+ community, and your video "popped" up... so I clicked! Twenty years in, and I am still learning about Autism in general, let alone all the ways, my own Autism, effects my daily life.

Research and statements very nicely formulated and presented. The Powerpoint on the other hand, like..; strong colours, heavy contrast and messy arranging --- made the ride a bit wobbly for me ^^'

I find it difficult to express my gender. I feel like I have no gender. Others have the experience that they are befriend with a guy... But I am a women. But I am. Indifferent with regard to my gender.

A very good intelligent talk thank you 😊

im autistic but i aint part of the lgbt community you cant just predict that every autistic person is gonna be part of the lgbt.

Thank you!

The statistic "at least 5% of pregnancies have a chromosome combination other than that" is presented misleadingly, as if to suggest almost 5% of the population has sex chromosome abnormalities. No! Most pregnancies with abnormal chromosome number, aka "anneuploidies" are not carried to term. Then, you have to consider tht most humans have 46 total chromosomes, only 2 being sex chromosomes. Thus, the number of people born with some sort of sex chromosome abnormality is closer to 1/450.

I'm glad I found this video. I am cis-gay and at 36 years old I recently found out I am on the very end of the Autism spectrum. One interesting thing to me is my autism traits are closer to that of a female with autism than a guy. I think myself and most other gay guys I know has the heart and soul (mental compacity) of a woman so I wonder if that's why my autistic traits are closer to a woman's, or if it's something deeper. I'm wondering if there is any research about depression and autism. Up until age 24 I didn't have or experience anxiety or depression. Once it hit, it hit hard. I can definitely say that if I never had depression I would have never realized I was autistic. The worse my depression the more pronounced my autistic traits appear. For example- before depression I would regularly talk on the phone and have conversations for hours. It always felt a little odd speaking on the phone I always liked in person conversations much better. Once depression & anxiety took over it became harder and harder to have a conversation on the phone. For about 10 or more years I now have a phobia of phone calls specifically for personal calls- calls just to talk. I don't mind business phone calls because they are pretty black and white and for a reason.

My boyfriend and I do t hug hold hands or kiss. I don’t try out of respect. Would it ever be appropriate for me to try to make that happen one. In a while? If I did, is there a way to do that without making him uncomfortable? I respect him and so r want him to mask. I love him as he is but holding hands occasionally would be nice for me if he also enjoyed it too but I don’t think he would or else he’d do it. I focus on much better connections we have than typical Hans holding and kissing. Hugs a are la second with him patting my back. I don’t want to change him but curious if I should initiate a little bit and if so, how.

Thanks for this. I lived in Park City Utah for most of my teenage years. During my sophomore year of high school I never learned about about the LGBTQ+ community and domestic violence. I came out as a lesbian on December 11th 2015 and came out as non binary on February 6th 2021 and officially diagnosed with Level 2 ASD on October 17th 2021. I’m also legally blind as well so that’s why it took so long to get the ASD diagnosis. I knew I was different from a young age with both with my ASD gender identity and sexual orientation. Because of LDS church had a lot to do the lack of sex education in the educational system in Utah . Also it would be helpful if domestic violence was talked about as well . I’m a survivor of Domestic violence rape and stalking .

This was on my recommended (I'm autistic and I like to learn about my problems) so I'm only here to learn but if my parents kicked me out when they learned I was autistic I'd kill myself

If I'm sexually attracted to a tree' and there's no one in the forest to see me'; am I a tree?

Awesome content man, Lets be friends XD

I had a hard time coming out as a lesbian because of my autism

Ages 15-16 and above, fine. Children ages 10-14 don't need to be assigned or to speculate any of this at this age. Apparently this kind of thing is part of our special ed school systems where I live now, and I think it's kind of disturbing, am I the only one seeing this I think it's going a bit too far, there are far more important things for people at such a young age, they don't need that in the back of their head...

54 years old. Born female. Identified as male since five years old. Mid 1990's underwent psychological testing under Harry Benjamin Standards of care 3 not just 2 PhD's for hormones and surgery approval. The intensity of two years of therapy ALMOST caught autism but I remained stable and secure in my identity as a man 1990s with family support just like at five and just like today 2022. Nuero psych testing 3 months, family report and interview. 54 year old trans autistic man. No regrets. Trans autistic requires support services cues and assist. Did hold a job 26 years with support help. Could there be a link between trans adults and autism?

LGBTQ community are challenging some very basic and strongly ingrained ideas, including how we use pronouns…to be honest, it is not easy to warp my head around all this…

In Britain, the High Court has ensured the protection of under 18s from any medical interventions in this context.

Please be SURE you know your own identity and spend lots of time with therapy before experimenting with hormones or surgery. THAT can't be undone-no going back and you must understand what irreversible really means. Crying later you made a mistake and didn't know yourself well enough will not help you feel better about yourself in the end. Identity can be an experiment. Grounded reality is when hormones and surgery occur-there is cost, often poor results, complications, revisions. A road only a handful should ever travel.

If we can change our genders we certainly should be able to change the year we were born.

Why do i need to comprehend and comply with all utterly insane machinations? What would happen if people just be their own nature? Instead of brutally smashing innate natures to fit a box that turns you on? I've never met any sex/gender obsessed individual who could think of anthing but use and abuse others. I don't need any of that lunacy in my survival.

This was a very poor analysis - presumed so much that lies at the very heart of this debate.

This was so NOT what i thought it was going to be. I'm interested in the scientific side of how mental health/illness contributes to gender dysphoria... not how to embrace it. This generation is screwed. And so am I. I'll never find real help. Just people living in delusion, confirming anything and everything that anyone believes... unless, of course, it happens to be truth and reality. 😢😔 This is coming from someone who has had gender identity disorder/dysphoria as far back as I can remember.

I don't understand what you're talking about. There are only 2 genders. But it doesn't matter what anyone wants to identify as...just so long as they don't make everyone else use all those ridiculous pronouns.