I refer to the letter The woman in transsexuals - or is it? by Fathima Idris.

Fathima, there have been three different labs dissecting male, female, gay, lesbians, and transsexual brains. I appreciate the idea you are unconvinced male to female transsexuals do not have female brains just as thousands of medical doctors and researchers did when the data was first released by the first lab. Having a doctor's degree or a PhD does not preclude one from having a biased opinion. Bad science, bad research, skewed data were some of the nicer things said about the lab report.

Two more independent labs followed up on the first lab research and came up with the same data. You may find the same data if you will Google for the information. I have hard copies because I know how quickly data can come and go on the Internet. If you are prejudiced against transsexuals then you are in the same company as many of the medical doctors.

What is it about us that scares you or sets you against us? We are a threat to your female ego? You think we are stealing men from deserving women? You judge us by the movies or the psychotic talk shows? Do you honestly think those freaks portrayed by the movies or the ratings programmes actually portray real transsexuals?

Transsexuals are either born as one or not born as one. I admit, much to my disgust, I'm human as are all transsexuals. There are good ones, bad ones, pretty ones, ugly ones, tall ones, petite ones and we come in all the same colours as all other humans. Trust me doll, I didn't ask for this life.

All my life all I wanted was to be complete in mind and body, the same thing you were obviously blessed with. Women and men are different in more than just body design. They are also different in the way they think and in what they place the most value on.

Men would die first before they gave up what was between their legs. It's where they carry their manhood and possibly their brains as they always seem to be thinking with it or about it. Women would give up their life to save their babies or their children above all else.

We are doctors, lawyers, husbands, wives, physicists, secretaries, and possibly next door neighbours. Oh, and don't forget we are also Nasa scientists. Google 'Lynn Conway and transsexual success' for the real us, in real life, as real people. Always.