Bi Gender / Bi Genderism
Alternating Gender Incongruity (AGI)
A Degree of Brain Hemispheric Switching
Bi Gender Description
People who are Bi Gender have both Male and Female Genders within their Brains that Switch back and forth uncontrollably at any time. These uncontrolled switches can last in either gender for minutes, hours, days, weeks or years before switching back to the previous Gender. When these individuals switch genders they always remember everything, there is no lost of memory at any time in either gender state. Bi Gender people feel the difference in their genders meaning they know when they have switched to the other gender because they have different feelings, moods, needs, desires, and can expereince Phantom Genitals and Breast. When a Bi Gender person switches Genders for some it can be just like they are Transsexuals and can remain in that brain state for years and others may not be in that extreme. There are different variances of Bi Gender depending on how the brain developed in the fetus and growing after birth. Below is information on Bi Gender. Theories, Experimental Findings, Nature / Nurture points and, Controversies.
Above Description by Lifes Experience as Bi Gender
Michelle Lynn GreyFeather
Michael GreyFeather
Bi Gender, Age 70
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Bi Gender
Alternating Gender Incongruity:
A new neuropsychiatric syndrome
Providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex.
Laura K. Case and V. S. Ramachandran
Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, McGill Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr. M/C 0109,
La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Medical Hypotheses (Impact Factor: 1.07). 02/2012; 78(5):626-31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041
Source: PubMed
Abstract
Between the two extreme ends of human sexuality - male and female - lie a poorly understood and poorly studied spectrum of ambiguously defined sexual identities that are very much a part of the human condition but defy rigid classification. "Bigender" is a recently formed sub-category of transgenderism, describing individuals who experience a blending or alternation of gender states. While recognized nominally by the APA, no scientific work to our knowledge has addressed this fascinating condition, or proposed any physiological basis for it. In addition, the alternation aspect has not been proposed as a nosological entity distinct from blending. We present descriptive data suggesting that many bigender individuals experience an involuntary switching of gender states without any amnesia for either state. In addition, similar to transsexual individuals, the majority of bigender individuals experience phantom breasts or genitalia corresponding to the non-biologic gender when they are in a trans-gender state. Finally, our survey found decreased lateralization of handedness in the bigender community. These observations suggest a biologic basis of bigenderism and lead us to propose a novel gender condition, "alternating gender incongruity" (AGI). We hypothesize that AGI may be related to an unusual degree or depth of hemispheric switching and corresponding callosal suppression of sex appropriate body maps in parietal cortex- possibly the superior parietal lobule- and its reciprocal connections with the insula and hypothalamus. This is based on two lines of reasoning. First, bigender individuals in our survey sample reported an elevated rate of bipolar disorder, which has been linked to slowed hemispheric switching. We hypothesize that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches. Switching may also trigger hormonal cascades, which we are currently exploring. Second, we base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders. By providing a case of sharp brain-sex shifts within individuals, we believe that the study of AGI could prove illuminating to scientific understanding of gender, body representation, and the nature of self.
Researched and Posted by
Michelle Lynn GreyFeather
Identifying as Bi Gender
The Transology Association
A Non Profit Transgender Support and Educational Organization
