I don't deny one bit that there are physical and mental disorders that would cause one to identify as a gender they don't appear to be. I do question, however, the amount of them that seem to have 'come out' in the past ~10 years. Is it really that prevalent and people were hiding it? Is there an actual increase and what's the reasoning for that? Or, is it the trendy thing to do now and people are just using it to get attention?
Given the fact that this whole damn country seems to be more and more infatuated with garnering attention towards themselves (read: Facebook), I'm inclined to say it's the latter. This is completely anecdotal and I have no real evidence to support it.
Thoughts?