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You act as if the psychological community's word is law. Their theories on the matter of transexuals is merely a load of sophistry and a violation of parsimony. Some things don't require overly complex explainations for it to make sense and this is one of them. They are simply quite disturbed and there is no reason to believe otherwise.
I also find it quite ironic that people will use the psychological community's previous perspective on homosexuality as an example of traditionalist misclassifications but will turn right around and champion their current opinion on transexuals. So basically, the psychological community has been known to make mistakes but when they agree with me then they must be right.
Moreover, I consider psychology on the whole a loose field of study. It's a transient discipline that merely reflects the perceptions of contemporary society. I do not feel psychology is a truly valid classification system.
As research becomes more sophisticated and techniques more advanced, we add information that was not previously known. Consider what we know today because of technology and research as opposed to what we knew 100 years ago. Your position is a reactionary position that refuses to take current information and research into account. You are correct. Sometimes the simple solution is the correct one. This is not, however, one of those times. There is nothing that your position offers in the way of research or information that disputes the alternative.
And we certainly differ on the validity on the study of human behavior.