The Transgender I.Q. Test
The following are questions designed to test your knowledge of transgender people and transgender issues. (Circle your chosen answer)
1. Current research indicates transgender behavior results from;
a. Socialization as a child
b. Maternal hormonal imbalance during pregnancy
c. Heredity
d. A vast communist conspiracy designed to undermine the Western democracies
2. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. There are more male-to-female transsexuals than there are female-to-male
transsexuals
b. There are more female-to-male transsexuals than there are male-to-female
transsexuals
c. The number of male-to-female transsexuals and female-to-male transsexuals are about
the same, as best as can be determined
d. Nobody knows for sure. J. Edger Hoover took all data concerning transgender behavior
with him to the grave
3. One of the primary differences between Cross dressers and transsexuals is;
a. Cross dressers are attacked more frequently than transsexuals because of their gender
expression.
b. Cross dressing behavior is not listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, DSM VI
c. Cross dressers generally have no interest in seeking gender reassignment surgery.
d. Cross dressers celebrate Halloween, transsexuals do not.
4. The first gender reassignment surgery in North America was performed in;
a. 1930
b. 1952
c. 1960
d. 1974, shortly after Richard Nixon left the White House
5. Before being considered for gender reassignment surgery, the generally accepted standards of care require a transsexual to;
a. Live and work full time in their new gender for one year
b. Divorce his or her spouse
c. Submit a request for a new social security number under their new name
d. Demonstrate their ability to complete a triathlon using standards applicable to their new
gender
6. One of the most important legislative initiatives that the transgender community is seeking to achieve is;
a. Employment non-discrimination
b. The right to change their name to match their new gender
c. The right to run for an elected office
d. The right to wear orange on St. Patrick’s Day
7. Someone who identifies as gender fluid;
a. Appears as neither man nor woman, presenting a gender either mixed or neutral.
b. Suffers from combination of chromosomes, hormones, internal sex organs, and/or
genitals differs from expected patterns
c. May always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders, but may feel more boy some
days, and more girl other days.
d. A transgender person who has a bladder control problem
8. Which of the following statements is true;
a. A person who engages in transgender behavior risks being ostracized by family, friends
and co-workers
b. All transgender people are gay
c. Transgender behavior does not manifest itself in an individual until puppetry
d. There are no transsexuals in Iran
9. Successful transition and gender reassignment surgery;
a. Means that the person is no longer considered transgender
b. Leaves no documentation tying the transsexual to their former gender
c. Can create an entirely new host of problems and issues
d. Leaves the male-to-female transsexual unable to parallel park
10. Being transgender and not seeking an effective means of coming to terms with it can result in;
a. Suicide
b. Bouts of depression
c. Marital and family strife
d. All of the above
Answers;
1 – Correct Answer is b
a: The idea that transgender behavior is the result of socialization or ‘nurturing’ was once a
popular concept but has been discredited. A controlled experiment, using a set of twins
was conducted by Dr. John Money from 1967 – 1978, attempted to prove this. Its failure
resulted in the suicide death of both test subjects.
c: At present there is no empirical evidence to support this.
d: Hey, ya gotta blame someone.
2 – Correct Answer is c
a & b: Exact figures on the number of transgender are impossible to determine. However,
there is sufficient information available to safely say that transgender behavior is not
gender specific or more likely to be found in one gender than the other.
d: It is generally believed that Herbert Hoover cross dressed as a female from time to
time, conjuring up a mental image that is too terrible to contemplate.
3 – Correct Answer is c
a: Hate crimes against transgender people know no bounds or are not confined to one
element of the transgender community
b: Both cross dressing and transsexualism is found in DSM IV in Section 302.
Homosexuality was completely removed from DSM in 1986
d: Halloween is celebrated by everyone. Only the choice of customs seems to change.
4 – Correct Answer is c
a: The first recorded gender reassignment surgery took place in Germany at the
Hirschfeld Institute in 1930
b: Christine Jorgensen makes her sexual reassignment surgery, conducted in Denmark,
public in 1952
d: Sorry, you can’t blame this one on Nixon
5 – Correct Answer is a
b: A legally conducted marriage that took place before gender reassignment surgery is not
nullified in most states
c: There is no need to change one’s social security number, only the name as would be the
case in any name change
d: This requirement was only applied to members of the former East German Olympic
team
6 – Correct Answer is a
b: The right to change one’s name on most documents and sex on drivers license after
reassignment surgery is almost universal.
c: There are no legal obstacles preventing a TG from running for any elected office.
d: Anyone, even a TG, can wear orange on St. Pat’s day, thought I wouldn’t advise you to
walk into an Irish pub while doing so in order to raise your glass to toast William’s
victory at the Boyne. (Sorry, ya gotta be Irish to really appreciate this one).
7 – Correct Answer is c
a: This definition applies to someone identified as androgynous.
b: This definition applies to someone suffering from Disorder of Sex Development,
previously known as intersexed
d: While the odds of a TG suffering from bladder problems are the same as for everyone
else, this term isn’t used to describe those poor unfortunate souls.
8 – Correct Answer is a
b: Cross gender behavior does not effect a person’s sexual orientation.
c: Transgender behavior can manifest itself at any age.
d: Transgender behavior can be found in every social, cultural, ethnic, national and
historical setting. How it is dealt with or even acknowledged, of course, varies widely.
9 – Correct Answer is c
a: The fact that a post-operative transsexual cannot fulfill their role in reproduction in their
new gender is one aspect that separates them from others belonging to their newly
assigned gender.
b: Not all documents can be changed to match a person’s new gender or name. This
includes a former service member’s DD Form-214 and in some cases high school and
college transcripts. In the UK, a person cannot change their birth certificate to match
their new gender while most states allow this after gender reassignment surgery.
d: Reassignment surgery does not affect a person’s skills or intelligence, unless of course
they dye their hair blond.
10 – Correct Answer is d: In far too many cases, an individual’s failure to deal effectively with transgender issues can result in depression, difficulties in relationships and other emotional problems, leading to self destructive behavior.