I learned a lot more about ... by Mercedes Ruehl, an American Actress

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“I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.”

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Mercedes Ruehl

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Name: Mercedes Ruehl

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Feb 28, 1948

Profession: Actress

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I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.

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I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with.

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Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.

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Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.

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But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.

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