I'm transsexual and I think I recently figured out what actually caused it. Right before the onset of puberty up until about 15-16 I was significantly more feminine than the boys my age. I explicitly recall holding up hands against my friend and the difference was clear, the same went from the rest of the body and especially the voice. I had one of those obnoxious squeaky ones, although I didn't talk in a flamboyant way. This went on for a really long time because I was really late into puberty and because of this I think I developed pseudohomosexual psychosis as I really struggled to physically achieve the masculine ideals and was overshadowed by the other boys. It certainly didn't help that my dad was emotionally distant and toxic in a way that caused me to be afraid of him rather than seeing him as a mentor of sorts.

This all caused me to wish I was born a girl instead and went on to getting a crush on my much more masculine best friend in a way that aligns alot with pseudohomosexual psychosis.

Now many years later at 22 I have been on hormones for two years and I'm beyond happy with the changes, have a boyfriend who I'm genuinely into and for the first time in many years I can see a bright future for myself. So I definitely didn't do some grave mistake and everything turned out pretty well despite it all.

Now for the point of this post, how do we as a society prevent this from happening? I'm afraid that all the boys growing up without a father and especially those who happen to be slightly more on the feminine side physically are going to be at great risk for pseudohomosexual psychosis. The kids who get it will be able to live as fulfilling lives as others but it's still preferable to avoid it all together. The one thing I can think of is routine hormone blood tests to be conducted in order to help those with slight hormonal issues causing a late puberty.

What we need is some way to give young boys without present fathers a father figure who is present and gives a healthy view on masculinity and who can guide the child. Or maybe the social aspect of it comes secondary as I actually know of a lot of guys who grew up with split parents but ended up as regular men.