I *might* be close to an expert on this subject so I'll break down the person's post for you and discuss the traits of AIS. "When I was born I was just like any other baby and was born a male," If the child had AIS they would appear female, not like 'any other male'. PAIS on the other hand can happen in an otherwise male looking baby. " but something changed when I hit puberty. Instead of growing up and out I developed hips, my fingers got long and slender" Many people have wide hips - I did as well. It has to do with hormone levels at the time of the fat distribution. Fingers growing long and slender is not a characteristic of AIS or PAIS. It isn't a characteristic of anything except for the authors attempt to describe themselves in a more feminine way. " and I started growing breasts. " Breasts can develop for any number of reasons. AIS normally causes *some* breast tissue development, but normally requires the supplementation of female hormones for a female like puberty to occur. "I was very into sports at that time and had to quit because changing clothes in the locker room was just too humiliating because my body was very feminine not masculine. "By the time High School came I had to strap my breasts down to hide them and I had full hips like a woman and feminine body, my cheek bones developed" Breast development in an otherrwise normal male at birth (as the person described themselves) should be so minor as to not require binding except for the case of extreme genetic factors. MTF transsexuals who take hormones and block testosterone usually don't develop into any more than an A cup unless they are overweight. " and found no interest at all in dating women." This has nothing to do with anything. Anyone can like or not like women based on sexual preference. It isn't something that "changes" at puberty really. This is just another attempt to build sympathy with the reader. "My doctor diagnosed me and put me on hormones and almost within a month I looked like I had always been a woman with no signs of anything male and that's the way I've lived since then, although I still have male genitalia. My transition started naturally so early with no hormones that literally no one has ever known or asked me if I was born a man or looked at me twice." A doctor diagnosed him with... what? Doctors do not diagnose people with anything and put you on cross-sexed hormones. Also they take a LOT longer than a month to act. Bone structure is harder for AIS women and much harder for those with PAIS. The point is, people do not spontaneously go from "normal male" to "normal looking female" even with help from hormones and maybe even surgery. The testosterone being produced in this person's testes would rapidly have diminished any effect from their estrogen production. If this person was truly AIS, they would have in all likelihood been raised as female as most doctors do not do chromosomal tests at birth to reveal the Y chromosome. AIS is usually only discovered later when the girl does not have a normal period come puberty. Now to your personal attack on my intelligence. I forgive you - you clearly thought I was here spreading misinformation when in fact I was trying to warn other members of a troll who was trying to stir up trouble considering this church's very binary stance on gender. I am well read in this subject - it affects me every day of my life.
