Published on 12, July, 2020
My experience, based on a rather small sample, is that there is a strong overlap between being on the Spectrum and having at least some doubts about ones gender identity. Possibly our lack of social awareness (= tact) means we are more ready to admit to something that most people would keep well hidden. Possibly there is a real correlation.
At one point I found that of the four male Aspies regularly posting to a small forum, three had well developed female personas. Too small a sample, but interesting. Another forum member was a paintball ref and really one of the lads (and female).
Anyone else willing to speak for themselves? Any parents noticed boyish girls or girlish boys?
To classic_codger - As I posed the original question I think you are asked me about my interest. Partly this is about the now unpopular "extreme male brain" theory of Asperger's. This could be linked with the difficulty of getting a diagnosis for a female. This theory doesn't sit at all well with the high overlap of Asperger's diagnosis and male to female transition.
I was diagnosed as a mature man, aged 51. When I check the dates I find I posted the original question shortly before I started transition - I am now fully female. About a month after the first post I went to my first meeting as female, a party at the house of the minister of the church I had joined that day. When I was introducing myself very nervously I said I'm Aspie and the response was "Yeah, so am I, so's she" - identifying two other trans women in the group.