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I mean, do you think that someone could sincerely believe themselves to be of a different "race" than their outward appearance would suggest, and that the only thing that would help them would be for them to change their skin color and other features as much as feasible?

I suppose it could happen, but it would seem to be a very specific disconnect between a person's brain and the rest of their body, since what we refer to as different "races" of people really aren't that different genetically (or so I've read). In contrast, there are a number of genetic and hormonal differences between men and women, and there are intersex people, so I can see there being an "intersex" person who outwardly looks like one sex but internally has hormones and brain structure more like the opposite sex. And if somebody is "intersex" in that way, it makes sense that only hormones and/or surgery could help them (though of course different trans people need different treatments).

(I know I made a topic about this a few days ago, but I let it die before I said much in it, and it was also about a specific article rather than the general question.)