In experiments done with rats when an area is overpopulated bisexual and homosexual behaviour occurs. Persons who live in over crowded environments are also inclined to experiment sexually. Beside with the high level of hormones in our diet it can interferes with gender identity.

and of course the ever growing number of teenagers and others that regret going through surgery are ignored.

People who probably object to experiments being performed on rats are now having themselves experimented on by quacks with no morals. As
Germaine Greer said, having 'the operation' doesn't make you a woman. It's a mad, mad world with lots of permanently damaged people condemning themselves to misery.

Who's right? The Office for National Statistics or Toni Lavis?

//Who's right? The Office for National Statistics or Toni Lavis?//

I used their figures, so either we're both right or both wrong. But I reckon they're probably a fairly reliable source

The journalist who described those figures as 'huge' is definitely wrong.

There are no firm figures for Australia's intersex
population. Estimates range from one in 2,000 births
to four per cent of the population. However the
Organisation Intersex International Australia (OII Australia)
recommends a mid range figure of 1.7% of all births.

The following link, written by a transgender American
woman (male to female) is worth a read. She shares with us
her experiences:

http://equality.org.au/trans/