It's worth pointing out that you don't need to read minds to test the legitimacy of either transsexualism or "transspeciesism". Among other things, we have MRI scans showing that trans people have brain structure more closely resembling that of their identified gender than their biological sex, so it follows that we should be able to do the same with therians; yet no one has managed to produce any evidence of a human with non-human brain structure.
Edit: Also, most of the evidence points to transsexualism being neurological in origin, rather than psychological.
Well, it would be interesting to do MRI scans on therans. And, that seems pretty logical, since it is pretty much an alternate wiring. I'm really not looking for a debate on the origins of various mental conditions, but if theranophy (wait, Chrome recognizes it as a word? Huh) is not neurological, than the best description I can come up with it is the delusion that one is an animal trapped in a human body. The problem I have is that general society has stigmatized the word "delusion", and I generally think, if it is real (that is, if it happens in a reasonable number of people, is consistently described with similar symptoms and cannot be proven to be made up, which theranophy fits), then it is harmless, if abnormal. In my honest opinion, it's a non-genetic mental disorder, and I feel like the causes may be connected to a general outcast nature, with a disconnect from humanity forming. But, again, this requires tons of research. That being said, with it existing across multiple nations, in people of various genders, ages, races, upbringings and mental states, but with a similar background and generation, it seems that it's most likely induced, not genetic.
Yeah I don't believe transspecies are a legitimate thing either. Every human when forming has the capacity for the hormones/brain pathing/etc of either gender. They don't have the capacity or the hormones/brain pathing/etc of non-human animals. That's just ridiculous.
I agree. Ergo, not neurological.