The Journey to Her Real Gender

This week on Betterhumans, a special first-person report on making the transition from a man's body to a woman's

Technology has made life better for people with a condition known as gender dysphoria. But according to soon-to-be woman Madison Kelly, it's breaking down social and emotional barriers that's the hard part

"I realize that the medical aspects of this transition may be the easy part," Kelly writes. "While coming to grips with my condition on a personal level was hard enough, transitioning my friends and family for this radical change is even harder."

From medical procedures to social impact, Kelly shares her experiences this week on Betterhumans, to counter misinformation about what it means to be transgendered or transsexual.

"I do not claim in any way that all trans-folk share my experiences, nor do I expect what I have found to be 'right' is also right for anyone else," she writes. "That said, a considerable amount of commonality exists, and I hope this helps to bring about an improved understanding of what could drive a person such as me to make such a radical change."

Also this week on Betterhumans, George Dvorsky addresses the false promise of pseudoscience in his biweekly Transitory Human column.

"This unholy mixture of pseudoscience and science is symptomatic of rampant scientific illiteracy in our society today. Far too many people -- many of them clearly influenced by popular culture -- can't properly discriminate fact from fiction or reality from wishful thinking," he writes. "Of course, you can't have your cake and eat it too; either you commit to the scientific method or you don't. Integrating science with pseudoscience is just as bad as no science at all."

For all this and more, go to http://www.betterhumans.com. To read Madison Kelly's report, go to http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Reports/. To read George Dvorsky's column, go to http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Transitory_Human/.