PART FOUR - The First Trimester

Understanding Sexuality and the Hypothalamus
The first three months of a women’s pregnancy is considered the most important phase of your child’s sexual identity development.

During the first trimester most parts of the human brain are formed. This includes the small portion called the ‘hypothalamus’. The hypothalamus is the neurological center of a person’s sexuality and gender identity among other things.

Basic science tells us that the hypothalamus is significantly different between males and females. However the latest research shows that the hypothalamus of Intersex/homosexual males is also significantly different than ‘heterosexual’ males. And the hypothalamus of ‘Intersex/homosexual’ females is significantly different than ‘heterosexual females.

What this tells us is that the development of the hypothalamus of the male and female, which is the primary gender identity component of the brain, is being impacted during the first trimester....but how?

Understanding Chromosomes and Hormones:
What dictates whether the fetus will remain female or become male has to do with genetics...chromosomes and hormones. An ‘XX’ pair of chromosomes will yield a female; an ‘XY’ pair will result in a male. The ‘X’ is always contributed from the mother, since she only has “X’s”, but the father can contribute either an ‘X’ or a ‘Y”, so it is the father’s genetic contribution that determines the gender of the child.

Basic embryology dictates that all embryos start out as female with ‘XX’ chromosomes. If at some point in early gestation, the chromosomes (XY) destine the fetus to be male, the female embryo is altered by the genetically programmed addition of certain hormones, called androgens.

These androgens, especially ‘testosterone’, instruct the embryo to develop male characteristics, impacting the development of the hypothalamus for a male.

If the androgen known as testosterone is not available to the fetus, or is inhibited in any way, the embryo continues to develop into a female. However, when the chromosomes (XY) destine the fetus to be male, but stress and fear conditions impact the mother, the available testosterone is not able to reach the male fetus, the result is a male gender child that is not completely sexually developed mentally and or physically as male and not completely sexually developed as female.