Transgenders are real. The problem is that since it has become more acceptable and more known lately, some people with different kinds of mental health problems convinced themself that this is what they were, this had to be the reason why they are not feeling well. Once they have transcended, everything will be fine. ...and it turn out that it didnt, that they had some other issues that needed to be fixed.
So we need to be better at sorting out people that are transgendered from people that just believe so.