The date of this article's publication was a time when transgender people experienced hate crimes and widespread bigotry.

This statement is a claim of fact which can be back by scientific evidence and research.

The text takes the form of an scientific article on a science blog website.

The author hopes for the readers to takeaway that transgender people are scientifically real and that sex is more complicated than the binary it is commonly believed to be. The author wants the readers to stop trying to put people into boxes based off of faulty knowledge about sex and gender, and use the research they provided to expand their understanding.

Simon(e) D Sun is the author of this article. She is a transgender artist, scientist, and doctoral candidate at New York University's Neuroscience Institute. They published this article on the Scientific American blog, and write articles about the science behind sex and gender. This text is a perfect example of the writing she does within her field of study and work.

I believe that they wrote this article to inform others about the science behind trans people's existence and allow others to learn about their lived experience as a trans woman.

This article is public and posted on a science blog, so the audience is most likely anyone with or without a background in science, who is interested in the science behind gender.

This section shows that the text is about the validity of transgender people's existence and that science can prove their existence.