We may be coming out in greater numbers, but that reflects societal changes in the degree of acceptance. And I agree that the world is becoming more female-friendly. However, there's an old rule in statistics....correlation does not imply causation. Many...most of us, were cross dressers or transgendered before the changes you mention had taken root. And there are cross dressers in all human cultures, many of which are deeply repressive of gender variants. No, the common thread isn't in the society, it's in ourselves..to very loosely paraphrase the bard.
