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This is an interesting article, with video.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/health/transgender-kids/index....

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Things are improving

Angharad's picture

when mainstream media show these kids so sympathetically; hopefully some of the detractors will listen long enough to hear the pain and know that no one changes gender for the hell of it.

Angharad

Angharad

I think dolphins would do it

I think dolphins would do it for the Halibut. Or the tuna, or the sailfish, or Holy Mackeral 'dere............

Sorry, My mind is in a weird place again.

CaroL

CaroL

I do wish that I could reply

KristineRead's picture

I do wish that I could reply to some of the comments over at CNN though. I did set up an account, but for this article, I can't see the reply buttons, or the post comment button. Frustrating.

K

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It felt like reading the Daily Mail...gender is determined by chromosomes. Oh, f*** off!

There is always comments

KristineRead's picture

There is always comments like that on these posts, in every forumn I have ever seen.

I guess they just can't wrap their head around the concept that these parents,

1. have two other boy children that are all boys.
2. Did not "allow" this until the child threatened to cut off the offending appendage, and they got professional assistance.
3. The child immediately went from depressed, introvert, to happy, and embrassing life, which
4. Goes along with all the studies that show that surpressing these needs leads to high incidence of depression, drug abuse and suicidide.
5. That MRI studies show that Transgendered brains are more analogous to the opposite gender.
6. That XX and XY are basics, but other combinations exist, and neither one absolutely dictates brain function.
7. That TG does not necessarily mean that the sexual interest is in the sex they are born in, i.e. it is not the same as being Gay.

In this case, there are so many that are just sure that it is the result of two Lesbians raising a boy. They surely must be causing it. Right.

But at least the article was written well, and was a positive spin on things.

Kristy

Video and article on CNN

Thank you for posting this blog and link.

    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine
    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine

Yes, things are improving

but, as usual, very slowly. There are those that 'know' they're right and even an earthquake wouldn't shift them.

At least we have more information now.

Thank you for posting this.

S.

Yeah, well, there are

Yeah, well, there are "people" like that everywhere. As far as race relations has come since the "60ties," I imagine there are still many people like that there.

If that makes any sense....

Mark

P.S. it's an unfortunate truth.