There is an interesting article in today's Independent regarding the above.
It can be found on
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The story in the Independent
Thanks, Fleurie, for posting this link. An eye-opener; glad the Independent's on the case. The URL's defective, btw (only part of it copies), but a reader can find the story by shortening the URL to schools/ (dropping the half-title of the story) or by typing in the rest of the title. Hugs, Daphne.
p.s., love your icon!
Daphne
Fixed the link
It now opens in a new window, too.
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
I was days away from a self castration
You can all get pissed at me if you want to !
I have watched this trans situation for a long time and the progress just seems so slow. A surprising number of people survive the act.
For anyone ever thinking about self castration (and I haven't)
Please go to http://Eunuch.org first and read up on castration and chemical alternatives!!
Hugs!!
Alexis
anyone silly enough to try
self castration, is unlikely to be allowed to continue on a SRS programme. They would be deemed unsuitable.
Angharad
Angharad
the veterinary alternative
Weren't the eunuchs of India traditionally expected to do the deed herself,
to demonstrate her commitment to the hijra life? That's pretty hard core!
But here in the States all you have to do is get dressed up in a dog suit
(with a strategically placed apeture) and have a friend take you to the vet.
Vets are quite experienced at this proceedure, the facilities clean, and for a mere $35
one can say bye bye to what many of us see as 2 useless little nasty poison-factories...
Although I'm not sure if I'd want a Dr. that was dumb enough to fall for this ruse operating on me.
~~~WOOF! Laika
Well shit, I guess it really CAN happen here..,
.
Some docters
You remind me of a radio commercial from several years ago about car repair. It ran along the lines of "You wouldn't take your dog to just anybody, would you?"
Male voice: Ma'am, your dog only has one eye!
Female voice: You're looking at the wrong end.
LOL!
Add: The farm & ranch supply stores around here sell this handy tool for taking care of cattle and such, if you really prefer a DIY approach.
Karen J.
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"
Janis Joplin
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
I Was Silly Enough
To think that these sorts of problems were rare. My heart goes out to those poor kids. Who can even imagine what they go through every day and at those vulnerable ages. No wonder they try suicide.
Obviously the only solution is education all round, but what to do in the meantime? With the incidence at 1 in 1000 we're not going to get a great deal through state resources. It makes one despair,
Joanne
re: Transitioning in UK schools
Hi,
A more complete picture can be got from this 35 minute audio interview with one of the mothers.
http://podcast.plain-sense.co.uk/2008/04/10/gender-dysphoria...
Hugs
Karen
Ten thousand years of social evolution
and mankind is still acting like some brain damaged anthropoid.
Sometimes I think the only way to make the bullies understand what their victims are undergoing, is to make them share the experience for a few weeks - walk the mile in someone else's shoes. However, this would be seen as OTT.
Education is fine for those with brains big enough to absorb things, but anyone who went to a boy's school will know there are a small but significant number who will not change their behaviour of bullying without some sort of cathartic experience. Sadly this only happens in fiction and the 'little guys' never get to laugh back at the bullies.
Angharad
Angharad
tis a pinch disheartening
To think that in the quarter century since I was 12 the only advance has been a grudging acknowledgment that such a thing exists. Not sure how it fairs here in comparison except there is supposedly anti bullying strategies in Schools. Seems pretty ineffective from what I can gather. Maybe in another 50 or so they'll form a committee to look into the, possibilities and social consequences of a 'boy' in a skirt, let alone one of those 'gals' that wants to wear...pants.
Nice pic Fleurie, though it changed overnight... A Fleurie a day keeps the fashion police away? Where are we, 1910 or so?
Kristina
Slightlier earlier ....
... probably Kristina.
I couldn't make up my mind, but the current one has some relevance to my next tale in which the song that runs through it is sung by someone who patronises my dressmaker.
As you would expect the technicalities of it are far, far, beyond me. A hundred years ago a girl was expected to show some aptitude for water colours depicting rural scenes of a comfortably bucolic nature. Whilst admitting that even those are not my strong point is not something that a girl can do in polite society, denying all knowledge of things mechanical or electrical is an absolute must!
I am therefore greatly beholden to NickB for his expertise in this wonderful new world.
Hugs,
Familiar UK scenario
Everything in this article rings loud bells with me and Tricia. We have been lucky in that work took us to Holland when she was 9 and we were able to get help in Utrecht, and we got her on blockers before we returned to the UK last summer. Sadley what Susie says in her podcast reflects our experience here in UK. I cannot understand why we have to be different—just because we're British? I suppose. The attitude here cause enormous pain and hurt to kids to whom no harm would come to take blockers, giving them more time to decide what they really want. Is is surprising that so many kids who go through male puberty choose to be gay? There is so little chance for them to appear realistically female with male bone structure, a bass voice and massive height.
When we returned to the UK we deliberately chose an area where we weren't known so nobody would have known Tricia when she was Patrick. We also were lucky that we found a good girls’ school that would take her. It is inevitable that she has times when she feels down, usually because she feels it is so unfair that she was born in the wrong body; fortunately they do not last long, and she now has a good circle of friends who have only known her as a girl.
Hilary