You know what I’m talking about . It’s called gender dysphoria. It’s impossible to change gender. A guy can have himself mutilated, but he’s still a guy. Mutilation doesn’t change chromosomes. A woman has 2 X chromosomes. A guy has an X and a Y chromosome. Mutilation doesn’t change that. I’m not denigrating transgenders. I feel bad for them. Gender is not fluid. It’s actually really sad.
Gender dysphoria is a mental disorder as you say and backed up with the NIH. DSM-5 criteria used by the American Psychiatric Association is the standard used for diagnosis and treatments. Bipolar, Depressive and Schizophrenia are some of the known mental disorders too. I can not imagine society allowing teachers and government to influence children or society at large into becoming(or making them believe they are)bipolar, depressive or schizophrenia. Mental disorders, of any kind, are life altering requiring support and most times lifetime treatments. Mental disorders, in my opinion, are not to be exploited for personal or political gain. Sadly, the full throttle approach to “normalize” gender dysphoria and insist on increasing the numbers by grooming children will do more harm for those with this diagnosis and produce many casualties of children caught in the crossfire.
I think you’re exactly right on this. And of course we are labeled as “haters” by the radical left for speaking the truth. The radical left is a destructive force.
It says that people suffering from gender dysphoria deserve treatment, which in many cases will include assistance in transitioning their bodies: hormones and surgery. It does not say that they're doomed to misery after they do so, nor does it place this condition in the same category as, say, schizohprenia. It also says that in at least some cases, a genetic cause can be found such as androgen insensitivity syndrome.
So I don't think this document supports your position that transgender people shouldn't be considered to be of their chosen gender.
I want people to feel free to be who they are. It's no skin off my back if someone who was born with a male body wants to change it, as much as medical technology makes possible, into a female one, or the other way around; and wants to be treated, socially and legally, as their chosen gender. I do understand that that raises some valid public policy questions, such as which bathrooms they use and what sports teams they play on, and I'm not dogmatic about the answers. The point I do want to make is that the rest of us should try to understand what it's like to grow up transgender, so that we can base our discussions in understanding and empathy. There are some very difficult questions here, and it doesn't help us find answers when people stigmatize and caricature their opponents in the debate. That goes for both sides, of course — there's a lot of it happening on both sides.
So I still urge you to read Lynn Conway's story. "Research" maybe isn't exactly the word I should have used, but I can't think of a better one offhand. I'm talking about trying to understand what drives people to want to change genders and what it's like to grow up with that going on. I think we all owe them that before we debate policy choices that affect their lives.
fine, but LEAVE the kids alone. They are moldable at young ages and this is WHY they keep going after them. Its disgusting. Our species need male and females to procreate and men cannot have babies. What about this do people not understand? If one is an adult and wants to play dress up or cut off parts, have at it but LEAVE the kids alone
Show me research that demonstrates that gender reassignment surgery alters a person’s chromosomal makeup. If you do that then you are arrogant according to your logic.
Transgenderism is a mental illness. It’s very sad.
How do you know?
You know what I’m talking about . It’s called gender dysphoria. It’s impossible to change gender. A guy can have himself mutilated, but he’s still a guy. Mutilation doesn’t change chromosomes. A woman has 2 X chromosomes. A guy has an X and a Y chromosome. Mutilation doesn’t change that. I’m not denigrating transgenders. I feel bad for them. Gender is not fluid. It’s actually really sad.
I believe in science, and that’s the science.
I see. So your arrogant, sweeping dismissal is actually based on no research whatsoever. Got it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532313/. There’s your research. It’s from the National Institute of Health. It calls Gender Dysphoria a mental disorder.
Gender dysphoria is a mental disorder as you say and backed up with the NIH. DSM-5 criteria used by the American Psychiatric Association is the standard used for diagnosis and treatments. Bipolar, Depressive and Schizophrenia are some of the known mental disorders too. I can not imagine society allowing teachers and government to influence children or society at large into becoming(or making them believe they are)bipolar, depressive or schizophrenia. Mental disorders, of any kind, are life altering requiring support and most times lifetime treatments. Mental disorders, in my opinion, are not to be exploited for personal or political gain. Sadly, the full throttle approach to “normalize” gender dysphoria and insist on increasing the numbers by grooming children will do more harm for those with this diagnosis and produce many casualties of children caught in the crossfire.
I think you’re exactly right on this. And of course we are labeled as “haters” by the radical left for speaking the truth. The radical left is a destructive force.
It says that people suffering from gender dysphoria deserve treatment, which in many cases will include assistance in transitioning their bodies: hormones and surgery. It does not say that they're doomed to misery after they do so, nor does it place this condition in the same category as, say, schizohprenia. It also says that in at least some cases, a genetic cause can be found such as androgen insensitivity syndrome.
So I don't think this document supports your position that transgender people shouldn't be considered to be of their chosen gender.
I want people to feel free to be who they are. It's no skin off my back if someone who was born with a male body wants to change it, as much as medical technology makes possible, into a female one, or the other way around; and wants to be treated, socially and legally, as their chosen gender. I do understand that that raises some valid public policy questions, such as which bathrooms they use and what sports teams they play on, and I'm not dogmatic about the answers. The point I do want to make is that the rest of us should try to understand what it's like to grow up transgender, so that we can base our discussions in understanding and empathy. There are some very difficult questions here, and it doesn't help us find answers when people stigmatize and caricature their opponents in the debate. That goes for both sides, of course — there's a lot of it happening on both sides.
So I still urge you to read Lynn Conway's story. "Research" maybe isn't exactly the word I should have used, but I can't think of a better one offhand. I'm talking about trying to understand what drives people to want to change genders and what it's like to grow up with that going on. I think we all owe them that before we debate policy choices that affect their lives.
fine, but LEAVE the kids alone. They are moldable at young ages and this is WHY they keep going after them. Its disgusting. Our species need male and females to procreate and men cannot have babies. What about this do people not understand? If one is an adult and wants to play dress up or cut off parts, have at it but LEAVE the kids alone
Show me research that demonstrates that gender reassignment surgery alters a person’s chromosomal makeup. If you do that then you are arrogant according to your logic.