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 lea…
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
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