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		<title>A Quaker Explains the Assault of Transgender Politics on Transexual Medical Needs</title>
		<description>Discuss A Quaker Explains the Assault of Transgender Politics on Transexual Medical Needs</description>
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			<title>amen.</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[i agree,WHOLEHEAR TEDLY!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>jayla</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:06:21 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Maggie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The fundamental problem for those whose brain sex is different to their anatomy is the anatomy and the problem would be there even if the binary socio-political model was scrapped by removing all sex markers/identif iers on documents etc. It would be there if children were brought up gender neutral. Either the penis can be tolerated by a female sexed brain or it cannot and the only person able to answer that is the person affected. If they cannot tolerate that or worse the later combination of penis plus full testosterone flow (if forced on them) they will seek appropriate surgery and that is a silver bullet for that person. A Gillick competent child can of course detect this problem before the full flow of testosterone in puberty and already has the legal right to obtain drugs to stop puberty. Current GB medical practice of mental illness classification requiring psychiatric approval will be changed through the courts if necessary as a General Practitioner who refused to supply could be sued for substantial compensation. Hopefully legal action will not be necessary though maybe it will on the basis of GB resistance to human rights for hormonally reconstituted and surgically corrected citizens. Whilst we have a legal binary system and given the simple visual inspection of sexing at birth then women who would now meet the visual inspection of labia rather than penis not unreasonably asked for the right to a new birth certificate of female and the right to privacy that that had happened. This was granted on the Human Rights basis of right to family & privacy. Trans, Intersex and Gender Diverse is as bad as any other grouping in terms of human rights abuse when it is applied without an individuals consent as it destroys their right to privacy. Transsexual is a dead word for someone who integrates into society within the current binary and those who do not want to be identified within a separatist group however named have the legal right to stop their assimilation for political purposes and the process is currently underway to ensure that with the EHRC (& The Parliamentary Ombudsman if necessary). If that fails it will go back to the European Courts where the right to individual privacy will be upheld. As regards surgery for female to male there are two viable options one of which in terms of clitoris movement and urethra extension after testosterone therapy is now similarly priced to male to female surgery and produces an erectile neo-penis. Gender identity is not the medical condition for brain sex not matching body sex; it is a political position which is of no importance politically to some people -- that is something that the Trans-enthusias ts can't seem to grasp! Transgender activists have been very successful by confusion with the blessings & the commercial interest of psychiatrists and the gay commercial spend but the truth of brain sex will see the light.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:36:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Interesting but binary centric</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The focus on 'wrong body' and the need to have sex reassignment is the fundamental flaw in this analysis. The 'wrong body' construct is the basis of the pathologisation , discrimination, fear, etc of Trans*people and the need (requirement) for them to be normalised to meet society's binary models of male/female and man/woman. Surgery is not the silver bullet that ends the medical condition. It is only part of the process of transitioning to one's true identity. Learning to live in one's true identity continues probably for the rest of one's life. However, I do acknowledge that where people are able to start their transition at much younger ages this may not be the case, only time will tell. Alignment of Trans* within the LGB is problematic and is being challenged in many parts of the world. It should be along the lines of "LGB and TIGV" (Trans*, Intersex and Gender Diverse) to clearly separate Sexual orientation from gender identity and where the later stand on their own two feet. Finally, the reality is that some trans*people are happy to live without surgery in their true identity and should be accepted as transsexual. This is very applicable to trans*men where the surgical options are not as advanced or affordable as those for Trans*women.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jade</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:45:11 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>very true. Gender Role Play and Physical Sex are two very different issues</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[there is a cure for being born transsexual. it is called hormonal intervention and surgery. afterward, we can live happily as ourselves. gender identity issues are a red herring for TS women. who cares what gender roles we play? this is a post-feminist world.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>flow</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:53:20 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Gender Identity is a transgender myth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Excellent article Maggie. The big problem I see is the concept of gender identity forced on us by the transgender supporters. They believe gender is not binary but fluid and I actually agree which makes any diagnosis of gender identity disorder a contradiction since the disorder is supposedly binary. The correct term was and should be sex identity disorder because those of us having the misfortune to be born transsexual have a contradiction between our brain sex and our physical sex that is totally unrelated to gender since gender is cultural and how one presents which is perfect for, you guessed it, the transvestites that control the transgender movement. Notice the movement in Britain for certain transvestites in your Beaumont Society to now claim they have gender identity disorder. More important than even puberty blocking drugs is early hormonal intervention for children. In your country the Portman Clinic controls the treatment of children under 16 and as a whole they are worthless.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:46:23 -0500</pubDate>
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