Sports reporter to undergo sex change

Ok depression is a chemical imbalance -- is that better?


And Dysonance - of what "hate" group do you speak? And what is your definition of a hate group?

I'm getting the feeling this is where we are going to start to have some issues.

 

Um, isn't a sickness a form of medical condition?

And haven't I been saying that transsexualism is a medical condition?

 

Don't pay any attention to him..... we veterans of the board don't.
His signature - in which he brags about how many "threads he has killed" says all you need to know about the loser. He isn't even a sportswriter, although I shudder for those non-journalists who visit our board and come away with bad impressions about us because of closed-minded jerkweeds like him.

 

We agree that depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain. Could it be possible that TS is also a chemical imbalance?

 

Family Research Institute and the Traditional Values Coalition are hate groups as per the southern poverty law center (www.splcenter.org) -- so its note my definition, its there's.

FRI's pseudoscience is used by several organizations and is widely printed in certain kinds of publications..

This is not a road to travel down in the defense of. It will be a side track that's best left for a different thread.

We're talking about transsexuals, and about Christine.

 

Disonance -- I made the mistake of calling depression a sickness and someone objected to it. You might want to take it up with them.

 

Ok -- Assume it is a chemical imbalance -- then perhaps there are some chemical remedies, so, not to be crass, chicks with dicks, can act like dudes (since that is how they are made) as opposed to cross dressing.

And using the Southern Poverty Law Center's definition is not going to get you far. No offense, but that is a left-wing organization that has made a cottage industry out of creating victims and holding witch hunts. They are no different than the Family Research Institute, they are just on the other side of the aisle.

 

Dys will do, and look at what you called it afterwards: a chemical imbalance -- which is still a medical condition.

So no -- I'll take it up with you.

You see, this is my entire point.

TS are not gay -- and you keep trying to drag them into that whole body of stuff simply because they are allied with gay people.

While homosexuality might not be listed in a medical journal as a medical condition, transsexuality *is*. It is defined is the DSM-IV-TR at present. That is, it *is* a medical condition right now.

Do you realize that?

 

Ok, so now you are heading where I expected: hormone therapy.

ok. How much do you know about the effects of testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, and dht in the human body?

 

Couldn't resist.

 

DSM-IV:

Differential Diagnosis Gender Identity disorder can be distinguished from simple noncomformity to stereo-typical sex role behavior by the extent and pervasiveness of the cross-gender wishes, interests, and activities. This disorder is not meant to describe a child’s nonconformity to stereotypic sex-role behavior as, for example, in “tomboyishness” in girls or “sissyish” behavior in boys. Rather, it represents a profound disturbance of the individual’s sense of identity with regard to maleness or femaleness. Behavior in children that merely does not fit the cultural stereotype of masculinity or femininity should not be given the diagnosis unless the full syndrome is present, including marked distress or impairment.

The category Gender Identity Disorder Not Otherwise specified can be used for individuals who have a gender identity problem with concurrent congenital intersex condition (e.g., androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia).

somewhat readable: http://www.genderpsychology.org/transsexual/dsm_iv.html

 

And by page 10, we have learned what Christine Daniels is about to face every day of her life. Which is what makes the column courageous.