Parenting Transgender Youth

[Lilah]

No, I don't have children. Children are given medications all the time which may affect them adversely.
I'm trying to understand how a transgender person feels and why they feel the way they do.

This has been widely studied, until it was shut down for political purposes. The core of transgender and homosexual feelings is the clinical inability to get satisfaction, at minimum at the mental level.

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

 

[Lilah]

I'm actually a certified medical assistant, and I also majored in psychology for a while. I also type about patients with mental illness every single day and have for years, so I think I do know a little bit.

Stop the presses! Do you offer diagnoses?

Are you going to contribute to this discussion, or just keep making accusations? Obviously you have some issue with me, as others on this thread have been much more "crass" but you haven't been bothering with their statements. So what? What's your problem, stranger?

I don't you, therefore, I have no issues with you.
You seem disturbed that I have an opinion that differs from yours.
Do you need to get into your 'safe zone?'

 

[ChrisL]

This has been widely studied, until it was shut down for political purposes. The core of transgender and homosexual feelings is the clinical inability to get satisfaction, at minimum at the mental level.

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

I'm not buying it, and they even admit that they don't know either. Why perform such "macabre" experiments on a healthy person? Do you realize the side effects and life long problems these people have to deal with postoperatively?

 

[Lilah]

I'm not the one who is refusing to listen, and I've made no judgments.

I have been listening. I just disagree. I think there is much more to this issue than simply "genitals" and sexuality. It is important to teach your children to be happy with who they are.

Of course, parents should teach their children self-esteem, but apparently some children are experiencing gender identity, and I haven't heard them talking about their genitals; only you.

Is that not the ultimate goal? To change from a penis to a vagina or a vagina to a penis? Why do you think that is? Why so much emphasis on mutilating their genitals?

It seems, after listening to Bruce Jenner's interview, that he didn't know if he wanted to have the surgery. Seems his desire was to live as a woman. I don't understand it, but who am I to judge him?

I didn't ask you to "judge" him. Did I? I asked you a simple question of why you think that is the case, why so much emphasis on mutilating perfectly functioning genitalia?

You are the one emphasizing genital mutilation.

 

[ChrisL]

I'm actually a certified medical assistant, and I also majored in psychology for a while. I also type about patients with mental illness every single day and have for years, so I think I do know a little bit.

Stop the presses! Do you offer diagnoses?

Are you going to contribute to this discussion, or just keep making accusations? Obviously you have some issue with me, as others on this thread have been much more "crass" but you haven't been bothering with their statements. So what? What's your problem, stranger?

I don't you, therefore, I have no issues with you.
You seem disturbed that I have an opinion that differs from yours.
Do you need to get into your 'safe zone?'

You are the one making accusations. I was not addressing you. Lol. If I recall correctly, you started with me on another thread about my opinion on religions as well, no?

 

[anotherlife]

No, I don't have children. Children are given medications all the time which may affect them adversely.
I'm trying to understand how a transgender person feels and why they feel the way they do.

This has been widely studied, until it was shut down for political purposes. The core of transgender and homosexual feelings is the clinical inability to get satisfaction, at minimum at the mental level.

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

Especially considering, that historically, the suicide rates were observed very high too, amongst castrated servants within the first four months of their castration. This is attributed to the quick hormonal changes in the blood, caused by the surgery.

 

[ChrisL]

I have been listening. I just disagree. I think there is much more to this issue than simply "genitals" and sexuality. It is important to teach your children to be happy with who they are.

Of course, parents should teach their children self-esteem, but apparently some children are experiencing gender identity, and I haven't heard them talking about their genitals; only you.

Is that not the ultimate goal? To change from a penis to a vagina or a vagina to a penis? Why do you think that is? Why so much emphasis on mutilating their genitals?

It seems, after listening to Bruce Jenner's interview, that he didn't know if he wanted to have the surgery. Seems his desire was to live as a woman. I don't understand it, but who am I to judge him?

I didn't ask you to "judge" him. Did I? I asked you a simple question of why you think that is the case, why so much emphasis on mutilating perfectly functioning genitalia?

You are the one emphasizing genital mutilation.

That is what the "sex change" surgery is about. Lol. Trying to change a penis into a vagina or vice versa.

 

[Lilah]

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

I'm not buying it, and they even admit that they don't know either. Why perform such "macabre" experiments on a healthy person? Do you realize the side effects and life long problems these people have to deal with postoperatively?

It really doesn't matter what you choose to buy. It's not your life and you don't a say in it.
Try being a little more tolerant.

 

[Lilah]

This has been widely studied, until it was shut down for political purposes. The core of transgender and homosexual feelings is the clinical inability to get satisfaction, at minimum at the mental level.

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

Especially considering, that historically, the suicide rates were observed very high too, amongst castrated servants within the first four months of their castration. This is attributed to the quick hormonal changes in the blood, caused by the surgery.

OMG!

 

[ChrisL]

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

I'm not buying it, and they even admit that they don't know either. Why perform such "macabre" experiments on a healthy person? Do you realize the side effects and life long problems these people have to deal with postoperatively?

It really doesn't matter what you choose to buy. It's not your life and you don't a say in it.
Try being a little more tolerant.

This is a thread on a message board where we all can input our opinions, and that is what I've been doing. Nowhere have I been derogatory, so cut the crap.

 

[Lilah]

Of course, parents should teach their children self-esteem, but apparently some children are experiencing gender identity, and I haven't heard them talking about their genitals; only you.

Is that not the ultimate goal? To change from a penis to a vagina or a vagina to a penis? Why do you think that is? Why so much emphasis on mutilating their genitals?

It seems, after listening to Bruce Jenner's interview, that he didn't know if he wanted to have the surgery. Seems his desire was to live as a woman. I don't understand it, but who am I to judge him?

I didn't ask you to "judge" him. Did I? I asked you a simple question of why you think that is the case, why so much emphasis on mutilating perfectly functioning genitalia?

You are the one emphasizing genital mutilation.

That is what the "sex change" surgery is about. Lol. Trying to change a penis into a vagina or vice versa.

How profound. You've summed up a person's life so easily.

 

[ChrisL]

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

Especially considering, that historically, the suicide rates were observed very high too, amongst castrated servants within the first four months of their castration. This is attributed to the quick hormonal changes in the blood, caused by the surgery.

OMG!

What does this mean? Are you here to participate in this discussion? Why are you here?

 

[Lilah]

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

I'm not buying it, and they even admit that they don't know either. Why perform such "macabre" experiments on a healthy person? Do you realize the side effects and life long problems these people have to deal with postoperatively?

It really doesn't matter what you choose to buy. It's not your life and you don't a say in it.
Try being a little more tolerant.

This is a thread on a message board where we all can input our opinions, and that is what I've been doing. Nowhere have I been derogatory, so cut the crap.

You may tell others what to do, but not me.

 

[ChrisL]

Is that not the ultimate goal? To change from a penis to a vagina or a vagina to a penis? Why do you think that is? Why so much emphasis on mutilating their genitals?

It seems, after listening to Bruce Jenner's interview, that he didn't know if he wanted to have the surgery. Seems his desire was to live as a woman. I don't understand it, but who am I to judge him?

I didn't ask you to "judge" him. Did I? I asked you a simple question of why you think that is the case, why so much emphasis on mutilating perfectly functioning genitalia?

You are the one emphasizing genital mutilation.

That is what the "sex change" surgery is about. Lol. Trying to change a penis into a vagina or vice versa.

How profound. You've summed up a person's life so easily.

What do you think sex change surgery is? Isn't the term "sex change" enough to tell you? Lol.

 

[Lilah]

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

Especially considering, that historically, the suicide rates were observed very high too, amongst castrated servants within the first four months of their castration. This is attributed to the quick hormonal changes in the blood, caused by the surgery.

OMG!

What does this mean? Are you here to participate in this discussion? Why are you here?

Why are you here?
Do I need a reservation?

 

[ChrisL]

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

I'm not buying it, and they even admit that they don't know either. Why perform such "macabre" experiments on a healthy person? Do you realize the side effects and life long problems these people have to deal with postoperatively?

It really doesn't matter what you choose to buy. It's not your life and you don't a say in it.
Try being a little more tolerant.

This is a thread on a message board where we all can input our opinions, and that is what I've been doing. Nowhere have I been derogatory, so cut the crap.

You may tell others what to do, but not me.

You are the one telling me what to do and making false accusations. Now, I would suggest that you move along or participate in the discussion like an adult, please. TIA.

 

[Lilah]

It seems, after listening to Bruce Jenner's interview, that he didn't know if he wanted to have the surgery. Seems his desire was to live as a woman. I don't understand it, but who am I to judge him?

I didn't ask you to "judge" him. Did I? I asked you a simple question of why you think that is the case, why so much emphasis on mutilating perfectly functioning genitalia?

You are the one emphasizing genital mutilation.

That is what the "sex change" surgery is about. Lol. Trying to change a penis into a vagina or vice versa.

How profound. You've summed up a person's life so easily.

What do you think sex change surgery is? Isn't the term "sex change" enough to tell you? Lol.

You're being juvenile.

 

[Lilah]

No, High Suicide Rates Do Not Demonstrate That Transgender ...

I'm not buying it, and they even admit that they don't know either. Why perform such "macabre" experiments on a healthy person? Do you realize the side effects and life long problems these people have to deal with postoperatively?

It really doesn't matter what you choose to buy. It's not your life and you don't a say in it.
Try being a little more tolerant.

This is a thread on a message board where we all can input our opinions, and that is what I've been doing. Nowhere have I been derogatory, so cut the crap.

You may tell others what to do, but not me.

You are the one telling me what to do and making false accusations. Now, I would suggest that you move along or participate in the discussion like an adult, please. TIA.

I haven't told you what to do nor would I.
Aren't you a grown woman?

 

[ChrisL]

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

The fact of the matter is that the suicide rates amongst those who are postoperative transsexuals remains extremely high. These hormones and surgery do not "cure" them.

Especially considering, that historically, the suicide rates were observed very high too, amongst castrated servants within the first four months of their castration. This is attributed to the quick hormonal changes in the blood, caused by the surgery.

OMG!

What does this mean? Are you here to participate in this discussion? Why are you here?

Why are you here?
Do I need a reservation?

I'm here to give my opinions on this matter, as I have been doing. You?

 

[anotherlife]

Well, yes, I want to know. That is why I asked. Do you have any children? If so, would you give them hormonal therapy and be okay with that because your 16-year-old child says that is what he or she wanted, even knowing there are dangerous side effects such as cancer?

No, I don't have children. Children are given medications all the time which may affect them adversely.
I'm trying to understand how a transgender person feels and why they feel the way they do.

This has been widely studied, until it was shut down for political purposes. The core of transgender and homosexual feelings is the clinical inability to get satisfaction, at minimum at the mental level.

Do you speak with authority?

I am a student, although not of medicine (maths). But I know a few people, and my statement squares not only with medical literature, but also with my direct observations. Is that good enough?

Aren't we all students. Some of us choose to listen rather than dictate how life should be.

Tell it to the nearest bully, who in this case is likely to be one of the care takers of this confused child.