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Sadly the people who need to read this the most are the ones who will likely ignore it but here's a few very powerful quotes:
2. ‘These people need therapy, not surgery.’
I have been over this before. They tried for decades to change people’s gender identities, the same way they tried to change sexual orientation. Drugs. Therapy. Electroshock therapy. Lobotomies. Institutionalization. It doesn’t work.
11. ‘I’m actually a feline trapped in a human’s body. Can I get can surgery to make me a cat?’
Also known as the “I think I’m funny, but I’m not” answer. Generally used by guys who watch South Park.
When people use this argument, they assume that transgender people are mentally ill (they’re not), assume it’s a delusion that can be cured (wrong), and ignores one key fact: People can naturally be mentally hardwired to identify as male or female. Sometimes the wiring and the equipment don’t synch up during development.
We have 40-plus years of neuroscience research basically telling us gender identity and body image are written early on in development, and sometimes they don’t match. People, however, do not naturally identify as a cat or other non-human animal.
15. ‘It doesn’t change your DNA,’
This is irrelevant. There are lots of intersex people whose identities vary from their chromosomes.
The relevant part of the discussion is whether GCS is medically necessary (it is in the opinion of everyone who matters) and if it significantly improves quality of life (it does).
But their GENDER does not change from their chromosomes.
Insult me as you may, but I do not accept this transgender thing. Yes, I know some who are this way (not my generation - my daughter's) and no one deserves to be disrespected, so I am nice and would never express my feelings to such a person, .....but.....that said, those that I know who are transgender were (are) deeply troubled individuals, from broken or dysfunctional families, and are suffering with depression and other serious mental disorders. I strongly believe the environmental and psychological factors contributed heavily to these feelings/beliefs of gender confusion. Two of these individuals have undergone surgical procedures, and two more hormonal type intervention. All of these individuals are nice people, but they are majorly disturbed, and despite their "identify changes" are still emotional disasters. Interestingly, all 4 were females that identified with being male, and all 4 were physically unattractive as females. I don't know any that have gone the other way.
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