Posted on 07/23/2013 1:28:14 AM PDT by Pinkbell
Teenagers Arin Andrews and Katie Hill look like any normal young couple posing in their swimwear.
It is hard to believe that just two years ago Arin was a girl called Emerald, and Katie was a boy called Luke.
Arin, 17, and Katie, 19, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, have both undergone surgeries to change their gender and now are enjoying being in their bodies they always wished for.
Just over a year ago Katie, a university student, had gender reassignment surgery, thanks to an amazing $35,000 donation from an anonymous donor who read her story in a local newspaper.
Now, Arin, who is still at school, has undergone an operation to remove both of his breasts, and is proudly showing off his new male physique.
For the last year, Arin has been binding up his chest to try to hide his female body, but can now go topless for the first time after his surgery in Cleveland, Ohio, in June.
He said: 'Now I can wear a tank top, which I couldn't before, I can go swimming shirtless, I can walk outside, I can just be a regular guy now.
'I hated my breasts, I always felt like they didn't belong - now I can finally be comfortable in my own body.'
He added: 'Now when I'm out in a public pool, or lifting weights, no-one raises an eyebrow, they just think I'm a guy - just a skinny dude in the gym trying to build some muscle.
'My family have really surprised me with how supportive they have been throughout the surgery. I'm so lucky to have them and Katie to rely on.'
Katie and Arin met nearly two years ago at a support group for transgender teenagers and bonded through their shared experiences.
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The media has drawn the line, and I suppose I'm on the wrong side. I'd wager most here are as well. I believe this is a messed up situation. These are two young people whose minds are telling them that they are a different gender than they are. They find doctors who literally mutilate their bodies, pump them full of hormones, and then proceed to tell them they are a different gender than what they are. However, they can't change their chromosomes.
But now that the teens' physical appearance matches their gender, both of them are excited to be able to go swimming, boating and sunbathe like other couples.
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In the future, Arin might consider having genital surgery, but this can be complicated, and for now he's delighted with his new body.
So essentially, the media is calling her a male, but she still has not only xx chromosomes but a vagina. Remember how the pregnant "man" had a uterus?
The world is upside down.
the mental illness is treated as normal and we are the ones living in fantasyland of common sense
Can Arin get a “chubbie” when thinking about Katie?
Who you desire sexually is inborn and immutable.
Your actual physical sex, encoded in your every cell, is just a matter of opinion.
Their gender was not changed through medical operations which changed their sex. Gender is how they are characterized as either masculine, feminine, or neutral and is changed or maintained by those who write or speak of or to them.
“she” still has not only xx chromosomes but also a constructed simulation of a vagina.
the ental illness is forced on society as nomral and normal people who don’t regurgitate a tail is a leg, will be regarded as the hateful, or the ones with mental problems.
Not me, I wouldn’t touch either of them.
sexual desire is what?
If that was true we would not have gay indoctrination in schools and NAMBLA recruiting little boys.
sexual desire is what?
If that was true we would not have gay indoctrination in schools and NAMBLA recruiting little boys.
why would anyone mutilate a minor?
After years of introspection and gender identity counseling, I have come to the conclusion that I was actually born as a complex person who was intended to be three men and three women. My doctor is scheduling my surgery next week to arrange for me to have three sets of both sexes reproductive organs attached to various parts of my body, and my psychiatrist is helping me to manage living with these six distinct personalities.
Gotta love the medical and psychiatric professions - they are helping me so much along my way to becoming the person I was meant to be!
I assumed I didn’t need /s. Possibly that was an unjustified assumption.
What if the kid said “I am a dog and that is what I want to be”
these nutters would buy a doghouse and flea collar and sue the school to accomodate it
Not without PPE, in any case.
A few years ago he tried to get his name changed to Boomer the Dog.
Recently he was on the TV show Taboo.
I kid you not.
Meanwhile Pittsburgh is where The Furries hold their convention.
They consider Pittsburgh their home.
If it is all genetics, let’s look at the genes. I bet the genes still show what the surgery doesn’t.
Perversion in the extreme. These children need their souls to be saved...
Christ died for them, and I pray they find Him.
I’m sure they will have beautiful children together. What? Oh nevermind.
lol
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