TEEN People Mag: Born with the wrong body - Transgender teens... (MEGA-BARF ALERT)

Teen People Magazine | June / July 2003 | Stephanie Booth

[Dan from Michigan]

I saw those TV commercials. My first reaction was "Is this Saturday Night Live?"

[Dan from Michigan]

Well, that's about 65% of Lansing.

Although I think everyone running is a dem.

[lepton]

You're right. What this girl describes isn't even sexual "orientation", but an an extreme obsessive behaviour. Boys don't wear girls clothes because they will be made fun of, not because of a genetic issue. Girls who are shy about wearing mens clothes are responding to social effects. Girls who MUST wear this or that, or CAN'T wear this or that, are mentally disturbed.

I don't wear womens underwear because to do so feels silly...but do do so would not cause me to flip out.

[narses]

Thanks for the contact data.

[Lael]

Most girls today get emotionally attached to each other (ie BEST friends). It starts when they're young and ends later (when they get married or sooner when they are in the workforce).

Young girls then to bond as "Best Friends", have sleepovers, and some even explore each other's bodies.

We have known about it for many years, and yet when Puberty starts, most girls begin to outgrow this. The real problems occur with the "you two girls like to touch and hug each other, therefore you must be a "lesbian"" crowd, always on the ready to "recruit"

[chuckwalla]

just out of curiosity does that mean that a person with criminal tendencies such as rape should be encouraged because he/she was born that way. Much better guideline would be what is better for society and we all have to change ourselves to not imperil others.

[jhw61]

I was a condo property manager six years ago and you would not believe the reaction my co-workers had.....when a "transexual" came into the office headquarters needing to speak to me. I had never met "Gail" but listened respectfully and patiently as she/he explained the problem they were having. My co-workers were very impressed with my patience and the fact that I did not burst out loud with laughter. What could I do.

Years before that, I was an aerobics instructor at a "only womens health club" and had a similar problem with a "transexual" as he was in the middle of making his transformation and had to explain to our members that it was somehow legal for "it" to be there......bizarre!!!!

[longtermmemmory]

its the homosexual agenda. GLSEN and their ilk are trying to trap these chidren into perversion pigeon holes. The militant homos rejoyce at agony they cause confused young children.

Keep the homosexuals out of schools and away from children.

[Calpernia]

Just showed hubby the article. He didn't even finish reading it. He won't believe a word of it unless he saw the patients charts.

He doesn't trust the source, he sees no medical background, no medical history. So no input on the topic from him.

He has some good points. Do you think this is propaganda? I'm thinking of the UN article I pinged you too, the posted one in the thread about NGO

[PLMerite]

"Some Transsexuals come out ok."

Guess it all depends upon your definition of "okay."

It's still a mutliated guy in a dress as far as I'm concerned.

[B Knotts]

I think all Christians should remove their children from the government school system ASAP.

[longtermmemmory]

Under the ADA you do NOT have to make ANY special accomodations for transexuals behavior. It is legally not a disability.

[Arthur McGowan]

God does not make mistakes.

This is why babies are never born with limbs missing, or without sight or hearing, or mentally retarded.

[TheAngryClam]

Comments like that make baby Jesus cry.

[Houmatt]

So, what's your point?

[Slicksadick]

You cant be serious. Most definitions of God do not allow for mistakes.

[Houmatt]

This is probably not a behavioral issue. Instead, it is a birth-defect issue. A child can be born with physical deformities such as webbed feet or a cleft palate. There can also be mental deformities such as Down's Syndrome.

You know, in all honesty, when I saw this, I almost lost my dinner.

You are actually comparing transsexuals to Down's Syndrome? Are you insane?

You want to talk about God and wisdom, how about this:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

[Servant of the Nine]

If they want to get into a different body, let them find one first.

I spent most of high school trying to get into a female body, but not permanently.

So9

[DAnconia55]

I don't wear womens underwear because to do so feels silly...but do do so would not cause me to flip out

They don't fit right, either.

[Houmatt]

I think what you say here, about birth-defects, is important......there are, everyday, children born, and the doctors are unsure as to what gender they actually are...because at birth its not clear....

I don't buy into this line about God not making mistakes

But it is clear you have no idea what you are talking about. Hermaphroditism is extremely rare, and at least in the latter case, the gender that physically manifests is the one that child is.