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AP: Olympics OK's Transsexual's particpation
FoxSports ^ | Associated Press

Posted on 11/13/2003 4:49:41 PM PST by jmcclain19

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To: Navy Patriot
Yup, but for these "athletes" it's just a way to cheat.

"It's for your country, soldier. Bring home first place and you can have it back"

41 posted on 11/13/2003 6:30:36 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: waterstraat
The only thing worse than wackos are wackos who like wackos.
42 posted on 11/13/2003 6:51:56 PM PST by Old Professer
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To: Holly_P
Sex has nothing to do with sexuality.
43 posted on 11/13/2003 6:54:44 PM PST by Old Professer
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To: tbird5
Has the world gone insane!!

Yes.

MM

44 posted on 11/13/2003 7:02:28 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: jmcclain19
Remember the East German "women" from the 70s? Thanks to chemistry they were more male than female.
45 posted on 11/13/2003 7:05:39 PM PST by thathamiltonwoman
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To: Old Professer
Sex has nothing to do with sexuality

OK, thats interesting but I am not sure how it answers my question. Unless you are saying that ones gender has nothing to do with ones sexual preference, which I already know. I guess I didn't ask a very good question. I am just trying to understand the motivation for butchering ones genitals.

46 posted on 11/13/2003 7:06:07 PM PST by Holly_P
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To: Holly_P
It's all in the head.
47 posted on 11/13/2003 7:41:41 PM PST by Old Professer
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To: jmcclain19
Don't transsexuals require hormone injections? Are the shemales going to be exempt from drug testing?
48 posted on 11/13/2003 8:34:37 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Calamari
"Alexeyev

Coming out of retirement to enter women's olympic weight lifting"

Hey -- suprising what a little estrogen, watching a bit of Oprah and a wig can do.

49 posted on 11/13/2003 9:12:19 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: F16Fighter
LOL
50 posted on 11/13/2003 10:07:54 PM PST by Calamari
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To: xzins
LOL. He's got the legs for it.
51 posted on 11/13/2003 11:54:52 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: jmcclain19

52 posted on 11/14/2003 12:58:35 AM PST by Dajjal
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To: jmcclain19
hahaa is this from the Onion?
53 posted on 11/14/2003 1:01:58 AM PST by expatguy
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To: jra
"What, God made a mistake?"

"Gimme a break."

I don't think you are asking the right question. There is considerable variablity built into the human species as a survival trait. A consequence of that variability, is that some combinations are possible that will cause anomalous development. Consequently, some children are born intersexed. Intersexuality also extends to the way the brain develops in the womb.

A simple way to look at it is, consider the human genome as a deck of cards. The shuffling of the cards will produce individuals who are better suited to meeting environmental challenges on demand. However, sometimes an individual will get a lousy hand, such as being intersexed or being a transsexual.
54 posted on 11/15/2003 11:09:22 AM PST by punster
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To: punster
That's a bogus response, because for the 'intersexed', no sex change is required.

Environmental challenges? What is that? Too far to walk to the sporting goods store, Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn are closer, so you surgically change your genitalia and start taking hormones?

Transgender people are sick, PERIOD.
55 posted on 11/15/2003 12:26:56 PM PST by jra
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To: jra
"That's a bogus response, because for the 'intersexed', no sex change is required."

No! Those individuals have ambiguous genitals. They will identify as one gender or the other. They will need surgery to make their genital structure consistent with their gender identification.

A good example is the case of individuals with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome. They may have genital structure ranging from almost totally female to that to almost completely male in appearance.

They may well identify as women, however because of their ambiguous genital structure, they will have trouble functioning as women in society. On the other hand, they could identify as male. The growing medical consensus is to allow these individuals decide on the gender to which they belong. Doing so is more conducive to their well being.
56 posted on 11/15/2003 1:12:31 PM PST by punster
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