Many of Miller’s friends and teachers already know the 15-year-old freshman, who looks like a girl, was actually born male.
Posted on 02/10/2008 7:13:29 AM PST by repinwi
Colorado: HIGHLANDS RANCH – The issue of being transgender usually pops up with students in high school. However, a 2nd grade biological boy wants to dress as a girl and be addressed with a girl's name.
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Pearson says children as young as 5 years old are realizing their true gender identity and her group wants to help parents who may be resisting the acceptance of this.
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No, my kids play sports and their mascot is a panther.
(and someone knowing the law better than me can say whether or not it actually is criminal negligence and/or actionable)
I saw a transexual on one of the talk shows years ago that posed for playboy, "she" acted like a man impersonating a woman, not as a female. "Her" feminine attributes came off as cartoonish.
I am reminded of the 7 yr. old girl who died from piloting her own plane because her idiot parents thought that was “way cool”. The plan was for the girl to fly AROUND THE WORLD. She’s dead and the mother is unrepentant. Idiots abound. And they greatly harm children.
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However, this matters to society, because there are agricultural and industrial chemicals that can have a blocking effect on fetal testosterone. For example, plant estrogens (plant hormone) are sprayed on plants to increase plant growth and to promote larger fruit. And plant estrogens are very chemically similar to mammal estrogens.
It has been known for a while that two foods that are naturally highest in plant estrogens are yams and tofu, and that females can increase their likelihood of pregnancy by consuming these two foods.
However, once pregnant, these two foods should not be consumed if the fetus is male, as that much estrogen could interfere with his masculine personality development, again, about halfway through the pregnancy. But other fruits and vegetables sold in stores also have higher than normal artificial plant estrogens, sprayed on by farmers to increase yield, and this adds to the total.
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Even more dangerous are the class of drugs called androgen blockers, which prevent androgen from attaching to androgen receptors on the cell surface. They prevent testosterone from entering the cell. Testosterone has to enter the brain cells to masculinize the brain.
Cyproterone acetate is an example of an androgen blocker that is a synthetic progesterone. Cyproterone was used in the animal experiments (rats, as example) to reverse the sexual behavior of male rats, to make them behave like female rats. Cyproterone is marketed in Europe, as Diana, which is used for treating female hirsutism (excess body hair).
Another progesterone of concern is Provera medroxyprogesterone, which is commonly used to induced menstruation or restore menstruation, when it has prematurely ceased. Provera is also used to stop abnormal bleeding from the uterus.
Other androgen blockers include finasteride, marketed as Propecia to treat female hirsutism. Another androgen blocker is spironolactone, marketed as Aldactone, used to treat high blood pressure.
Drugs, which are androgen blockers have black box warning about the danger of administration during pregnancy.
Non endogenous estrogens, as you have mentioned, are also of concern. DES, diethylstilbestrol has been linked to increases in lesbianism in the daughters of women, who were gived DES to prevent miscarriage. DES daughters also have an increase in the incidence of cervical clear cell carcinoma (fancy name for the type of cancer).
DES sons are not immune to problems. One of the observed effects is an increase in the incidence of transgenderism and transsexualism in these boys. There are also other problems in physical development.
An interesting element in the action of testosterone on the brain, is first it must be converted to estrogen, within the brain cells, for the brain to be masculinized. The conversion is done by aromatase, an enzyme in the cytochrome P-450 system.
The synthetic/nonendogenous estrogens do not bind to the alpha fetal proteins. Hence, they are free to enter the brain cells. They can cause a degree of masculinization of the brain in girls. However, they will probably interfere with the normal masculinization of the male brain.
The aromatase mechanism points to the dangers of another class of drugs, aromatase blockers. Conceivably, they can interfere with the masculinization of the male brain.
In all ways, the end result will be as you have said, a very unhappy and uncomfortable individual.
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This will be proven statistically, as in times past, there were very, very few people with gender reassignment issues; but today it is a much more common dysfunction. How common might be the product of additive chemicals in our diet.
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Granted there is more exposure to endocrine disruptors today, many of them are actually iatrogenic. However, one factor in an apparent incidence of transsexualism, is the fact medical treatment (including SRS) is now available. The individuals, who are afflicted with strong transgender feelings, now feel free to seek out physicians and surgeons for treatment.
I have read some old texts on human sexuality, and they mention some cases, which would, today, most certainly be considered transsexualism. One scenario, which happened frequently, was suicide by a male, who dressed in a wedding dress, before committing suicide.
The indication is those individuals were very unhappy, so discouraged, they committed suicide, to escape the pain.
You guys can mess around with those theories all you like.
The cause of same-sex attraction disorder is molestation in the pre-adult years.
Many of Miller’s friends and teachers already know the 15-year-old freshman, who looks like a girl, was actually born male.
Actually, if you read what I wrote, it has very little to do with homosexuals, however you want to call them.
It might have everything to do with elementary school boys thinking that they are girls, when physically they are boys, and girls thinking that they are boys, when physically they are girls.
Just as scary is the idea of teenage boys sprouting breasts and teenage girls growing beards.
Because though I didn’t mention it before, vast amounts of artificial hormones given as medicine are getting into our drinking water, in that treated effluent water may not eliminate them as contaminants.
Which means, if you are a guy, *you* might start growing breasts; and if you are a woman, *you* might start growing a beard. Again, which has nothing to do with homosexuality, but should still creep you out more than a little.
This has been studied since the 1960s, and still, nobody has *done* anything about it. Be concerned.
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You guys can mess around with those theories all you like.
The cause of same-sex attraction disorder is molestation in the pre-adult years.
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It is far more likely those children were sexually assaulted, because they were different. Some men use sexual assault, i.e. rape, as a form of agression. In the case of men, who have a hatred for gays or feminine males, they may sexually assault the child, as a form of punishment.
I don’t have much confidence in the theories of NARTH, because at best, they are considered a splinter group. Why are they considered a splinter group? There are about 400,000 members of the APA, the American Psychological Association. There are less than 1000 members in NARTH. That means their theories are not widely accepted in the professional circles.
And can you imagine if your parents called a press conference and stated: "Our son is now a bear. He's exploring his right to be whatever species he wants. It's only conservative christians who want to deny him his freedom to be whatever he wants. And we'll sue anyone who tries to impede his desires."
Foster homes aren’t the safest places in the world for kids these days. Someone needs to counsel the parents rightly.
You would have bearly graduated.
I never quite understood the mincing thing. When a drag queen acts "girly" it's not like any woman I know. It's almost like a "mocking" of what women look and sound like. Like when John Ritter dressed up like a woman on Three's Company.
I saw one in the second hand store run by a friend and believe me, it was the strangest sight I’ve seen in a Loooonnnnnggggg time. s/he was looking for a blouse. Another one was a nurse in the hospital in my hometown.s/he wore women’s uniforms and long earrings. Good nurse, but verryyy strange.
I can understand that, sort of. Barbies have big boobies.
good looking. Who is it?
It was the darn Southern Baptists that prevented me from becoming a bear. It was unthinkable in those days (1960) to be transspeciesed.
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