Posted on 12/31/2014 8:19:06 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
What defines gender? Is it biology, the heart and mind, or some combination of both? As the debate surrounding transgender children swirls, one girl is sharing her personal story in the hope that she can help others.
Jazz Jennings was born a boy, but started to show leanings toward a feminine side at only 15 months old. By age 2, Jazz started to verbalize her feelings that "she was a girl," and by 5 she was one of the youngest people ever to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria ― a persistent unease with the characteristics of one's gender, accompanied by a strong identification with the opposite gender.
After the diagnosis, Jazz's incredibly supportive family decided to embrace her inner feelings and allowed her to start transitioning from male to female while she was only in kindergarten. Although she was teased on occasion, Jazz maintained her outgoing personality and never let anyone stand in the way of her confidence about her gender identity.
Now, at 14, Jazz has co-authored an illustrated memoir aimed at children called "I Am Jazz." The book chronicles the early years of Jazz's life, from her diagnosis to her struggles at school, and it's not just for kids in the LGBTQ community but for anyone who feels like they don't fit in.
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You’re right, of course.
I saw a documentary once about the people who don’t want their limbs.
Many little children identify as their pets or as TV characters. They’ll adopt the mannerisms and everything. Eventually, they grow out of that phase. But I guess some never do, especially if the behavior is reinforced somehow.
Many years ago, I was listening to the Dr. Laura radio show one day, and a crossdresser called in. I’m not a big fan of Dr. Laura, but I’ll never forget what she told him. She said: “As a woman, I wear dresses sometimes. But I don’t NEED to wear dresses. You do understand the difference, right?”
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
And worse than that, is they demand that everyone else believe and embrace their lies and delusions.
There are never enough props to prop up the world of falsehood, so its members resort to intimidation and threats. And when those don't work...
The special snowflake syndrome is a hazard to everyone around it.
I am a lesbian trapped in a mans body, but what the hell...I can still chase women and I can use the RED tees!!!
Exactly what came to mind when I read the title.
I'm glad that my parents didn't decide I was a girl and encourage me to take my "feminine leanings" further.
Left a note whining that his death should mean something.
The consensus of the responses was almost unanimous: The meaning is that he was a freak; and now dead. Period.
An amazingly stupid question.
Here's the basics:
XX is female, XY is male. If this guy has XY in his DNA, he was a male, and still is a male. If he doesn't believe that, it's a psychological disorder. There is no debate.
These same people who argue people get to choose their gender, they are not born a certain way, and should be able to have "treatment" to force their bodies to reject their genetics also argue that people are born homosexual, they can't choose it, and want treatment for people who don't want to have homosexual tendencies to be banned. Literally insane people.
Actually, there was a lot of discussion about that a few years ago.
Gender used to be clearly understood as a quality of grammar; referring to a quality of certain nouns, pronouns etc.
The perverts hijacked it and succeeded at redefining it as they continue trying to do to the word "marriage."
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