I'm not an expert and I don't even know what PEDs are. But I've never heard a transsexual claim that hormones or drugs changed his psychological sex.
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Have we ever had a transexual who took PEDs? (performance enhancing drugs)
I know of one. I watched a documentary about the East German regime of using performance enhancing drugs on their young athletes, without telling them. Several of the women grew to have very masculine appearances and one transitioned to a man and said the drugs caused the change in how he perceived his gender.
That wouldn't be the case here though because PEDs tend to have masculizing effects not feminizing ones.
I hope Bruce finds his way as well. Being happy. My question of any man transgendered to a woman (and a woman to a man) what about the Y an X chromosome? I guess my mind works more towards the biological rather than the psychological. I would truly like to hear from the transgendered community.
There are women who are fully female, with fully female sex organs, reproductive system, breasts, appearance, everything, who are chromosomally male and vice versa. It is a spectrum of diversity I think with no one factor determining anything, probably. I also think trans persons fall into this spectrum but their brains were affected rather than their bodies.
All fetuses start out as female BTW and then some transform into male fetuses. Maybe sometimes there are differences in the process.
http://www.newscientist.com/article...ome-sheds-light-on-maleness.html#.VNREkyztvTo
I occasionally would see the Kardashian shows on TV at the fitness center. Bruce always seemed like the only one who was normal. He seemed to have strong feelings about fairness, kindness, work ethic, etc. More common sense than all of the other family members combined.
The only clip I;ve seen of the show was of Bruce trying to get his little girl (at the time, not sure which), to stop doing a pole dance with a pole these people had in their room for some reason. He ended up carrying her out of the room and away from her older sisters who had been laughing about it. He seemed to be trying to prevent the girls from acting inappropriately for their ages but with that bunch around them...
It was pretty obvious that no regular man was going to get mani pedis... wear nail polish, wear make up, wear a bra... etc.
If you've seen the headlines for the last several months it was only a matter of time. :twocents:
And the larynx shave is pretty telling.
I'm with you on this, seems like late in the game to be making such a drastic change.
I'm all for being whoever you feel you are, but for me personally, I would always choose to live in the body I was born in. Inside that body is you. Surgical changes just seem wrong to me, I would never feel comfortable with it. To each his own. These days, you can find someone who will go for whoever you are.
All jmo.
I also wonder though, like many who go thru these changes, when he becomes a woman, will he be gay, and want a relationship with another woman? That always seems odd to me too.
Their sexual identity would remain the same as it always was. However, some trans persons hid their sexual identity and reveal it when they transition.
Many many trans MTF transition later in life due possibly to finally being mature enough to break past societal edicts, familial disapproval, etc. Some also simply can't withstand the sadness of continuing to pretend to be someone they're not, anymore. So they finally come out. Also, our culture has changed a lot and I think now many feel more comfortable being themselves.
Finally, our bodies do not determine who we are. You said you aren't comfortable with the thought of altering one's body you're born with because inside that body is you. Yeah, inside. Not out. People lose limbs or have transfiguring accidents. The body can change in many ways yet the person can remain the same.
It appears that Bruce is just changing his/her appearance to match his/her identity.
Me too at the wondering, does this mean he/she is a lesbian? Will she like men? I'm confused.
I think she'd continue to like women if she always did. Transitioning doesn't change that. But if she was also hiding her sexual identity, than maybe. We'll see.
I work closely with the LGBT youth in my area. I have met several people who have transitioned.
I am guessing that if you hated your body... and wanted to mutilate your private parts... you might feel differently.
Even younger kids have been known to literally try and "cut it off" because it didn't belong there.
It isn't about finding someone to go for whoever you are...
it's about being who you are.
If you grew up constantly feeling like you were a woman and hating your body... that would take it's toll after 6 decades.
Perhaps he doesn't want to live his last few decades hating himself and the body he was born into?
People who strongly believe they were born into the wrong body will often commit suicide rather than go through a transition.
I am personally just grateful that Bruce had the courage to make this change rather than just killing himself. :twocents:
There are quite a few good documentaries about transitioning that are rather compelling and emotional.
You can't say what you would do, since you can't understand unless you've been there.
*I* can't say what I can do since I haven't been there. But I've seen the struggle of those who have.
I suggest people who think THEY would NEVER do that, do some research on the subject. :twocents:
Here are some starting points:
This girl is unbelievably amazing.
https://www.facebook.com/Jazztrans
Transgender at 11: Listening to Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJw3s85EcxM
I Am Jazz - A Family In Transition (Part 2 and 3 will be on the right.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wh6NecfMiE
Living a Transgender Childhood Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkshgwzGEhg
Real Life: Transgender Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0BmtInLGt8
I LOOOOOOOOVE JAZZZZ! Such a cool kid and such a perfect family. I've been following her story for years. She's a doll. And she's the face of a new generation of kids who don't have to develop hated secondary sex characterisics of the sex they do not identify with. Such a difference:
http://www.news.com.au/world/brekki...er-children-like-herself/story-fndir2ev-12271
http://galleryhip.com/jazz-transgender-instagram.html