Bboy wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:59 pm http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Netherlands/

Nicole%20Roukema%27s%20Story.html

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Basic TG/TS/IS Information

by Lynn Conway

Bboy wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:59 pm http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/

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Bboy wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2004 5:59 pm http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/ ... 0Body.html

It states:

"Puberty is often a nightmare for these children" says Professor Cohen, "They develop an enormous dislike for their body".

She thinks that gender dysphoria is partly inborn. Previously, society and behaviour were thought to be the main causes, but now some of it at least is thought to come from the make up of the brain when it is being formed before birth. However the role of other factors is still unclear. Cohen is the head of the gender team at the Free Hospital where gender dysphoric children can receive help.

I very much empathize with these children. I was the same way. It is so good to know that they can grow up to be normal, rather than have to endure the hideous and wrong puberty. They can be happy people, rather than a class of people who, statistically, have a very high probability of killing themselves.

I applaud their approach to letting them grow up as normal girls instead of something else. And do note that the present SoC (version 6, by the HBIGDA) certainly allows transsexual children to skip the wrong puberty.

Hugs,

Kelly

Member, HBIGDA