Eight Year Old Boy takes medication to delay puberty as he ponders his gender

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Well, there's currently no evidence that those two are connected, despite hundreds of studies on the subject. As of right now, there's no reason to believe either gender or sexuality can be determined by influence (this is also why all that wishful thinking about strong fathers preventing kids from being gay or trans is doomed to fail.) It also doesn't make logical sense- gender and sexuality aren't the same thing, nor are they two sides of the same coin. Being homosexual is not the same thing as wanting to be or acting like a member of the opposite sex. They are both very different kinds of phenomena. If the evidence changes, though, I'll change my position.

It's also very possible he was born that way. Remember, most people who end up as transgenders as adults exhibit the associated characteristics before puberty, when they are 5-10 years old- before sexual development, before they know what sex is, and before they are even fully aware of gender roles. For someone to exhibit transgender traits that early, without the relevant knowledge for it to be a decision influenced by others, strongly suggests that many of them are born with it, due to chemical or epigenetic factors.

A lot of what I'm saying comes from official sources like this one: http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.aspx
I hope you don't expect a bunch of homophobes to understand the complexities of gender identity and sexual identity. A human sexualities course in college would do a lot of good for these dudes.
 
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I hope you don't expect a bunch of homophobes to understand the complexities of gender identity and sexual identity. A human sexualities course in college would do a lot of good for these dudes.
:comeon:

Boy living with a female couple feels he's inadequate, because he has a johnson. Quit trying to make this more complex than it is...

 

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Boy living with a female couple feels he's inadequate, because he has a johnson. Quit trying to make this more complex than it is...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity_disorder

I've seen this in a kid as young as this one. It's a real disorder and it happens to kids with heterosexual parents and homosexual parents.

"The mothers say that one of the first things Thomas told them when he learned sign language aged three - because of a speech impediment - was, 'I am a girl'."

but I guess it's a lot more fun to think that this is an evil lesbian couple trying to remove all men from the world.
 

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Got to love when people create a disorder out of thin-air.
it's a disorder "created out of thin-air" used to describe people who experience extreme mental discontent with their "assigned gender".

You can keep thinking it's not real but it doesn't matter what you think. Millions of people experience this. The brain is a complex and strange system that experiences many different glitches.
 
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it's a disorder "created out of thin-air" used to describe people who experience extreme mental discontent with their "assigned gender".

You can keep thinking it's not real but it doesn't matter what you think. Millions of people experience this. The brain is a complex and strange system that experiences many different glitches.

It's not real, it's the effect of the cause "Abuse" which is known to create problems for the brain.
 

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It's not real, it's the effect of the cause "Abuse" which is known to create problems for the brain.
Oh yeah, how much have you studied gender identity disorder? Big fukkin surprise, the world isn't as simple as your stupid brain tries to condense everything down to. How much abuse did you suffer as a child, because sometimes you're dumb as fukk

Genetic variation, hormones, and differences in brain functioning and brain structures provide evidence for the biological etiology of the symptoms associated with GID. Twin studies indicate that GID is 62% heritable, evidencing the genetic influence in its development. In male-to-female transsexuals, GID is associated with variations in an individual's genes that make the individual less sensitive to androgens. found that in one area of the brain, male-to-female transsexuals have a typically female structure, and female-to-male transsexuals have a typically male structure. In addition, some aspects of trans women's hypothalamus functioning resembles that typical of cisgender women
 
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Oh yeah, how much have you studied gender identity disorder? Big fukkin surprise, the world isn't as simple as your stupid brain tries to condense everything down to. How much abuse did you suffer as a child, because sometimes you're dumb as fukk

The self mutilation and abuse which of course you have ignored is the main focus homie....why have you ignored it because it mentions this....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-mutilation

Self-harm is listed in the DSM-IV-TR as a symptom of borderline personality disorder. However patients with other diagnoses may also self-harm, including those with depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and several personality disorders.[2] Self-harm is also apparent in high-functioning individuals who have no underlying clinical diagnosis.[6] The motivations for self-harm vary and it may be used to fulfill a number of different functions.[12] These functions include self-harm being used as a coping mechanism which provides temporary relief of intense feelings such as anxiety, depression, stress, emotional numbness or a sense of failure or self-loathing and other mental traits including low self-esteem[13] or perfectionism. Self-harm is often associated with a history of trauma and abuse, including emotional and sexual abuse.[14][15] There are a number of different methods that can be used to treat self-harm and which concentrate on either treating the underlying causes or on treating the behaviour itself. When self-harm is associated with depression, antidepressant drugs and treatments may be effective.[8] Other approaches involve avoidance techniques, which focus on keeping the individual occupied with other activities, or replacing the act of self-harm with safer methods that do not lead to permanent damage.[16]

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I hope you don't expect a bunch of homophobes to understand the complexities of gender identity and sexual identity. A human sexualities course in college would do a lot of good for these dudes.


Yes, we're far too stupid to understand such advanced liberal concepts that you educated liberals regurgitate ad nauseum. Hopefully one day we will get to your level of sophistication, after many aaron sorkin movie marathons and large amounts of estrogen pills.
 

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The self mutilation and abuse which of course you have ignored is the main focus homie....why have you ignored it because it mentions this....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-mutilation

Self-harm is listed in the DSM-IV-TR as a symptom of borderline personality disorder. However patients with other diagnoses may also self-harm, including those with depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and several personality disorders.[2] Self-harm is also apparent in high-functioning individuals who have no underlying clinical diagnosis.[6] The motivations for self-harm vary and it may be used to fulfill a number of different functions.[12] These functions include self-harm being used as a coping mechanism which provides temporary relief of intense feelings such as anxiety, depression, stress, emotional numbness or a sense of failure or self-loathing and other mental traits including low self-esteem[13] or perfectionism. Self-harm is often associated with a history of trauma and abuse, including emotional and sexual abuse.[14][15] There are a number of different methods that can be used to treat self-harm and which concentrate on either treating the underlying causes or on treating the behaviour itself. When self-harm is associated with depression, antidepressant drugs and treatments may be effective.[8] Other approaches involve avoidance techniques, which focus on keeping the individual occupied with other activities, or replacing the act of self-harm with safer methods that do not lead to permanent damage.[16]

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We're talking about gender identity disorder, not self mutilation

From an actual study

"In a small percentage of cases, child sexual abuse has been associated with a gender identity disorder. Suicide attempts in adolescence are frequent and in some cases this is how adolescents with gender identity disorders come to professional attention."

so yes, its POSSIBLE for abuse to cause GID, but it isn't the only cause or the MAIN CAUSE as you keep insisting.
 
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We're talking about gender identity disorder, not self mutilation

From an actual study

"In a small percentage of cases, child sexual abuse has been associated with a gender identity disorder. Suicide attempts in adolescence are frequent and in some cases this is how adolescents with gender identity disorders come to professional attention."

so yes, its POSSIBLE for abuse to cause GID, but it isn't the only cause or the MAIN CAUSE as you keep insisting.

Son stay on topic...you clearly didn't read the article but thanks for trying.
 

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Yes, we're far too stupid to understand such advanced liberal concepts that you educated liberals regurgitate ad nauseum. Hopefully one day we will get to your level of sophistication, after many aaron sorkin movie marathons and large amounts of estrogen pills.
Now we're complaining about liberals? :heh:
 

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Son stay on topic...you clearly didn't read the article but thanks for trying.

He's right breh... the child's extreme behavior is an expression of GID. He didn't want to harm himself for no reason- he wanted to turn himself into a girl. That's classic GID. Your post was about a different kind of self-mutilation, where the person actually wants to hurt themselves.
 

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Yall trying to convince people about the legitimacy of GID? These are the same dudes who believe in worldwide gay conspiracies, are religious fundamentalists. Why bother? :patrice:
 
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