Beth Thomas always knew her son Adam was different she just couldn’t put her finger on it. At times she grew despondent at his mood swings. Adam was spending more and more time alone in his bedroom and when Beth asked what was wrong he wouldn’t answer properly. “I’d always wondered if Adam was gay,”Continue reading “My Teenage Son Wants to be a Woman”
Category Archives: Transgender News
Changing Sex: Transsexual Teens
Sarah Green is 17 and she was born with the body of a boy. But since the age of six Sarah has felt that she is supposed to be a girl. She dresses like a woman and wants people to see her as female. ‘The first time I went out as a woman I feltContinue reading “Changing Sex: Transsexual Teens”
A Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women
I have been diagnosed as a female to male transsexual. However, I am dissatisfied with the word ‘transsexual’. First, ‘transsexual’ is a medical term describing a pathological condition, and I do not agree that the right to determine my own destiny constitutes mental illness. Further, I object to the word itself, with its implication ofContinue reading “A Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women”
Some Notes on the Special needs of Young Transsexual People
What do the younger ones need ? This is a little of what I have picked up over the last few years. Please bear in mind that everyone who is TS seems to be able to “cope” and pretend to be happy in their biological gender for a certain length of time, until suddenly a crisis entersContinue reading “Some Notes on the Special needs of Young Transsexual People”
Female to Male: Sex Reassignment Surgery
This is one of the more controversial aspects of the transgender (TG) experience. There are many transgender folk who choose not to have any surgery, some who pick and choose which surgeries they want, and some who feel they have no choice but to go through all of them. There are also the moral pressuresContinue reading “Female to Male: Sex Reassignment Surgery”
Female to Male Transgender: General Health Care
There are many reasons why FTMs will be reluctant to seek out medical attention or even preventative health care. Many older FTMs have assimilated even without hormones or surgery. Their greatest fear is discovery. Sometimes even their own partners and families don’t have a clue about their situation, and if they do, they are justContinue reading “Female to Male Transgender: General Health Care”
Female to Male Transgender: Mental Health
Mental health is tightly intertwined with general health. Most FTMs tend to isolate. Not only do they deny themselves contact with society at large, they tend to isolate from each other. Even though this has slowly been changing in urban areas within the past five years, it tends to be the rule of thumb. ManyContinue reading “Female to Male Transgender: Mental Health”
Female to Male Transgender: Hormones
Any person on hormones is a chemistry experiment. It is very important to listen to the FTM (or MTF) as they tell you what is occurring for them physically and emotionally. FTMs have learned to watch and monitor the changes they experience over time. On this note, it is very important that if you haveContinue reading “Female to Male Transgender: Hormones”
Sexuality
By and large, the transsexual condition is referred to, and often dealt with, as a sexual problem. Gender identity and sexuality are two separate aspects of our lives. Yet, it is amazing how many people have trouble conceptualizing the difference. Since transsexuals began approaching the medical community after W.W.II, the general view of those practitionersContinue reading “Sexuality”