Gender identity disorder, or transgenderism, afflicts from 0.25 to 1.0% of the population. Reacting to pressures from ideologues, it is being renamed 'gender dysphoria,' relieving the condition of any pejorative association....
Barbara Kay: Between two sexes | Full Comment | National Post
Barbara Kay: Between two sexes | Full Comment | National Post
"True compassion would call for more medical research into how such misery can be avoided."
ReplyDeleteLike the way they used to chemically castrate homosexuals I guess. I'm not sure where I stand on transgendered even though I have a collegue who is one. (S)he is very happy in his/her new life and I take his/her word on it. Also one of my favourite history authors, James/Jan Morris who wrote the excellete Pax Britannica trilogy is transgendered. A Catholic priest actually recommended the series to me.
I just don't like people advocating using medicine to deal with what they think is a moral failing.