Real Life TG Using HRT

busy · 07-01-2010

Hey, I never stated that I was against trans/inter-sexed people. Quite the opposite, I am very sympathetic and support of them, and agree with their rights to get all of the treatment current technology can give them for their very horrible birth defects.

In fact, I consider transgendered to be an extreme variation of inter-sexed, where key gender specific attributes in the brain do not match that of the body. And since the brain is hardest to modify and defines (or contains if you are religious) the soul, the only ethical thing to do is to modify the rest of the body to match it. (Modifying any key characteristic/identity in the brain would be moral equivalent to murder.)

That all being said, it is still very sad that transgendered and most inter-sexed people can not yet fully become their desired genders with current technology.

Take a hormonal and surgically (post-op) treated male-2-female transgendered. If they get their hormones after puberty, they will still have a male skeletons and physiques. Even those that get treated before puberty will still have male prostates, male hips, and puesdo-vaganas made from skin graphs that does not self-lubercate and requires constant dilation to prevent atrophy.

Take a hormonal and surgically treated female-2-male transgendered. If they get their hormones after puberty, they will still have a female skeletons and physiques. Even those that get treated before puberty will only have puesdo-penseses and testes, made from disfiguring skin and muscle graphs. Those puesdo-penseses do not look realistic, and are non-fuctional requiring pumps and/or bendable rods to "mimic" erections.

Of course even this partial treatment is better than none at all, in the same way that it is better to give wheelchairs and forearm support crutches to paraplegics than nothing at all.

Unfortunately due to cultural based gender barriers, trans/inter-sexed individuals have added societal pressures and discrimination that results in denied or delayed treatment. Most government and private medical insurance don't even provide treatment funding for transgendered, and most schools and parents do not even properly inform children about the transgendered condition and its treatment options and results before puberty, making the condition much more difficult and expensive to treat later on in life.

07-01-2010	#10
busy Leecher Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 9	Re: Real Life TG Using HRT Hey, I never stated that I was against trans/inter-sexed people. Quite the opposite, I am very sympathetic and support of them, and agree with their rights to get all of the treatment current technology can give them for their very horrible birth defects. In fact, I consider transgendered to be an extreme variation of inter-sexed, where key gender specific attributes in the brain do not match that of the body. And since the brain is hardest to modify and defines (or contains if you are religious) the soul, the only ethical thing to do is to modify the rest of the body to match it. (Modifying any key characteristic/identity in the brain would be moral equivalent to murder.) That all being said, it is still very sad that transgendered and most inter-sexed people can not yet fully become their desired genders with current technology. Take a hormonal and surgically (post-op) treated male-2-female transgendered. If they get their hormones after puberty, they will still have a male skeletons and physiques. Even those that get treated before puberty will still have male prostates, male hips, and puesdo-vaganas made from skin graphs that does not self-lubercate and requires constant dilation to prevent atrophy. Take a hormonal and surgically treated female-2-male transgendered. If they get their hormones after puberty, they will still have a female skeletons and physiques. Even those that get treated before puberty will only have puesdo-penseses and testes, made from disfiguring skin and muscle graphs. Those puesdo-penseses do not look realistic, and are non-fuctional requiring pumps and/or bendable rods to "mimic" erections. Of course even this partial treatment is better than none at all, in the same way that it is better to give wheelchairs and forearm support crutches to paraplegics than nothing at all. Unfortunately due to cultural based gender barriers, trans/inter-sexed individuals have added societal pressures and discrimination that results in denied or delayed treatment. Most government and private medical insurance don't even provide treatment funding for transgendered, and most schools and parents do not even properly inform children about the transgendered condition and its treatment options and results before puberty, making the condition much more difficult and expensive to treat later on in life.