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Unless we are talking about what language a trans parent wants their midwife to use around their child.
Is that what this is?? If so then I understand.
originally posted by: Hecate666
Half of the human race have to bow to a tiny, tiny amount of men in dresses? Oh kayyyy
That's the most rude and sexist thing ever if you think about it.
In the United States, approximately 0.58% of the adult population identifies as being transgendered, according to data from 2016. When breaking down the transgender population by state, the District of Columbia has the highest percentage at 2.77%. All states in the United States have transgendered adults accounting for less than 1% of the adult population.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: mamabeth
Pics or it didn't happen.
yes, I mean pics of the inside of the memory glands.
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
a reply to: ketsuko
Correct me if I am wrong, but don't men have breast tissue too? So no matter what, we're talking about something both sexes have here and its purpose is to produce milk ... it's just not something that happens in biological men unless there's something very, very wrong.
Men can and do produce milk if they have a surplus of prolactin. As a mental health nurse, I've seen schizophrenic men lactate. A side effect of antipsychotics.
Male to female transexuals will lactate after hormone therapy.
Which is unnatural therefore requiring a separate designation like "chest feeding".
Now I get it. Makes sense.
What do you mean by "unnatural"?
How about taking hormones to specifically attempt to change ones physiology because one believes they are not what they are for starters. That's not natural.
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
a reply to: ketsuko
Correct me if I am wrong, but don't men have breast tissue too? So no matter what, we're talking about something both sexes have here and its purpose is to produce milk ... it's just not something that happens in biological men unless there's something very, very wrong.
Men can and do produce milk if they have a surplus of prolactin. As a mental health nurse, I've seen schizophrenic men lactate. A side effect of antipsychotics.
Male to female transexuals will lactate after hormone therapy.
Which is unnatural therefore requiring a separate designation like "chest feeding".
Now I get it. Makes sense.
What do you mean by "unnatural"?
How about taking hormones to specifically attempt to change ones physiology because one believes they are not what they are for starters. That's not natural.
That's true. Unnatural!
A couple visiting a fertility clinic because they can't conceive naturally is also unnatural.
You're being evasive.
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
a reply to: ketsuko
Correct me if I am wrong, but don't men have breast tissue too? So no matter what, we're talking about something both sexes have here and its purpose is to produce milk ... it's just not something that happens in biological men unless there's something very, very wrong.
Men can and do produce milk if they have a surplus of prolactin. As a mental health nurse, I've seen schizophrenic men lactate. A side effect of antipsychotics.
Male to female transexuals will lactate after hormone therapy.
Which is unnatural therefore requiring a separate designation like "chest feeding".
Now I get it. Makes sense.
What do you mean by "unnatural"?
How about taking hormones to specifically attempt to change ones physiology because one believes they are not what they are for starters. That's not natural.
That's true. Unnatural!
A couple visiting a fertility clinic because they can't conceive naturally is also unnatural.
You're being evasive.
And you're making false equivalencies and comparisons in an attempt to normalize mental illness. 🤦🏾♂️
Don't feel singled out, your definitely NOT alone.
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
originally posted by: EternalShadow
originally posted by: CJCrawley
a reply to: ketsuko
Correct me if I am wrong, but don't men have breast tissue too? So no matter what, we're talking about something both sexes have here and its purpose is to produce milk ... it's just not something that happens in biological men unless there's something very, very wrong.
Men can and do produce milk if they have a surplus of prolactin. As a mental health nurse, I've seen schizophrenic men lactate. A side effect of antipsychotics.
Male to female transexuals will lactate after hormone therapy.
Which is unnatural therefore requiring a separate designation like "chest feeding".
Now I get it. Makes sense.
What do you mean by "unnatural"?
How about taking hormones to specifically attempt to change ones physiology because one believes they are not what they are for starters. That's not natural.
That's true. Unnatural!
A couple visiting a fertility clinic because they can't conceive naturally is also unnatural.
You're being evasive.
And you're making false equivalencies and comparisons in an attempt to normalize mental illness. 🤦🏾♂️
Don't feel singled out, your definitely NOT alone.
I'll forgive the ad hominem which is irrelevant.
Being transgender is not a mental illness.
The term “transgender” refers to a person whose sex assigned at birth (i.e. the sex assigned by a physician at birth, usually based on external genitalia) does not match their gender identity (i.e., one’s psychological sense of their gender). Some people who are transgender will experience “gender dysphoria,” which refers to psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity. Though gender dysphoria often begins in childhood, some people may not experience it until after puberty or much later.
People who are transgender may pursue multiple domains of gender affirmation, including social affirmation (e.g., changing one’s name and pronouns), legal affirmation (e.g., changing gender markers on one’s government-issued documents), medical affirmation (e.g., pubertal suppression or gender-affirming hormones), and/or surgical affirmation (e.g., vaginoplasty, facial feminization surgery, breast augmentation, masculine chest reconstruction, etc.). Of note, not all people who are transgender will desire all domains of gender affirmation, as these are highly personal and individual decisions.
Being transgender is not a mental illness.