Friday, Dec. 2, 2011
No easy 'cure' for gender disorder
Suicidal thoughts, then counseling, mastectomy, job
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111202f2.htmlOSAKA — Ayumu Mogi felt uneasy about being female even before elementary school.
"My younger brother could stand up and pee but why can't I?" was a common perception for the child growing up near Tokyo.
In junior high school, Mogi would wrap a band around her breasts to appear flat-chested. Classmates noticed this and started calling her weird, and she became afraid of going to class.
It was in the ninth grade when she was first became aware that she might have gender identity disorder, after she saw a student just like her on a popular TV drama. The show made her realize she was not alone and got her thinking about her options.
