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Title: The Innate Transition: The Parts Don’t Match
Post by: Shana A on February 09, 2011, 08:45:35 AM
The Innate Transition: The Parts Don't Match
Tuesday, February 08, 2011 By Steve Birarelli

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/411226/newspaperid/4040/The_Innate_Transition_The_Parts_Dont_Match.aspx (http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/411226/newspaperid/4040/The_Innate_Transition_The_Parts_Dont_Match.aspx)

"I think I really, really realized that I was a man after prom last year," said Ralph*, a high school student who is a trans man, living with the misfortune of being born into the body of a girl. A self described 'dapper gent', he sat across from me dressed in a black collared-shirt with a red tie.  "I think I knew in March," he continued. "But I kept trying to be feminine to see if I was just going through a phase. So I threw myself into getting the perfect dress, and I felt beautiful. But it was like I was a stranger in drag. It wasn't me.  There was this ridiculous disconnect, and I just felt wrong."
Title: Re: The Innate Transition: The Parts Don’t Match
Post by: LordKAT on February 09, 2011, 10:20:19 AM
I love it, the cause for gender dysphoria has been discovered.

QuoteGender dysphoria, the feeling of being trapped in the wrong body, is a serious condition brought on by ->-bleeped-<-

I find this hilarious.
Title: Re: The Innate Transition: The Parts Don’t Match
Post by: VeryGnawty on February 09, 2011, 04:21:24 PM
I always thought that the feeling of being trapped in the wrong body was caused by being trapped in the wrong body.