Quote from: Joi on September 05, 2015, 11:48:58 PM
as one cannot change ones sex.
Well some of us would disagree - the process is not perfect it is true, but within acceptable medical definitions I would maintain you can to some extent - and it is in fact the erroneous belief that you can not that is innacurate. In about 18 months I will hold a medical degree, so I hope I know a little about this.
It used to hinge on the idea that chromosomes could not be changed and that XX was always female and XY always male. But this clearcut idea that because you could not alter chromosomes you could not be defined as the other sex is actually mistaken. We now know that in fact there are naturally occuring true XX males and XY females. It is a very rare condition but it does exist.
We also begining to be able to manipulate peoples genes - so at some point we may even be able to alter them. It has been done in a lab already. A testis was induced to become an ovary and visa/versa.
As a further complication some of us on this board have intersex conditions either minor or major.
Bottom line however is that it is all a matter of personal preference. I am the opposite of you in that I maintain that my problem was only with my physical sex and not at all with my gender - and hence, while I reluctantly accept the term transsexual, I do not personally accept being called transgender. However as I originally transitioned as a child and had my SRS over three decades ago I do not routinely identify as either, except as a matter of history.
Whatever we choose to call ourself it is to be hoped that we are all prepared to respect others of a different view and not erase their identity as invalid.
