Quote from: stephaniec on September 19, 2015, 06:35:17 PM
I think we're falling into that pit that the Springer's and the Geraldo's and the Dr. Phil's of our world set up to make their money.

Transploitation is nothing new, and we need to stop selling ourselves out on national television in order to break this cycle.  I am not a freak show.  I'm just a woman who had more than her share of challenges to overcome.

Quote from: CaptFido87 on September 16, 2015, 08:23:08 PM
Heres my thoughts on it. Obviously we all have reasons on this site as to why we are transgender. Whether you knew naturally from birth or through events taking place in your life. Wouldn't be on here probably lol. I pose the question to you all if you think the father should blame himself. I don't really know the premise of the episode as I switched channels right after it.

I don't think he should be so hard on himself but maybe he in some way directly caused it. Maybe he forced his son to be so masculine and naive that it could have been what made the child to think this way. Or maybe the father never was there as much as he should have been for his son that caused the son to feel neglected and not want to be a male like his father. I'm just curious to hear what you folks think.

Well...

I started dressing when I was 4-6 years old. I always put myself in the womanly context of things. Always. My dad and I had a rocky relationship when he and mom split. We never really got along.

He is in no way responsible for me being trans. If anything, his hyper masculinity helped delay me coming out and transitioning which would have improved my life if I had done it as a kid or teem.

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on September 19, 2015, 05:03:51 PM
That is for her and her therapist to decide, NOT you or Phil who I hesitate to call a doctor! They (Steph and her therapist) will decide that and decide the correct course and speed.

I'm with you, Jessica. There is little more maddening than hearing a cis person with no gender dysphoria whatever telling a trans person to slow their transition.

Kind of like asking someone who is being released after a long prison sentence to stay inside for another few months because we're not ready for them to be free.

Well with me whatever caused it  was done prior to birth , absolutely nothing after birth had any effect. I was aware of it at 4. A parent can turn a kid into a bigot or an alcoholic or a criminal or a priest, but can't mess around with the kids chromosomes.

Dr. Phil has been the enemy for a long time and we should regard him and his shows as such.

I've always known I was different. It wasn't until around puberty that I started to suspect what was going on with me. I was too ashamed of it though. Now that I'm transitioning my mind feels right. The fact that my mind seems to run better on E than T is proof enough to me that I was born this way.

Well I got a lot interesting thoughts on the topic. Some of these things I will likely mentally save and refer back to when they become relevant again. Interesting thoughts on either the Dr. Phil show or what I posted about society's impact on you being trans.

I think we can close the topic now