When a man wants to be a woman ( and vice versa)

http://behavioralhealthcentral.com/index.php/20100104167795/Latest-News/when-a-man-wants-to-be-a-woman-and-vice-versa.html

Opting for a sex change operation is a choice made by some who feel trapped in the wrong body and gender

Drag queen Bobby Darling appeared on a reality show recently, proclaiming that he was on the show just to earn money for a sex change operation as he felt like a woman trapped in a man's body. On the other hand, Chaz Bono the daughter of singer Cher has just undergone a sex change to acquire a male identity. "I want to feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am old," she said.

Most of us know that people's sexual inclinations differ, and that accepting others' preferences is important to our socialisation. The recent decriminalisation of homosexuality is a move forward, as it has given some legitimacy to gay rights in the country. But harder to accept and understand is the issue of gender confusion, which is a subject well beyond same sex inclinations. From transvestites who would like to dress and behave like the opposite sex to intersexuals who are born with ambiguous genitals, many people face an identity crisis regarding their sexuality.

Holy pronouns, Batman!

This paragraph sounds like it's straight out of the 1960s:

QuoteTranssexuals are a group of people who feel as though they are trapped in the wrong body. Though they have homosexual inclinations, these are compounded by discomfort with their sexual organs, which they want changed. This desire sets them apart from homosexuals.

"Changes become evident very soon after hormone therapy begins. Men will stop sprouting facial hair and may lose the characteristic hair growing on his chest. A woman receiving androgens will experience facial hair growth as well as changes in the pattern of fat deposits in her body. Voices in both sexes will change only minimally because the size of the larynx and the vocal cords are unchanged by hormones."


Um... where exactly did these people get their information?

A place quite unlike our Earth?

The article seems to have been written for a tabloid newspaper in India called Mail Today.  I can't confirms it for sure, since the Mail Today's registration process (required to search archives) is flawed.  But the article cited in the first post ends with a citation of a reporter at that newspaper.

Now, why a behavioral health website in the US would cite a poorly researched Indian tabloid article... I don't know.