tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6692256375397238659..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Trans Rights Town Hall MeetingGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4952589224601107062007-07-23T07:19:00.000-05:002007-07-23T07:19:00.000-05:00LOL. Gary the anons on your blog are always so mor...LOL. Gary the anons on your blog are always so moronic. I now understand why they're anon... they're embarrassed!<BR/><BR/>Gender is easily explained. Think of yourself. How do you identify as, a man or a woman? If your penis or vagina were destroyed in a horrible accident, would you still be the same sex? The fact that you WOULD and you KNOW that... the sense of who you are is your gender. Parts do not make you know what sex you are, gender does. Most people's gender and sex do match, but others don't. Hence gender identity disorder.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135098390389506633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33248006841588183822007-07-22T19:37:00.000-05:002007-07-22T19:37:00.000-05:00For those concerned about the City-County Council ...For those concerned about the City-County Council meeting at the same time tomorrow night, it will be recorded and played back often on the Government Channel on cable-TV so you can view the nuances as well as the fun & games ...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-34993425448171709022007-07-22T19:12:00.000-05:002007-07-22T19:12:00.000-05:00anon, 5:46, I think you need to do a little more r...anon, 5:46, I think you need to do a little more research on the subject. A new-born's gender is assigned based upon the child's sex organs. In some births, the child is of indeterminate sex and surgery must be performed at a certain point to assign the child's sex. In other cases, a child may have the physical characteristics of one sex but mentally be oriented towards the opposite sex--this is how transgender persons explain it to me. Later, as adults, they undergo a transition to the opposite sex, which involves hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery. Barbara Walters had an excellent 20/20 special earlier this year which looked at cases in this latter category. The stories were heart-wrenching as the parents struggled with allowing the child to act how he/she identified their gender, or forcing the child to conform to the gender assigned to the child based on his/her physical characteristics at birth. The terminology, anon 5:49, always seems to become a point of contention. I explain it as best as I can. If you don't accept it, fine. And please don't confuse transgender folks with cross-dressers as the religious right is so fond of doing.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8883095706708770732007-07-22T19:05:00.000-05:002007-07-22T19:05:00.000-05:00Then what is "gender." Using this logic, there is...Then what is "gender." Using this logic, there is no such thing as "gender" there is just sex and that is it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4069821172994348252007-07-22T17:49:00.000-05:002007-07-22T17:49:00.000-05:005:46-The differences you wrote of referred to sex,...5:46-<BR/><BR/>The differences you wrote of referred to sex, not gender. There is a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-34478442066832938392007-07-22T17:46:00.000-05:002007-07-22T17:46:00.000-05:00Mara says she has known since she was 3 or 4 that ...<B>Mara says she has known since she was 3 or 4 that she was female, although the male gender assigned to her at birth told her otherwise.</B><BR/><BR/>What!?!?! She was not "assigned" a gender at birth. I hate to burst her bubble, but about 9 months before her birth, a sperm hit an egg and it was decided at that time what his/her gender was. This doesn't mean people will not have the desire to switch genders, but no one "assigned" anything to her. We use gender to tell the difference between those humans with a penis and those with a vagina. The differences in gender are part biological and part culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com