Excuse me for a moment Julie, but something needs to be said here...
RebeccaLynne
I have stayed out of this until now but I to join in the chorus of other people here who say you don't have a clue
about what defines 'GENDER IDENTITY' or transsexualism. From the other comments made here its obvious you are
a CDer who has little understanding about transsexual issues & appear very ignorant, while you also seem to have
quite a few ill-conceived beliefs about what defines our gender identity & sexual identity & how we are developed.
The first thing you need to realise is that every single male on this planet started out in the womb as a female!
Did you know that this is why all men have nipples? Did you also know that a penis is developed from a clitoris?
No?
Some facts: it is only through the action of testosterone that we are developed in the male direction. During foetal
development while we are in our mother's womb there could be fluctuations in the sex hormones that are being passed
to us by the placenta & umbilical cord. Our genitalia is defined about 8 weeks into pregnancy & some other parts of the
body, including the brain & our functions such as gender identity & sexual orientations are developed much later. Now
remember that everything about us is 'female' in the beginning & some of us might have bodies that appear males, but
other parts of our physiological biological anatomy & functions stayed female! I can back all of this up with more links
to more reports if you want to doubt what I am saying here, but here is one example: http://shb-info.org/sexbrain.html
And before even being approved for GRS, you go through a whole heap of interviews & assessments to identify
your true gender identity through your gender markers which are identified by medical staff such as Doctors,
Psychiatrists & Psychologist, all people much more qualified than you or I when it comes to making these calls.
But the reality is your opinion doesn't really matter anyway, Zenith already has what she needs in her life.
There are also a number of us here who were born intersex and have both male & female chromosomes & physiological features.
So dammed if I would just stand there & let you call me a 'man' & try to embarrass me & get away with it. I recall this happening
one day when I was in a thrift store & a CDer accused me in public of being a 'man', in the end it was him who put himself in a
very awkward situation & was told by staff to leave the store while everyone laughed at him. How stupid & very hypocritical?