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[bob.livejournal.com]

hi, my name is Bobby.

I was reading the Standards of Care. The real-life experience makes sense, wouldn't want someone to rush into anything as serious as hormones or surgery without a solid foundation. One thing I wonder... the requirements of the real-life test, the only thing I really see is clothing stuff and just living in the desired gender role.

I would hope the professional would let the patient decide how to define that (large) aspect of their personality. It seems sexism could creep in if dr x thought one wasn't acting "feminine" or "masculine" enough. I know plenty of people that blur the lines created by society, male and female, and none of them necessarily have gender identity disorders.

And then there's the whole enforcing a dichotomy one is working against by gendering it up.

A little confused, but I'm learning more each day.

take it easy,
~b

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[early-vincent.livejournal.com]

Okay, my brother goes to a certain high school that was in the news last year, because the state of Texas had to force them to allow a girl to start a GSA there. I, unfortunately, graduated from that school the year before it started.

Anyway, I was reading my brother's school paper a couple hours ago, and the school has gone from being very bitter about it, and they were very bitter, to actually kinda supportive. They had an article about how the school had a stack of the little explanation cards for the day of silence, on the counter in the main office. They also told the teachers not to try to get students that had the cards pinned to their shirts to talk.

The GSA apparently has a good number of active members, a few of which are trans, and a huge list of other members, because several teachers gave extra credit for going to a meeting.

I just thought that was kinda cool. It's much different then the approach they had toward GLBT people when I went to that school. Well, they did do one thing nice. Even though they didn't seem to care about harrassment, they did let an ftm senior wear pants to graduation and prom, even though one of the rules was that all girls had to wear skirts to both.