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transHello, I'm new to livejournal. I'm a mostly straight teenage girl, and though I'm not transgendered myself, I've been increasingly interested in the community and its various issues.
This question has been floating in my head for a few days, and I wondered what this group's input would be:
If scientific advances in the future determined that transsexuality had specific biological cause during pregnancy, and scientists also developed a way to prevent transsexualism, should such prevention be encouraged?
From the personal testimonies I've read, I understand that most transsexuals undergo a huge amount of hardship because of their gender-- emotional issues, the costs of surgery, and negative reactions from other people. I imagine that it would be tempting to simply circumvent that kind of difficulty. On the other hand, often people who vary from the norm come to find that it's incredibly rewarding to embrace that which makes them different. If this situation arose, part of the trans community could die out, and something would be lost in the process.
(Then again, by the time science could advance to that level, it's entirely possible that being transsexual wouldn't be such an big issue anymore in the first place. So maybe the question is moot.)
Any thoughts?
Please nitpick anything I've said incorrectly-- I know that this is an entry filled with generalizations and assumptions.
This question has been floating in my head for a few days, and I wondered what this group's input would be:
If scientific advances in the future determined that transsexuality had specific biological cause during pregnancy, and scientists also developed a way to prevent transsexualism, should such prevention be encouraged?
From the personal testimonies I've read, I understand that most transsexuals undergo a huge amount of hardship because of their gender-- emotional issues, the costs of surgery, and negative reactions from other people. I imagine that it would be tempting to simply circumvent that kind of difficulty. On the other hand, often people who vary from the norm come to find that it's incredibly rewarding to embrace that which makes them different. If this situation arose, part of the trans community could die out, and something would be lost in the process.
(Then again, by the time science could advance to that level, it's entirely possible that being transsexual wouldn't be such an big issue anymore in the first place. So maybe the question is moot.)
Any thoughts?
Please nitpick anything I've said incorrectly-- I know that this is an entry filled with generalizations and assumptions.