HBS

[bluedragonami.livejournal.com]

I just got back from my therapist, and on the way out, she handed me a big packet of papers about Harry Benjamin Syndrome (sp?). I was looking it over a little before I got online, and I really liked what it said. The packet was trying to redefine transgenderism as HBS, because HBS is a recognized physiological disorder.

Harry Benjamin's Syndrome (HBS) is a congenital intersex condition that develops before birth, involving the differentiation between male and female. It is believed that every 1 in 500 is born with this condition. Therefore a girl with Harry Benjamin's Syndrome would have a females brain sex but her genitals would appear male. The boys born under this condition have female genitalia even thought their brains are male. So far it’s impossible to diagnose this condition at the moment of birth causing the babies to be raised in the wrong gender role.

I was wondering, what do you all think about this?  Does anyone have any more information than I do?  'Cause, if I can shove this packet into my mother's face should she have a problem, maybe I won't have such a problem coming out to her...

—Rebecca