And I'm sincere about that. I have no desire to further pathologize or characterize transgendered people in any negative light unless they are telling me that they're really messed up by this, and then that's sincere, but I think that's a different issue. I think, as you put it, you can't automatically assume just because somebody has a gender that is different from their biological sex, that they are going to be messed up or have any psychological problems, or that is in fact the psychological problem. Right, you know, people get themselves screwed up by things that are completely normal. It's just their reaction to them, or, the fact that their reaction is formed by a whole bunch of other crap in their lives.
People get really messed up by love relationships.
That's an excellent example. 5 Standards of Care and the Real Life Test Transsexuality is the only condition for which the therapy is to lie. The Bejamin Standards of Care were set in place because hormone therapy causes major changes to the body, and further, SRS is an irreversible operation. In Ontario, the Gender Identity Clinic of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry requires the patient is expected to live in society in the chosen gender role. 2 Richard Ekins and David King, Body Guards , p. 75.