09-17-2014, 10:29 PM
I feel the need to apologize to all the transgendered people in the world for using term "phony." You are correct, Hair, it was poor choice of words.
I watched these surgeries on Discovery Health years ago when Dr. Marci Bowers was doing these surgeries in Trinidad, CO. She also has office in San Mateo, CA.
Guess what I meant was to weed out those individuals who were not committed to the sexual reassignment surgery. Dr. Bowers, for example, requires that you live for a minimum of a year as the sex you want to transition to and take hormones for a certain amount of time, have letters from Psychiatrists, etc. One patient had to spend 5 years in a period of living as the opposite sex before making a commitment. She rejects anyone who refuses to abide by her rules...which is a good thing...Back in the 70's I counseled with two students who, at the time, I thought were boys who just wanted to dress like women. They were always excited to show me their clothes from a local clothing store. I just didn't understand the concept of being born in the wrong body. I would like to think that today I do understand and fully support anyone who wants to have sexual reassignment surgery. By the way did you happen to watch the story last week on CNN (I think) of the Navy Seal who transitioned to a woman. It was a 2 hour show and very informative and interesting and there was no mention of his having surgery. I know that a majority of the population would not understand how he could do this, but he explains he always felt like he should have been born a female from an early age. O.K. I will shut up about this now, just wanted to clarify that I wasn't judging anyone. I try not to do that until I have walked in their shoes....
I watched these surgeries on Discovery Health years ago when Dr. Marci Bowers was doing these surgeries in Trinidad, CO. She also has office in San Mateo, CA.
Guess what I meant was to weed out those individuals who were not committed to the sexual reassignment surgery. Dr. Bowers, for example, requires that you live for a minimum of a year as the sex you want to transition to and take hormones for a certain amount of time, have letters from Psychiatrists, etc. One patient had to spend 5 years in a period of living as the opposite sex before making a commitment. She rejects anyone who refuses to abide by her rules...which is a good thing...Back in the 70's I counseled with two students who, at the time, I thought were boys who just wanted to dress like women. They were always excited to show me their clothes from a local clothing store. I just didn't understand the concept of being born in the wrong body. I would like to think that today I do understand and fully support anyone who wants to have sexual reassignment surgery. By the way did you happen to watch the story last week on CNN (I think) of the Navy Seal who transitioned to a woman. It was a 2 hour show and very informative and interesting and there was no mention of his having surgery. I know that a majority of the population would not understand how he could do this, but he explains he always felt like he should have been born a female from an early age. O.K. I will shut up about this now, just wanted to clarify that I wasn't judging anyone. I try not to do that until I have walked in their shoes....