The Crying Game / TRANSGENDER DISCUSSION

[HairOfTheDog]

I have witnessed firsthand the agony and distress an individual close to me has gone through with gender dysphoria and it's my firm belief that it is created by Society and its remedies are external of the individual and and not incumbent upon the individual to appease Society by making changes to their physical form.[/size]

I'm not following you.

Regardless of the severity of the condition or treatment recommendation (non-surgical cosmetics, hormones, and sex reassignment surgery in severe cases), I've not heard anyone with gender dysphoria indicate that societal appeasement is what motivates their desire/need to alter their physical appearance to more closely reflect their internal gender identification.

I've heard the opposite consistently -- that they instead feel pressured by society to repress or alter their thoughts and feelings to align with their physical gender at birth, which they say is extremely depressing (and, for some, impossible).