A Letter to my family. Transgenderism? Meh. Isn't that just role-playing.

Hey folks.  Going to be a lot going on here, but before we get going, I think it important that we get some basic definitions out of the way here, okay? 

♦ Male is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation. Y'know, big bones, tall, heavy muscles.

♦ Female. An organism's sex is female if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. So...Demure, lighter, smaller bones, weaker.
Gotcha!

♦ Trans. Root - Trans- is a Latin prefix meaning "across", "beyond", or "on the other side of". In Sociological terms, may also refer to Transgender, Transsexual and Trans. Originally, Trans-sexual was a term applied to patients in the course of changing sexes via hormones followed up my surgical reassignment. Obviously, this no long holds true.

♦ Alternative Lifestyles. My apologies here, as I do not want to wander into the muddy waters of LGBTQ+[insert alphabet here] definitions.  I would rather go back to the overall cover of "AL" to refer to all "Alternate Lifestyles" of the non-Cisgendered, okay?  Lets keep it simple without being insulting.  Okay. Right, carrying on...

♦ Transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.  This Gender Identity may be real, or it may be simply acting out. I think we will discuss this later on. 

Just thinking - is "Butch" a gender, or a lifestyle?  Is there a difference?  Really?

♦ The opposite of transgender is Cisgender, which describes persons whose gender identity matches their assigned sex. So, we are talking mental "identity" here, and not physical, right? No? Yes? I dunno...  Awww, frack! Both? (hopefully?)

In any case, according to this definition, I am now a Cisgender, and no longer Hetro?  WTF?  When did that change? {"Hello, department of sexes?  WTF is happening here?"}

So...Transgenders - folks who like to pretend that they are the other gender without actually taking the leap and getting a Gender Reassignment Surgery? Or folks who just want to Filk around? Who are they? What do they want? Why? How?

In my mind, that is no excuse to go play on the opposite sex's sports team. If I'm 5' 11.5" tall, 210 lbs and a football tackle, but suddenly decide that my inner gender is female, can I automatically play on the Las Vegas Ladies Football league?

No, of course not. But THAT is exactly the disconnect between Transgenders and Cisgenders and all the other "genders" that folks think are out there.

Transgenders WANT the ability to do this, no matter how different their bodies are from all their team-mates. But physically, it is not fair. And never will be!

Sometimes (but not always) related to Gender Dysphoria.

ALSO:

♦ Although the term transgenderism was once considered acceptable, it has come to be viewed as pejorative, according to GLAAD.

Psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University used the term transgenderism in his 1965 reference work Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, writing that the term which had previously been used, transsexualism, "is misleading; actually, transgenderism is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism".
 

♦ Male/female dimorphism between organisms or reproductive organs of different sexes is not limited to animals; male gametes are produced by chcytrids, diatoms and land plants, among others. In land plants, female and male designate not only the female and male gamete-producing organisms and structures but also the structures of the sporophytes that give rise to male and female plants.

To some, that is NOT Transgenderism.  They'll say that is using a bullshit lifestyle to pretend to be the opposite sex.  Men have been doing it for thousands of years, and just in the last 100 years men, as lofty as Kings, often wore women's clothing and play-act as a woman. They never considered themselves "Transgendered", Gay or anything else.  They were Cisgender with an odd habit, right?

But we don't let kings play women's volleyball, do we?  

Wait, Holy crap, there's more!

By the mid-1970s both trans-gender and trans people were in use as umbrella terms, while transgenderist and transgenderal were used to refer to people who wanted to live their lives as cross-gendered individuals without gender affirming surgery!

By 1984, the concept of a "transgender community" had developed, in which transgender was used as an umbrella term.

So, now I'm really frikkin' confused and I'm almost at the end of this little rant.
  

The "loosy-goosie" definition of "Transgenderism" is "anyone who feels or pretends to be of another gender" is a very loose, but accurate of what Transgenderism is - and it is NOT a change from one Gender to another. But definitions have changed so radically from the 1950's that definitions are often a generation out of context.

So either the Term is incorrect, or the diagnosis of this issue is incorrect. 

There once was ONLY <Sex#1> Change <Transgender> Change <Sex#2>

If there is no Change, then there should be no Transgender. Physically speaking. 

So, by 1994, Leslie Feinberg stated that "Transgender as a term to unify all forms of gender nonconformity; Susan Stryker said that in this way transgender has become synonymous with Queer, transsexuality, heterosexual transvestism, gay drag, butch lesbianism, Native's "Berdache"" or east Indian "Hijra".

That's it.  Transgender. Transgender means everything except Male or Female Cisgender folks.  

I wonder - does the "Furry" folk fall into this category too???

THAT has been co-opted by the Far-Right in the US, and now in Canada, as a giant distraction to divide folks in our Province, and too many folks are falling for it!

Like Antifa is Communist.  LOL.  Even today, Fox News continues to use Antifa as a talking point when everyone knows (or ought to know) that it means Anti-Fascist!

But you get my point, eh?

You and I know that there are many examples of folks from both genders that can play on opposite sex sports teams.  Female Goal Tenders in the NHL. Great idea as women generally have a faster reaction time.

Mixed Volleyball. Murder-ball (Real leagues in Europe and US!), Softball. On and on.

Where does "Transgendered" fit in?

Well, Transgenderism is a VERB, which means to change from one to another. But theorists and doctors have stuck their 2 cents worth in, and now no one knows what the fuck is going on. Am I Bi? Dysphoric? Gay? Cis? WTF?

But what is the issue in Alberta? 

 

So, forget all the definitions and focus instead on what the Ab Government is doing to piss off most of it's citizens.
 

The Alberta Government is banning the use of puberty-blockers until age of 16?

WHY?  Politics. Period. No other defining reason to do so.

Sure Trans issues need to be sorted out be cause mankind has been ignoring this issue locally for over two hundred years (and literally thousands more!), preferring to "set it aside until another day, and until then, we'll just make it illegal" kind of attitude.

However, when a Political point can be scored using children with a diagnosis of gender dymorphism, well, that is just sick!

What is Gender affirming surgery?

Well, it is a series of operations to change primary or secondary sex characteristics so that they correspond with your gender ( courtesy Transcarebc.ca/surgery)
These include, but are not limited to:

►Breast Construction - steps.
►Removal of testes.
►Vagina & Vulva Construction.
►Chest reduction and construction.
►Uterus & ovaries removal. And,
►Penis construction.

A great source of information on exactly what is required for each surgery can be found at PubMed, National Library of Medicine at the NIH (National Institute of Health) in the USA.  

That is if Trump and Kennedy have not already taken it down since I wrote this piece! Check out Gender reassignment surgery: an overview.

But why, WHY, do you think these kids NEED to be on Puberty-Blockers? 

 
(Medscape.com - what are puberty blockers)

In a nutshell, these are utilized because a sexual reassignment surgery cannot commence until the child has finished growing up (Physically).

Ever listen to an ADULT that has had gender reassignment?  It is not done on the "Turn of a dime" as it is a real dangerous issue because the surgery, and all the massive amount of drugs afterwards that is needed, is daunting. Sometimes it could take months, or even years between surgeries, and obviously, sports is out of the question. Many would rather live their lives as transvestites than take a surgery simply because of the pain, cost of medication, and so on.

However, if a 16 y.o. has finished growing (mostly), without hitting Puberty, the gender reassignment surgery is much simpler to perform as all the body parts are the right size, and the after-actions such as much less massive doses of hormones and other gender-specific drugs - nowhere near as daunting as an adult.  And psychologically wise, it a much smoother transition between genders without introducing non-aligned emotions.

In the case of a Boy -> Girl reassignment, the transgender child will not grow massive muscles as they would have as a boy.  They may require less doses of hormones to maintain the body's requirement for things such as less hair on body, lower muscle mass, breasts, slimmer hips and many more.

In the case of a Girl -> Boy, after reassignment and with appropriate hormones and other medications, will increase muscle mass, develop thicker bone density, become taller (possibly), body hair begins to grow out more, voice changes, personalities change (yes, it's a chemical thing too!!!) and it provides a scaffolding for the new person in their NEW Gender - no longer "Transgender" because they are now legally either a Boy or a Girl.

Get that?  Legally, there is no difference.

But as many folks are only taking hormones to "visually" change their appearance/gender, then, in MY mind, they are not Trans - they are Gay, living the Gay lifestyle, simply because they do not actually transition from one gender to the other. Gays are NOT Trans folks. Nice try, but totally different things happening here.

In other words, Transgender folks want their cake, and they want to eat it too.

I mean, if you, as an adult, take hormones to change your gender appearance, then go all the way and get surgery, the well done!  And I don't mean just Boobs.  If you are going to do it, go all the way.  Chop off the penis. Sew up the vagina! (or whatever).
THAT is the way to change genders. Not drugs!  That's just a lazy step.  Otherwise, why bother doing so? It's all play-acting up to that point.  Unless one has gender dysmorphia, that is. Then this is NOT playing - it is sorting out internal issues using medicine and the best manner of resolving the dysphoria!

One cannot have boobs, keep one's penis, and "identify" as a female.  That is just bullshit, and as a definition, should not be allowed to play in women's sports.  And honestly, at my age and health, my boobs are larger than my wife's, so there is no use applying that metric, right? Does having boobs mean I can not play on women's teams?

Of course not!

What about those with both full sets of genitals?  There are a lot of them out there, and I do not even want to try to guess how they identify.  Do they choose one gender on different days?  Or just use one because of whom they are dating?
Do they opt to surgically remove one of the genders?

Listen - It's none of MY business what sex my neighbour becomes except to congratulate them on starting a new life!

But when folks stick their noses in other peoples medical business for strictly POLITICAL reasons, I find that reprehensible!  I mean, what the hell is going on here???

Should we start turning in our family and friends for having our dogs and cats "fixed"???  Note how they recommend doing so before puberty sets in???  Huh???

Same difference.  But you and I just cannot see, nor can we understand what these dysphoric children go through as little ones going to school, when their bodies are screaming at them to do things differently, to play differently, to go to the washroom, shower and bathe differently, dress differently or even talk differently FFS.

Gender dysphoria is a real thing, studied the world over, and understood by the international scientific community as a medical condition - not necessarily Psychiatric, but definitely a medical issue brought on by medical and gender issues.  You don't say "psychiatric" issues because that would imply that both Male and Females are psychiatric problems as well, and  gender dysphoria is generally not a problem if handled by parents and medical professionals correctly. 

That they no have to wait until their body juuuuust about hits Puberty is torture, as well as forces the child to endure even more torture after the surgery that late in life. That is CRUEL, RUDE, UNNECESSARY and totally a POLITICAL Distraction.  Anyone else who says that this is a huge issue in Alberta, when we have 10x as many Pedophiles living in our Province, tells me that the Government has their eyes cast upon the wrong issues!!!

Ohhh, sorry, but, without listening to this podcast, I automatically sense that they will try to turn Transgenderism into a major thing, when in reality, it is NOT a big thing.  

We are "allowing" politicians to turn it into a big thing.

When we are talking about sports, then if is swings, it plays boys/men's sports.  If no swinging parts, then girls/women's sports it is!

Nothing else matters when it comes to Estrogen/Testosterone comparisons, and THAT is the standard that should be met. Junk and Hormones are the two characteristics of a Gender to me.  Of all the various "Genders" out there, the original TWO Genders, male and female (with all their various combinations of X, Y and any other chromosomes) are what defines the Gender.

In Sports, Gender is M/F with matching hormone levels.

All that other hysteria about Transgenderism is all a load of hoopla, folks trying to live life "in the middle".

If they do, then they are not really "Transgender", are they?  They are actually living the "Gay" lifestyle, often exhibiting indications of bi/gay sexual preferences. 

It's not surprising to read "My boyfriend would like me to have boobs for more fun sex, so I started taking Estrogen hormones to grow some for him.  I identify as Transgender, when in reality, I'm just gay."

What some do-goodies call "Transgenderism", is actually adults taking hormones of the opposite sex and stating that they are a brand new "Sex", and that is absolutely wrong. They still are the birth gender, but on drugs.  
Big Deal.

Don't let DNA into the conversation, as that will never change. Period.  Until we can reprogram our DNA over the entirety of our human body, our physical genders will match the DNA. 

Even after surgery, DNA will still revert to birth-gender. But that is the point, isn't it?  After Surgery, the new "Gender" kicks in with both Physical and Emotional engines idling in tune with each other. The Body will change with the addition of hormones, and eventually, playing on one's gender-specific team should be a non-issue.  

But I'm sure some bible-thumper will find out about the surgery and raise all holy-hell because...Jeezuz and all that.  FFS, grow up. (I'm talking about far right busybodies, here in Alberta!)

In that I agree!  Either piss or get off the pot!  
Taking hormones?  Better be waiting for gender reassignment surgery!
Otherwise, it's all play acting!

What if I suddenly decide to buy a motorcycle and ride it all around, but my argument is that I can ride a bicycle or my powered mobility scooter, or an automobile, so by wearing a helmet, I should be allowed to drive a motorbike anywhere, any time I like without getting a motorcycle license because I already have an automobile license, and I can ride a powered scooter without a license...

Real sex-change kids are not interested in Bi-Gay sex - they just want their lives to make sense to themselves. So, they go for gender reassignment.

Transgenders do not. They are all play acting with their bodies, some folks who will also take drugs to change their physical appearance without actually undergoing gender reassignment surgery. 

That's right. 

Most of those so called "Transgendered" folks?  They are just role-playing, IMHO.

And that is what pisses me off about the whole fucking issue.

Summing it all up - for me, that is.

I had joined the TransAction Alberta online petition to block the NotWithstanding Clause from UCP abuse, but that does not mean I don't have issues with all the definitions flying around out there.

I mean - They still do not agree with the modern terminology, and they actively support "Transgenderism", whereas I do NOT (Because Science!!!). Lumping everything into one definition is a losing cause, and a major source of disagreement between citizens, both gay and cis. 

I refuse to use "Trans" as an umbrella definition as it is entirely too broad!

Children/Teens taking puberty blockers are NOT Transsexuals!  They are awaiting Gender Reassignment.

The folks NOT waiting for Gender Reassignment, are the TRUE Transexuals - whether or not they are taking medications/drugs/hormones.  Until they actually undertake the reassignment surgery, they are just play-acting.

If you were to ask me, I would say that this very situation here in Alberta has been driven by the UCP Government to divide the province's citizens over bullshit definitions through invoking a seriously flawed political decision.

Lets get this UCP government taken out, and get on with equal rights for everybody, and not a single Right more!

And that is just the way I see it.  

I'm not sure I did this discussion any favours, but I needed to get my head around this issue, and surprisingly, changed a couple of my opinions with better data/definitions.  Such as they are.

I now have my opinion better seated with better facts, and boys and girls, some of you may not like what I think.

But I would like to think I am fair, no matter what you may think.  So I suppose I'll just have to wait out how this is going to settle down.  

Government Abuses or a New Election.