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I watch to show on the Transgender children they had a 6-8-11 year old little TGIRLS the 6 YO is soooo cute OMG so cute . The 8 YO told mom she wanted to be a witch for holloween and mom said boys are not witches on the way home she had a tamtrum in the car and on arriving home bolted out of the car into traffic trying to kill herself OMG. The 11 YO started to go into male puberty and is now on blockers, out of all of them the 11 YO was a tomboy and I think is still finding hershelf as far as being a girl. Then the had FTM, 2 boys 16&22 they told almost the same story in reverse next 2 teen girls of college age. Finally they had Doctors and some answers about transgender people and thier problems they face. All & all I think it was a good show and far from the sleazy show on Jerry Springer -- HUGS 7 KISSES RICHIE2

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Anderson Cooper Show

Wanna see it.

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Anderson Cooper Show

I thought that show was done real well and everyone with respect too! Richard

Richard

Yes, the show was well done.

Yes, the show was well done. It was shown in it's central timeslot, even in OKC. Uhmm, the 11 year old girl had, in addition to GID, aphasia, so didn't try to talk much. It appeared to be genetic, as her mother also demonstrated aphasia along with the gesture adaptations to allow her to speak, though haltingly. It is sometimes associated with birth defects considered intersex, so the 11 years old girl should be checked for being intersexed to some degree or another. The two younger kids were nice, and very natural as little girls, not as little boys.

The two young men were very typical for the most part, and one of them had attempted suicide in the depths of depression. The elder was very articulate and charming.

Dr. McGuinn is both a SRS and plastic surgeon and a post op TS herself. She has a clinic that is billed as a one-stop shop for therapy, hormones, through various surgical procedures. Potential clients who contacted her I know either really like her or can't stand her as a Dr.

The 22 yr. old TS woman who enrolled in a nursing program, and was expelled from the college she had enrolled in was interesting, though I had heard the story when it was first reported several weeks ago. Several facts were left out in the little interview though. It's just my opinion, but she was being unrealistic to enroll in such a conservative, religous based school as California Baptist University, and thinking she could get away with stealth while appearing on television programs as openly TS. The university did a background check when her application gender did not agree with the Social Security information when she was awarded scholarships, so her days were numbered anyway due to identity mismatch. Only a week after the local show whe appeared on was aired, she was expelled, and they used her use of a female designation on the application as evidence of fraud, likely making the action within their rights, though they do not state that an applicant must be straight, or a reasonably close facimile thereof, to apply. They simply used her identity mismatch against her, and I think it was rather naive of her not to think about her inaccurate and crossed identification.

I also found it sad that both the younger girls reported harrassment and bullying, even though the school admin folks were supposed to be preventing it. The parents rightfully dread her entry into middle school. And the protective brother of one of the girls was a nice touch as well. I have a 3-D friend who had a brother that watched over her in school too, though he had his own problems (schizophrenia) that finally led to his suicide as an adult.

Overall, an "A" plus for the show I think.

CaroL

CaroL

I'm really going to have to

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I'm really going to have to hunt for this episode. I really want to see it now. It always makes me smile to see the younger kids find themselves early. It must be hard on the whole family at the time, but I think everyone is usually much happier in the end.

It does make me a little sad for what I missed out on though too. I always cry when something makes me think about all the opportunities I had to tell my parents that I missed because I was more scared of what might be than what is.

I Have A Friend Who Is Mother

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PICT0013_1_0.jpg to a trans daughter who is 6 years old. She tried to make her "son" conform to what society expected, but she realized that her daughter was telling her that being a girl was who she really was. She said that it was like night and day when she allowed her to be who she is. She joined an online group of Transsexual feminist women, expecting that they would understand what she was going through. She was wrong! One of their members started a comment thread that absolutely lambasted the Anderson Cooper show , especially the two lesbians who were raising a trans daughter. They kept saying that all those kids were just Gay and not trans at all. My friend was absolutely livid that these people of all people didn't know or understand that Gender Identity and Orientation are separate issues. I imagine these girls were jealous and angry at these children for getting to grow up from childhood as the gender they know themselves to be. I told her that she should surround herself with positive people and she would never go wrong.

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