Quote From: tiggerst67NO ONE chooses to be transgendered. I certainly did not choose to pay thousands of dollars after years of saving up money to spend thousands of hours completing the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care. I did not choose to lose contact with SOME members of my own family who would not even listen to my explanation, or even visit me after surgery. They would have seen someone finally comfortable with who they are. Some of my family I am closer to now, I did not lose them all. I also gained a lot of friends during this process and learned a lot of the struggles of others in my situation. I did not choose to have several very painful surgeries, and almost die once (however I did absolutely REFUSE to die after all that). No one would go through all that, suffer repeatedly, some with no support from anyone, or risk beatings and possible death. Did you CHOOSE to be heterosexual? Did you choose your eye color, hair color? It is the SAME thing! Just because this is treated by society and sadly still the medical field does not make it less a type of birth defect You choose what you eat, what type house you live in, what car you drive, not to be gender dysphoric!
tiggerst67,
Nobody didn't tell you to spend thousand of dollars. There are a lot of people whom are not comfortable with themselves, but they don't change themselves into a man or woman. Sweetie, I did not choose to be a heterosexual. I was born a heterosexual - just like you were born a heterosexual. Honey, it is definitely not a birth defect.
