Do you know or knew Transexuals?

I have been known three people who were or are transexuals. One was a dude who became a woman. I have to admit he looked like a man in drag regardless of hormones or make-up. He/She died about two years ago. Nice person by the way who never was a harm to anyone. Was older so I don't know what he/she died from. Don't know if he had his wiener cut off.

I know a person who was born a boy who now wants to be a women and I know a person who was born a girl who wants to be man. Both live as what they want to be and have taken the hormones. As far as I know the person born a boy has taken hormones and lives as a woman but has not removed the wiener and balls. Haven't been in touch with the born girl who wants to be a man. I think she had her boobs removed. Don't know if she got a surgically constructed wiener.

Both are nice people who never wanted to force things on others. They just wanted to have the right to live as they wanted without discrimination and no violation of their civil rights.

I admit that I don't get it and I think that it can be considered a mental disorder, but how do you treat it? Some say allowing them to live as they want is the treatment. Many mental health professionals agree that is the way to treat it and there are no drugs or cognitive behavior therapy to make them not to want to be transexual.

I agree that children should be protected from transitioning by drugs or acceptance and they should be counseled that when they are older and adults they will have the ability to make that decision as adults and live as they wish. Now if a girl is tomboy and a boy has some girlish tendencies you can't really punish them for it.