re: Anyone here have any transgendered friends?

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Actually it's more like reinforcing a somatic delusion and is more likely malpractice if we're being honest with ourselves.

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I feel as if his therapist is taking him to the cleaners with the hormones and anti-depressants. I somewhat agree with what I quoted, actually.

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Have you talked with him about this?

Some intersex people born with ambiguous genetics or physical organs (internal or external) are only ones that might need surgery or hormone treatment for gender purposes. Especially those intersex that may have had a sex incorrectly chosen for them at or near birth and then later their body developed differently internally (and therefore now correcting earlier surgery), but anyone else is just mutilating their bodies (or promoting this mutilation) instead of getting the mental help they need.