Thursday, July 03, 2008
Critique, POV, Opinion: Transgenderism -- purely psychological?
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/2/2008
The American Medical Association meeting in Chicago has taken action that was not totally unexpected. The organization has adopted a resolution encouraging insurance companies to provide coverage, including surgery, for transgendered people – that is, people who believe they should be the opposite gender. The surgery reworks part of the body. Dr. David Stevens of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) says it is not only immoral, but also doesn't treat the real problem.
The CMDA spokesman has taken a look at the recent resolution. "They're calling on insurance companies to provide treatment for gender-identity disorder, which actually is a sex-change operation. Those are very expensive and obviously treat something in a way that really isn't going to solve the problem, just perpetuate it. [It is] sad that this has happened, but we're increasingly seeing this happen at the American Medical Association and other professional organizations across the country," Stevens explains. . . .Read More.
The American Medical Association meeting in Chicago has taken action that was not totally unexpected. The organization has adopted a resolution encouraging insurance companies to provide coverage, including surgery, for transgendered people – that is, people who believe they should be the opposite gender. The surgery reworks part of the body. Dr. David Stevens of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) says it is not only immoral, but also doesn't treat the real problem.
The CMDA spokesman has taken a look at the recent resolution. "They're calling on insurance companies to provide treatment for gender-identity disorder, which actually is a sex-change operation. Those are very expensive and obviously treat something in a way that really isn't going to solve the problem, just perpetuate it. [It is] sad that this has happened, but we're increasingly seeing this happen at the American Medical Association and other professional organizations across the country," Stevens explains. . . .Read More.
Critique, POV, Opinion: What the Pregnant Man didn't deliver
Thomas Beatie brought us a media circus and late-night punch lines. But there's something missing, say some transgender advocates -- more respect.
By Thomas Rogers
July 3, 2008 | By the time Thomas Beatie, "the Pregnant Man," strode across Oprah Winfrey's stage on April 3, his story had already become a worldwide phenomenon. Beatie -- a transgendered man who was born a woman and became pregnant through artificial insemination -- had captured headlines, and worldwide attention, in the preceding weeks. On the show, Oprah clutched Beatie's belly like a touchy aunt and asked him nosy questions about his family, his sex life and the appearance of his clitoris. ("It looks like a penis," he answered, uncomfortably.) . . .Read More plus Letters.
Transgender man gives birth
July 3, 2008
Update on the pregnant man:
Thomas Beattie, the one-time Girl Scout, former model and finalist in a Miss Hawaii Teen USA pageant, has given birth to a baby girl, People.com reports. . . . Read More plus Comments.
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