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NEWS ABOUT: gender identity disorder

gender identity disorder stories: 2 news summaries
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Allowing Children to Choose Gender Is Slippery Slope

Parents' inclination to let children decide what's best raises all sorts of questions

Oct 17, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - For parents raising boys who profess to be girls and vice versa, puberty blockers may seem a godsend, writes Hanna Rosin in a look at gender—and transgender children—in the Atlantic. Boys will emerge from their teens with no Adam's apple, girls will bypass menstruation, allowing them to live... More »

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hormones • transgender • gender identity disorder • hormone therapy • Atlantic Monthly

Transgender Con Upset
Over Fading Femininity

Killer suing for surgery wants more treatment

Feb 27, 08 3:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A prisoner who has sued for a sex-change operation has complained that treatments to feminize her body have stopped, the AP reports. “My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size, facial hair is thicker,” Michelle Kosilek, formerly Robert, wrote in a letter to the court considering the... More »

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hormones • transgender • lawsuit • sex change • cruel and unusual punishment • sex reassignment surgery • Robert Kosilek • Michelle Kosilek • Department of Correction • psychotherapy • gender identity disorder

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