Yes because there is clearly nothing wrong with a girl who looks at her vagina and decides there ought to be a penis there instead. So people who have that mental illness where they want to chop off a limb because they feel like it doesn't belong there are perfectly normal also.
it's not quite that simple in July of this year, the American Psychiatric Association moved to drop Gender Identity Disorder as a mental illness, much like they did with homosexuality in 1973. it has now been categorized as Gender Dysphoria in the DSM-V manual http://bigstory.ap.org/article/transgender-advocates-seek-new-diagnostic-terms
When you write threads like this one never can explain everything completely. I want to add to your advice where you state "I just want to make sure your were going to be able to make it for dinner" I forgot to say it is in Cleveland vs Hartford. 800? miles Me convincing her involves planning. update....i'm talking to my brother's ex-wife. The mom. Reconnecting. Then the daughter,,,my niece...again. The plan is to tell her I'd like to see her and for her to fly to Cleveland with her younger brother...it will be fun. not sure if that will work. I'm still saying "her"
I see. That is definitely a little bit different then. It sounds like you have a good plan, though. I'm sure he'll feel reassured knowing that he'll be supported and welcomed with the change. I'm sure going through something like that can't be too easy even your niece knows in the back of his mind that everyone will still love him, it's probably a little unsettling. So it sounds like you're doing the right thing and going about it the best way.
I wasn't going to say this before, but you are more than a layman on this. She is Class 1 Dyslexic/autistic. I'm lesdyxic, too. I have always empathized with her, but she is always distant. I don't even know if he will know who I am if I only call on the phone. But she will if she sees me. and if it matters, she has been in specialized schools all her life ($30k/yr)
My advice for heyp was to treat his niece like normal and not let her problem affect the relationship. I really dont see how that could come off as trolling.
Honestly though, that move was prompted partly by political correctness. Even the name of the article suggests this is more about optics than anything else.
yeah, that info is a bit important. sorry I chimed in without having all of it. my viewpoint was dealing from dealing with LGBT kids as being called mentally ill. of course it's a semantics thing but maybe just maybe your niece is still experiencing the same issues...
