Transitioning Genders: The Importance of Self-Love | Documentary | Real Pride

Aug 14, 2021 | This two-part special gives us incredible first-hand accounts from transgender people about their experience of affirming their gender – often at huge emotional and financial cost.

From rock stars to body builders and average suburban dads, this documentary shows us how far medicine has come in fulfilling the dreams of people who were born in the wrong body.

Some of the language used in this documentary may not be the correct terminology to accurately represent people currently.


BEWARE! This documentary isn't for everyone. It is very explicit and many people might take exception to some of its content. Until I watched this documentary, I knew virtually nothing about this phenomenon. Many of you might not know much about the phenomenon either. I have watched this documentary to be better informed about it. These days, there is so much in the newspapers about gender reassignment.

My posting this documentary should not be construed as an endorsement of these procedures. Frankly, I neither endorse them nor do I condemn them. I know far too little about them to do either. What perplexes me, though, is why so many people want to change their sex. Up until relatively recently, people having sex change operations were pretty rare. Not so anymore, it seems. Puzzling! – © Mark Alexander

"Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality" – My Conversation with Helen Joyce

Jul 29, 2023 | Here is my conversation with Helen J on 'The Poetry of Reality', tackling the influence of gender ideology on society, the ideological lens, and its implications for scientific facts.

(Trans)formation: The Story of Christine Jorgensen | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

Jun 29, 2023 | On December 1, 1952 Americans were introduced to 26-year-old Christine Jorgensen, one of the first people to successfully undergo gender affirmation surgery. Instantaneously, the shy, private person previously known as George became an international media sensation, fascinating many and challenging others. At a time when public cross-dressing and other gender nonconforming behaviors were illegal, Jorgensen’s transformation offered transgender people the possibility of living as their authentic selves.

Russia Wants to Ban All Trans Healthcare and Gender Recognition

Russia set to ban all gender-affirming healthcare. (Getty Images)
PINK NEWS: Russia has given initial approval to a bill that would outlaw gender-affirming healthcare for trans people of all ages.

The proposed bill reportedly bans any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person”, as well as changing gender markers on official documents like passports.

Senior politician Pyotr Tolstoy, who sponsored the bill, claimed on Wednesday (14 June) it would “protect Russia with its cultural and family values and traditions and stop the infiltration of the Western anti-family ideology,” the Associated Press reported.

Lawmakers also reportedly claimed the proposed law would prevent anybody registered as male from changing their gender in official documents to avoid the military draft.

It will now go to Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, where it must receive three readings to be signed into law. The bill was approved unanimously in its first reading, The Times reported.

The Russian bill follows similar efforts elsewhere in the world, including in the US, where several states are attempting to ban or limit gender-affirming care for young people. » | Emily Chudy | Friday, June 16, 2023

The Unsaid : Short Film About Difficult Choices in Relationships | LGBT & Queer | SlangShorts

Nov 11, 2016 – Sameer & Arjun are in a fulfilling relationship, until Arjun decides that he wants more. Will Sameer be able to accommodate his wishes or will the relationship crumble under the strain of selfishness?

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live" [And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them.] - Oscar Wilde [Source]

Transsexuality in Iran: Actor Brings Awareness Campaign to France

Germaine Greer on Transexuality - Newsnight

Germaine Greer talks to Kirsty Wark about her views on transexuality which have had her un-platformed from a talk at Cardiff University.

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Stupidity Alert! Schools Should Not Force Girls to Wear Skirts – It Discriminates Against Transsexuals, Warns Watchdog
Photograph: Mail On Sunday
MAIL ONLINE: For generations, the skirt has been an integral part of a girl's school uniform.

But the Government's human rights watchdog says schools who force girls to wear skirts may be breaking the law because the policy discriminates against transsexuals.

Official guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission warns schools that the dress code may breach the rights of girls who feel compelled to live as boys.

In a 68-page report on the human rights of transsexuals, the watchdog says that 'requiring pupils to wear gender-specific clothes is potentially unlawful'.

It says that research conducted for its report found that 'pupils born female with gender dysphoria experienced great discomfort being forced to wear stereotypical girls’ clothes — for example a skirt'. >>> Artheur Martin | Sunday, February 21, 2010

Gays and Transsexuals 'Will Never Go to Heaven'*, Cardinal Says
THE TELEGRAPH: The Roman Catholic Church still regards homosexuality as an “insult to God” and homosexuals and transsexuals will never go to Heaven, a leading cardinal said on Wednesday, prompting a rebuke from the Vatican.

"Transsexuals and homosexuals will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven and it is not me who says this, but Saint Paul," said Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, 76.

In remarks which outraged gay rights groups, he claimed that people were not born gay, but chose to embrace homosexuality of their own free will.

"People are not born homosexual, they become homosexual, for different reasons: education issues or because they did not develop their own identity during adolescence.

"Perhaps they aren't guilty but by acting against the dignity of the body they will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven," said Cardinal Barragan, who recently retired as head of the Vatican's Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers but still holds influential positions on several Church committees.

He quoted a passage from Paul's epistle to the Romans which speaks of "men committing indecent acts with other men".

"Homosexuality is therefore a sin, but this does not justify any form of discrimination. God alone has the right to judge," the cardinal said. "We on earth cannot condemn, and as human beings we all have the same rights."

But the Vatican distanced itself from the cardinal's comments in a statement that was highly unusual because it indirectly criticised a top Church official. >>> Nick Squires in Perugia | Thursday, December 03, 2009

* Who the hell cares? Hell's where all the interesting people are going to end up anyway!

Gay, lesbiche e trans all’inferno!
ARCIGAY: Mentre in tutta Italia imperversano violenze contro le persone omosessuali e campagne mediatiche contro la dignità delle persone transessuali, arrivano le considerazioni del cardinale messicano Javier Lozano Barragan, che sul sito www.pontifex.roma.it si scaglia oggi, prima contro la pillola del giorno dopo (in verità contro la RU486, ma i gerarchi cattolici fanno spesso confusione), e poi naturalmente contro gay e trans che non potranno mai entrare nel Regno dei Cieli.

Il presidente emerito del Pontificio Consiglio per gli operatori sanitari Pastorale per la salute, insiste poi nell’affermare che non si nasce omosessuali, che la causa del proprio orientamento sessuale la si deve cercare nell’educazione, in un mancato sviluppo dell’adolescenza. Si può anche esser incolpevoli, ma siccome gay e trans agiscono contro la dignità del corpo, certamente non andranno in paradiso, perché andare contro natura offende Dio. >>> Aurelio Mancuso, presidente nazionale Arcigay | Giovedi 03 dicembre 2009

Transsexual’s Fight for Education Pits Egypt Law Against Islam
BLOOMBERG: To the Egyptian government, to her doctors, and especially to herself, Sally Mursi is a woman. To al-Azhar University, the most prestigious Islamic school in Egypt and the Middle East, she’s a man.

Twenty-one years ago, Mursi, 43, went through a sex-change operation as she was about to enter her fourth year at al-Azhar’s medical school, where classes are segregated by gender under Muslim traditions of piety. Al-Azhar officials expelled her, saying she couldn’t go to the men’s classes because she was impersonating a woman -- or to the women’s classes because she was actually a man.

Since then, al-Azhar has refused to abide by repeated court orders to readmit Mursi, filing appeals. The contest has become a battle between civil law and religious fiat, reflecting conflicting attitudes about sexuality in an increasingly pious country.

For Mursi, the struggle is a singular and lonely quest for self-worth as she challenges a major Islamic institution and copes with public curiosity.

“Mursi is suffering from being the first Egyptian transsexual to go public, combined with the fact that Egypt has not worked out the relation between state and religion,” said Hossam Baghat, 29, legal officer for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an independent civil-rights organization.

Two years ago, Ali Gomaa, al-Azhar’s top religious official, issued a decree describing Mursi as corrupt and unfit “to live among men or women.” The edict hit all the newspapers, with photos of Mursi as a belly dancer -- a job she took to make money after her expulsion. >>> By Daniel Williams | Monday, March 17, 2009

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