Calling Bradley Manning a She---Educate me DU.

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127. It doesn't happen overnight

There are psychological evaluations that are done usually by a therapist that specializes in Gender Identity Disorder. (G.I.D.)

If it is determined that the person has G.I.D. than they are then able to see a G.P. for hormones or testosterone.

The individual will then be expected to live for one year as the gender they identify with while seeing a therapist.

They can have their names changed and depending on the State, they can have the gender changed on their State ID or Drivers License.

If they can afford to have surgery (most can't) they "might" be allowed to then change their Birth Certificate, of course depending on their state laws.

Changing Gender has nothing to do with Sexual Orientation. If they are attracted to males or females or both that doesn't change.

The largest issue for society is bathroom use. Some Woman (even some in DU) seem to worry about being raped by someone who are pretending to be Transgender. I guess separate single use unisex bathrooms works out the best.
It's not as big an issue for those Female to Male (FTM) because they can pass easier.

There is so much that goes into all of this and it can not be answered in one response. I don't know enough about Manning's case and unless we were privy to her psychological exams no one here knows either. I assume she hasn't started hormones unless she is using non-prescribed methods.

The Transgendered people that I know would rather keep it a secret that they are because as soon as people know they treat them differently. Sometimes that ends up with bad things happening to them.


My thoughts are:

If we are beings that are made up of chemicals and electrical impulses why is it so hard to believe that sometimes things just get routed differently during gestation. But instead we just go by or own experiences and decide because we don't have those feelings then "they" must be making them up.

Sorry, I'm not expressing this very well.