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Demo_Chris

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15. Education me. Show me a study demonstrating PHYSICAL problems...

Reply to Catherina (Reply #13)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 08:41 PM

Aug 2013

... Caused by a lack of gender reasignment therapy.

Don't tell me about Chelsea's mental health or that she would be happier. You don't know that, and so far as I know, she has never actually been evaluated to see if she is a candidate for this treatment. My (limited) understanding is that there is a whole lot more to it than just deciding on your own you would be happier as a female.

So make the case, show me the science, and I will be more than happy to admit that I am wrong.

NOTE: plastic surgery for scars is NOT trivial and I did not use it in this way. How someone looks can have a massive impact on their mental and emotional well-being.

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Manning’s gender transition sets up legal showdown for life behind bars [View all] Emit Aug 2013 OP

Denying hormones and hair growth is ridiculous and should fall under cuel punishment MillennialDem Aug 2013 #1

"We don't deny prisoners who break bones treatment ..." Morning Dew Aug 2013 #2

Ourt entire prison system fails this mental health standard. nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #5

Prisons provide the minimum medical care necessary to sustain life and heath... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #3

Hormones are necessary to maintain health in a transgender individual. Sadly, I argue with the other MillennialDem Aug 2013 #6

No, hormones are NOT necessary to maintaining heath in a transgendered individual... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #9

I said MENTAL health, and yes they are. Also, inmates in federal prisons do receive root canals and MillennialDem Aug 2013 #11

You'e wrong. How about leaving this to medically qualified people? Catherina Aug 2013 #13

Education me. Show me a study demonstrating PHYSICAL problems... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #15

The first lesson is that medical problems aren't limited to the physical, the physiological Catherina Aug 2013 #17

Okay, well done! You made the case as far as I am concerned... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #18

Thank you Demo_Chris Catherina Aug 2013 #19

The only "good" news so far as that goes is that she is unaware of any of this... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #20

Manning could apply for a transfer to a civilian prison. They might approve it, they might not. MADem Aug 2013 #4

Manning won't get to a civilian prison without a plea deal with the feds, and right now msanthrope Aug 2013 #14

She'll eventually win. Several courts have already ruled it's a violation of the 8th Amendment Catherina Aug 2013 #7

Those rulings will certainly help her case, but NV Whino Aug 2013 #10

That's the disparity Coombs vowed to overcome for her Catherina Aug 2013 #12

The Kosilek case was appealed, so this issue isn't quite settled law, yet. MADem Aug 2013 #21

Legal showdown -Gee wiz Wash. state Desk Jet Aug 2013 #8

What I'm confused about Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #16