Otakumegane
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Quick google search turned up nothing so I figured I'd ask GAF.
Due to my single-sided deafness, I sometimes read articles about deaf culture and how certain deaf peoples disagree of being "cured" of their deafness through implants and whatnot. Some of them apparently also believe that it would be better for their children not to receive treatment for their deaf children at an age where the child really doesn't have an understanding on the matter.
This got me thinking, we believe that causes of gender dysphoria (don't really know a better term for this so if this offends people tell me a better option to put here) usually arise due to prenatal complications regarding certain hormone receptions (again, couldn't find exact science because I don't know what I'm searching for). The "solution" in this sort of scenario would be to induce hormone therapy before birth so that a born male would identify itself as a male instead of possibly being born identifying as female.
So then here lies the issue with this. Firstly, do trans people believe that if given the choice, they would prefer being comfortable with the assigned sex of their body? What are their viewpoints on "cisgendering" a baby that might have been born transgender?
We are a long way from this sort of treatment anyway due to a lack of information and what's more a lack of the infrastructure and political advancements needed to really tackle more intrusive prenatal care in general in the U.S. but it may not be far off int he future where we can really identify the causes before birth and have the technology to do something about it.
I mean this has parent's rights and the law all entwined into one complicated mess if the tech is there, but I believe that to society, absolutely it is preferential to eliminate the potentiality for gender dysphoria prenatally than multi-year hormone therapies later in life to transition in both terms of cost and time. Is there any discussion in the trans community on this issue?
Due to my single-sided deafness, I sometimes read articles about deaf culture and how certain deaf peoples disagree of being "cured" of their deafness through implants and whatnot. Some of them apparently also believe that it would be better for their children not to receive treatment for their deaf children at an age where the child really doesn't have an understanding on the matter.
This got me thinking, we believe that causes of gender dysphoria (don't really know a better term for this so if this offends people tell me a better option to put here) usually arise due to prenatal complications regarding certain hormone receptions (again, couldn't find exact science because I don't know what I'm searching for). The "solution" in this sort of scenario would be to induce hormone therapy before birth so that a born male would identify itself as a male instead of possibly being born identifying as female.
So then here lies the issue with this. Firstly, do trans people believe that if given the choice, they would prefer being comfortable with the assigned sex of their body? What are their viewpoints on "cisgendering" a baby that might have been born transgender?
We are a long way from this sort of treatment anyway due to a lack of information and what's more a lack of the infrastructure and political advancements needed to really tackle more intrusive prenatal care in general in the U.S. but it may not be far off int he future where we can really identify the causes before birth and have the technology to do something about it.
I mean this has parent's rights and the law all entwined into one complicated mess if the tech is there, but I believe that to society, absolutely it is preferential to eliminate the potentiality for gender dysphoria prenatally than multi-year hormone therapies later in life to transition in both terms of cost and time. Is there any discussion in the trans community on this issue?