Assignment 8 – Draft 2

By: Luara

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Gender Dysphoria

Gender dysphoria is a condition in which a person feels that there is a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity

For example, a person may have the anatomy of a man, but gender identify as a woman.

• They have a strong desire to live according to their gender identity, rather than their biological sex.

• Some people undergo treatment so that their physical appearance is more consistent with their gender identity.

What is gender Dysphoria?

Debates.Should the surgery

be allowed?

PRO: Free will, feeling better. Government

allowing

CON: Religion, after the surgery problems

( psychological)

Should children under the age of 18 be allowed to undergo the treatment?

They feel trapped in their bodies.

CON: They do not have enough maturity to make

such a decision.

Should Transgenderims be allowed in the church?

PRO: Respect, and human rights, law.

CON:As said in the bible, there needs to be reproduction within

humans. In church it is taught that god decides your sex .

Some symptoms.

The symptoms of gender dysphoria can appear at a very young age. For example, a child may refuse to wear typical boys' or girls' clothes, or dislike taking part in typical boys' or girls' games and activities

In most cases, this type of behaviour is just a normal part of growing up, but in cases of gender dysphoria, it persists into later childhood and through to adulthood.

Adults with gender dysphoria can feel trapped inside a body that does not match their gender identity. This can cause feelings of discomfort and anxiety

More informationIt is estimated that 1 in 11,500 people experience gender dysphoria.

Scientific explanation.

Boys are XYGirls are XX• When this chromosomes get together it already produces the sex cells, Which

immediately sends a message to the brain and the foetus is already born knowing what gender they are .

• However children with gender dysphoria is when this happens , but the message isn't send to the brain properly, therefore they are mixed between their sex and their gender.

Another possibility.

one in 100 or so babies is born with some kind of sex differentiation anomaly

This can be caused when the pregnant mother has additional hormones in her system, which she has absorbed from, say, medication or the environment, and which she has passed on to the foetus, or the foetus,

With this it can cause strange chromosomes pattern.

Such as :47,XXY, 47,XYY, 45,XO, 49,XXXYY

This can also cause gender dysphoria.

Processes of Psychotherapy.

• Psychotherapy is a series of interactive communications between a therapist who is knowledgeable about how people suffer emotionally and a patient who is experiencing distress.

• regularly held 50-minutes sessions.

• Psychotherapy is not intended to cure the gender identity disorder.

• Its usual goal is a long-term stable life style with realistic chances for success in relationships, education, work, and gender identity expression.

Choices given by the Psychotherapy.

Biological Males:1. Cross-dressing in a feminine fashion;2. Changing the body through: hair removal through electrolysis or body waxing;

minor plastic cosmetic surgical procedures;3. Increasing grooming, wardrobe, and vocal expression skills4. Hormone Treatment

Biological Females:1. Cross-dressing:r in a masculine fashion 2. Changing the body through breast binding, weight lifting, applying theatrical facial

hair;133. Padding underpants or wearing a penile prosthesis.4. Hormone treatment.

There needs to a psychotherapist treatment done before any sex change and also after , so that people can be sure of what they are doing.

Restrictions four undergoing hormone treatment .

- Age 18 years;

- Demonstrable knowledge of what hormones medically can and cannot do and their social benefits and risks

- A period of psychotherapy of a duration specified by the mental health professional

The ‘sex change’.

The surgery is called by many ways such as:

o Sex reassignment surgery o gender reassignment surgery.o genital reconstruction surgeryo sex affirmation surgeryo sex realignment surgery o sex-change operation

What are the procedures?

o complete hysterectomy, o bilateral mastectomy,o chest reconstruction or augmentation

including breast prostheses if necessaryo genital reconstruction o and certain facial plastic reconstructiono In addition, other non-surgical procedures are

also considered including facial electrolysis.In America benefits are given to those that wants to go under the treatment , and in 2003 there was a law settled up saying it was discrimination if the hospitals denied doing the treatment.

Differences between Trans man and Trans woman.

• For trans women, genital reconstruction usually involves the construction of a vagina.

• whereas in the case of trans men, genital reconstruction may involve construction of a penis through either phalloplasty or metoidioplasty.

• In both cases, for trans women and trans men, genital surgery may also involve other medically necessary secondary procedures, such as orchiectomy or laminectomy.

• For Trans man take out the breast and for Trans woman do facial surgery to look feminine.

The medical considerations.

• People with HIV or hepatitis C may have difficulty finding a surgeon able or willing to perform surgery.

• Some surgeons charge higher fees for HIV- and hepatitis C-positive patients

• medical professionals assert that it is unethical to deny surgical or hormonal treatments to transsexuals solely on the basis of their HIV or hepatitis status.

• Other health conditions such as diabetes, abnormal blood clotting, and obesity do not usually present a problem to experienced surgeons.

• Surgeons may require overweight patients to reduce their weight before surgery and smoking patients to refrain from smoking before and after surgery.

Some information.Thailand is the place where there is the most

amount of these procedures.There are websites for this specific changes :

Has a list of the number of surgeries that could be done.

Had a map of the place in Thailand so that they can get there.

Procedures to undergo the treatments.

• One Letter is Required for Instituting Hormone Therapy, or for Breast Surgery.

• One letter from a mental health professional

• therapy or for a referral for breast surgery (e.g., mastectomy, chest reconstruction, augmentation mammoplasty)

ONE LETTER from psychiatrics

TWO LETTERS. From psychiatrics and doctor.

Two letters for Genital surgery for biologic males:-orchiectomy, penectomy, Clitoroplasty, labiaplasty creation of a neovagina; for biologic females-hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, vaginectomy,Metoidioplasty, scrotoplasty,urethroplasty,- placement of testicular prostheses,

There needs to be a approval for each treatment.

Requirements to undergo the treatment.

- Legal age of majority in the patient's nation.- Usually 12 months of continuous hormonal therapy - 12 months of successful continuous full time real-life

experience. - regular responsible participation in psychotherapy

throughout the real-life - 5. Demonstrable knowledge of the cost, required

lengths of hospitalizations.- likely complications, and post surgical rehabilitation

requirements of various surgical approaches;• 6. Awareness of different competent surgeons.

The youngest boy to have the sex reassignment surgery.

• Name : Jamie• Nationality : Australian

o The boy, known as Jamie, has lived as a girl for two years, dressing in feminine clothes using the girls' toilet at school and has a long blond hair.

o Jamie's parents, doctors and psychiatrists feared early puberty could lead to self-harm or suicide and supported an urgent need for the child to receive sex-change therapy.

o The mother said the family had started treating Jamie as a female in 2008 after her non-identical twin brother accepted her condition and announced: "I have a sister."

o The doctor said he was concerned about Jamie's rapid-onset puberty, which was equivalent to that of a 14-year-old, and that sex-change treatment should start immediately.

o At the moment Jamie can live comfortably as a girl, is socially confident and suffers no teasing or social isolation.

o Court has allowed the child to undergo the treatment.

Legal Issues.• If you have undergone the treatment know as transition, which is- Living a year in the gender you prefer- Surgery Then you are known as a transsexual with this legal rights come along.

• In the UK, driving licences and passports may be re-issued according to the individual’s post-transition gender status.

• The Gender Recognition Act (2004)has been in operation since 2005. This Act enables trans men and women to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate and (as long as the birth was originally registered in the UK) they may obtain a new birth certificate.

• They are now able to marry in their newly recognised gender.

• The Sex Discrimination Act (Gender Reassignment) Regulations protect trans people against discrimination in the workplace.

The law of Transsexuals within each continent.SPAIN POLAND UK

March 2007, new law in Spain allows transsexual people to change their name and legal gender in all documents

In 1964 to change one's legal gender after their genital reassignment surgery had been conducted

Have birth certificate and driving license changed.Marriage also allowed.

This doesn’t matter if they have undergone the surgery.

In 1983- Court said that some cases, when the preferred gender was leading, it is possible to change the legal gender even before genital reassignment surgery.

Parliament passed the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which effectively granted full legal recognition for transgender people.

There needs to be gender dysphoria symptoms.

Anna Grodzka the first MP to undergo the surgery

They need only demonstrate that they have suffered gender dysphoria, and have lived in the 'acquired gender' for two years

If there are health risks its not allowed and age boundaries

and intend to continue doing so until death.

EUROPE

Germany ireland

One can either obtain a change of name aloneproceed later with a change of legal gender, if possible or desired, or obtain both in a single legal procedure.

Before it was not possible for a transsexual person to alter their birth certificate.

a person with only a name change has the right to be called "Herr" or "Frau" (Mr. or Mrs.)

After a serious case that the government did not approve the documents change, and it was proved that Ireland was going against the law of 2004 in Europe they changed.

Job references, certifications and similar from the time before the change of name may to be reissued with the new name

The Government has since dropped its appeal and may introduce legalisation recognising one's biological sex following sex reassignment surgery.

No minimum age so a name and legal gender change on one's birth certificate is now possible.

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

The Constitution of South Africa forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation.

allows a transgender person who has undergone medical or surgical gender reassignment to apply to the Department of Home Affairs to have the sex description altered on their birth record.

Once the birth record is changed they can be have a new birth certificate and identity document, and are considered "for all purposes" to be of the new sex.

Thus the transgender person is not required to have had genital surgery in order to have the sex description altered.

NORTH AMERICA

UNITED STATES CANADA

IN THE UNITED STATES IN DIFFERS FROM STATE.

CANADA DIFFERS FROM PROVINCE AND TERRITORIES

THE GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO UNDERGO ANY JUDGEMENT THEY WANT TO HAVE UPON THE CASE.

GENDER CLASSIFICATION VARIES FROM ONE AUTHORITY TO THE ANOTHER.

JAPAN SOUTH KOREA MALAYSIA PHILIPPINESenables transsexual people to change their legal sex

it is possible for transgender individuals to change their legal gender

no legislation expressly allowing transsexuals to legally change their gender in Malaysia.

The Philippine Supreme Court has also ruled that Filipino citizens do not have the right to legally change their sex on official documents

the applicants be both unmarried and childless

depends on the decision of the judge for each case.

judges currently exercise their discretion in interpreting the law and defining the gender.

serious and wide-ranging legal and public policy consequences,

Family Court in Okinawa Prefecture, allowed an official sex-change of a transsexual woman, believed to be the first court approval under the new law.

does not prevent marriage once a person has changed their legal gender.

Depends on the case, the court chooses.

sex change is not paid for by national health insurance.

A trans woman can be registered, not only as female, but also as being 'born as a woman'.

marital status of 'female' automatically when she marries to a man, even if she has previously been a 'male' on paper.

ASIA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

transsexuals to be re-issue passports with the new sex choice.

A recent "clarification" by the Minister for foreign affairs and Trade, Mr. Alexander Downer, stated that a person may not have a new passport or interim passport issued without a birth certificate stating their gender

A document of identity it is called

Transsexuals within religion.

• I went out asking people if transsexuals should be allowed in churches:

68% said no20% said yes12% preferred not to answer

This to me proves that in society and law transsexuals are accepted however not in church.

I also came to a conclusion that people sometimes fear of talking about the topic.

Views within some religion.JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM

Conservative Judaism has had mixed views within transsexuals there had been no stories of rabbinical

Follow the bible The old testament is more closed and the new testament.

They see it as a cure for homosexuality which is punishable by death under Iranian law

Reform Judaism had positive views of transgender people. It is allowed.

the Faith concludes that the sex-change procedures do not change a person’s gender in the eyes of the Church.

mukhannathun is used to describe gender-variant people

Several non-denominational Jewish groups provide resources for transgender people.

Changes the outside but not the personality

They believe god made them that way.

Transgender pastor Drew Phoenix could keep his position.Some Christian denominations accept transgender people as members and clergy.

DEVELOPING THE TOPICPurpose: To inform people what Transsexuals are, the surgery and treatments and to also show it is something normal.

What effects I want it to have:People: That it is something normal and that anyone could have this, and that there shouldn't be embarrassment about it.

Society: to be more accepting and understand others.

Word: To be informed about this, so that even them can define what they feel.

WHAT WOULD PEOPLE LEARN?

• THE LAWS OF TRANSEXUALS WITHIN DIFFERENT CONTINENTS

• ABOUT THE TREATMENTS

• ABOUT THE SURGERY

• ABOUT TRANSEXUALS WITHIN RELIGION

What type of documentary would it be?• According to Bill nichols theory my documentary would be

THE OBSERVATIONAL MODE AND INFORMATIVE• Observational objective reality with filmmaker as neutral observer. See Fly on the

Wall.CONVENTIONS• The filmmaker remains hidden behind the camera, ignored by the surrounding

environment• he/she neither changes nor influences the actions/events being captured.

Why? : Because in my documentary I dont want to give personal opinion, i want to just

send out information to the audience about the topic so that they are more informed and also to have a possible debate however never on my opinion but what is actually in the media and in people’s mind.

EPISODES

• EPISODE 1: Beginning of everything. HOW DOES GENDER DYSPHORIA OCCUR AND HOW IT

CAN BE SEEN ( CASE STUDY 1)• EPISODE 2: Treatments THE HORMONAL, SURGERY AND OTHER TREATMENTS

( CASE STUDY 2)• EPISODE 3: Views within society, government and

beliefs LAWS WITHIN EACH COUNTRY AND VIEWS WITHIN

RELIGION.

AUDIENCE