Changing Sex98/12/31

Introduction

Presented by Wesker

We will talk about…

1. Introduction of changing sex

2. Surgery & Medical aspects

3. News & Culture

4. Pros & Cons

5. Discussion & Conclusion

The Definition of changing sex

• Change sex

– is a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments)

Terminologies

• Gender identity– It describes the gender that a person

identifies themselves with a man or a woman.

• Transgender– People who have a gender identity that is

different from the sex of their body.

Terminologies• transsexual

– People change their body to make it more like their gender identity.

– SRS and medical therapy .

• Intersex (Hermaphrodite)– a person who born with male and female

sexual characteristic (combine features of both sexes).

Types of changing sex

• Male to female

• Female to male

• Intersex (Hermaphrodite)

Methods of changing sex

surgery Psychological treatment

Medical aspects

Reference

• (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity)

• (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Intersex)

Presented by Wayne

Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS)

Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS)

• What is SRS?

• It’s a term for the surgical procedures by which a person’s physical appearance or the genitals are changed to resemble the other sex.

• It was also known as genital reconstruction surgery.

• further the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders

• medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other related fields.

Gender dysphoria Transsexualism

Gender idetity disorder

are referred to as transsexuals

Male Female

Hermaphrodite

Sex Reassignment Surgery

intersex

Transsexualism

Types of surgeries

Facial hair removal Penis construction surgery

Feminization surgery Hysterectomy

Breast augmentation Mastectomy

Vagina construction surgery

Hormone replacement therapy

CCulture

Presented by Junior

Gender boundary

In Taiwan• Could you change gender on

your ID card?!

• Do they need to do military service?!

Could you change gender on your ID card?!

• After SRS, a person receives a sex change certificate from the doctor

• take to the household registration authorities to get a new ID card and change information on ID card (ex. by changing “eldest son” to “eldest daughter”).

男

Do they need to do military service?!

• diagnosed by a psychologist at a public hospital

• get a diagnosis of gender identity disorder

• may be exempted from military service Taiwa

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In Thailand - Human monster

- Ladyboy

- katoey

- Drag queen

Drag queen Human monsterLadyboyKatoey Drag queenLadyboyKatoey

Over 20,000 ladyboys in Thailand

• Poor

• Gender identity disorder

• http://web.archive.org/web/20041120094937/http://home.att.net/~leela2/inlegallimbo.htm

• http://www.bkk-gui.de/kat_eng_t.html

Transsexual Case

Presented by Mac

Ian Hamilton(Soldier) 金星 (Dancer)

利菁 (Artist)Bulgaria

Kim PetrasBorn August 27, 1992German teen pop singerShe insisting she was a girl.Method: Hormone Treatment

The speaking of the person involved

• http://vodpod.com/watch/2575666-video-sex-change-laws-in-thailand-tightened-up

Taiwan v.s ThailandTaiwan Thailand

Age Between 20~40 Over 20, under 45

Fee M→F NT$ 270000

F→M NT$ 500000

M→F NT$ 140000

F→M NT$ 250000

Notes ◎ certificate

◎ SRS (Sex-SRS (Sex-reassignment surgery)reassignment surgery)

◎ recommendation◎ Stop injecting

Trend F→M M→F

Impression Discrimination and unacceptable

Acceptable

Pros and Cons

Presented by Jerry

• Post-operative bleeding or Hematoma

• Infection

• Wound healing problem

• Recto-vaginal fistula

• Partial or complete flap necrosis

• Intravaginal hair growth

• Scaring

Cons

• In physiology ：

• sterile – no uterus( 子宮 ), no ovary( 卵巢 ),

no ovum( 卵子 )

• no testicle( 睪丸 ), no semen( 精子 )

• Frigidness( 性冷感 )- can’t erection

• In psychology ：

• Severely distressed – not used to the new organ

• Melancholia – too much pressure of the society

• Suicide

Pros

• Psychology ：

They can be what they are, do not limited with the gender by their appearance, body, and organs.

Discussion

Conclusion

• Changing sex is an interesting topic, but you have to think of the results again and again if you want to do the surgery. The most important thing is that we need to respect everyone in our society.

Thank you for your listening^^