tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post5401557465445893638..comments2024-03-19T18:36:41.875-04:00Comments on Yes, That Too: Autism and being Trans*Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-84630111881379920652013-06-04T06:52:29.075-04:002013-06-04T06:52:29.075-04:00I think it might be a good idea to ask if Evan wan...I think it might be a good idea to ask if Evan wants to be called "he" or "she" and go with it. (Make sure Evan knows that if they change their mind later, that's fine too, regardless of which one they pick.) There's a pretty good chance that Evan may, in fact, be trans*- as far as I know, while the kids who experiment with stuff typically thought of as for the other binary gender do often still wind up identifying with the gender assigned at birth, kids who actively try to be called members of the other binary gender ("I'm a sister") are more likely to actually be trans*. <br />I guess blunt is probably the thing to do: "Evan, do you feel like a boy, a girl, or neither inside?" could work, as could "Do you want me to use he, she, or they to talk about you?"Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-50055684464208809092012-08-18T22:02:57.517-04:002012-08-18T22:02:57.517-04:00That makes some sense, as far as Europe goes, and ...That makes some sense, as far as Europe goes, and I don't know much about Europe. Here in the US, though, there is quite a bit of institutionalized discrimination against trans people. Several trans women or color have been murdered in what's pretty clearly hate crimes lately, and nothing is being done. We also tend to be bad at getting names and genders legally changed, most states don't have any rules against discriminating against trans people, things like that. I don't have the experience to know how pathologized it is, but transexuality falls pretty well into the category of an oppressed identity here. Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-55364679848170199742012-08-18T20:42:24.314-04:002012-08-18T20:42:24.314-04:00Just in response to your question in 1; in several...Just in response to your question in 1; in several European countries with socialised health care GID remains a 'disorder' on the basis that diagnosis is required for major invasive medical procedures. So a person diagnosed with GID (eg. transgendered person) can receive hormones and SRS. It's a result of "you need dx to get treatment" more than "you are not normal, this must be pathologised".<br />I can't speak for the functioning in the US though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com