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[Benn]

Those who do, did or will do that such operations says that they do not feel good in their bodies, that the nature was wrong about them. Is it real or is it just a whim, a feasible desire? Have you ever had the feeling that if you being a woman want to be a man and vice versa?

[Nathan]

I feel very good in the skin and body of the man that I have. I have never thought and never felt different, and God forbid me of any feeling. I have nothing against the trans gender but, I prefer not to deal with them, they are a little queasy to me

[Terry]

See that...a real sensation: Gold medalist at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Semenya, aged 18 years, has both reproductive organs of female and male. Following this disclosure, sources from the International Association of Athletics said that I could remove all won medals over career...

[Laurentine]

if is a hormonal disorder, that in the body are eliminated more male,for a girl, and revers female, to boys hormones, then it is o.k. but when a man, who already has let's say 30 years, and maybe a child also, do surgery to become a woman is - awful

[Benn]

My opinion... I do not want to think that are such people on earth. I do not want to hear and see, because for me they are mentally ill people. I understand if you are born half woman and half man and must choose where to, but when you're a man and do woman, or vice versa ... can not accept something...

[Big_Becka]

I have met several men who have undergone or are undergoing the process to become a woman.

One of these people actually had his operation reversed some years later. He first had the operation after being made unemployed, and was not thinking clearly. He now speaks out to encourage better psycoanalysis for people wanting a sex change.

Another is a friend. We all suspect he is gay but won't admit to it He gets a lot of pleasure from wearing womens' clothes and socialising with other transgender people. However, before you have the sex change operation, you must live as a member of the opposite sex, spend a small fortune on counselling, and have hormone therapy. This friend went crazy on female hormones: he had the worst PMT you could ever imagine! Sadly, he has now alienated most of his old friend group.

I do not know any men who have found happiness by having a sex change. This is probably because they had the procedure late in life, and do not make convincing women!

What I find peculiar is that nearly all the men I know who have undergone a sex change worked in IT or Engineering - traditionally male-dominated jobs! I wonder if they would feel more comfortable in their body if they were not in a mcho environment - perhaps if they felt able to express their feminine side without feeling ashamed? I certainly know that I sometimes enjoy being girly when I get home from the office

[Laurentine]

I do not know any men who have found happiness by having a sex change. This is probably because they had the procedure late in life, and do not make convincing women!

if I'm not mistaken Sher made such a operation, changed gender from male to female; I do not know how it feels in real life but on TV she is happy (for a long time I did not heard her singing). You know what amazes me most is that more men than women change their sex .. Is it so bad to be a man?

[Terry]

It happened again in southern England, where, after the summer vacation is over, students of schools found themselves as one of their colleagues became ... girl.
Colleagues of 9 years boy were told that he left and his place was taken by a girl. Student (student) came to school the next day, dressed in uniform face and long hair, caught in the stem and fastened with pink bow.
The boy could become the youngest person involved in a sex-change surgery.

[Faw_Peter]

It seems a bit young to be able to take such a decision ... I think that in 12 years a child doesn't knows exactly about everything he want to do .. It is only perplexed .. As a parent I would not be rushed to accept his decision, but I would have preferred to wait for a few years .. many boys playing with dolls and tries mother's high heeled shoes ... but not all come to change sex ..

[Laurentine]

I think that if you are man but feel you a woman inside or contrary,so you can do sex change operation.There is nothing awful. I'm sure that your psychological state have to correspond to your physical state.Sometimes people really get depressed deeply. As for me,it is psychological problem only.People who want to change sex are examinated by specialists,psychologists and the decide if the operation is necessary.

[Lorry]

those people who decide to do that kind of operation are sick mentally, this is my opinion, and I think that this is a great sin to do that, because all the people should accept their body and soul in that way how it comes from the god but not to mutilate itself.

[Big_Becka]

Lorry, what happens when other people do not accept your body? What happens when you cannot fulfill society's expectations for your gender?

For example: suppose a man is born slender with long legs and beautiful eyes. He is too slender and weak to work on a building site or in a factory. He does not understand technical things. He doesn't like beer. He tries to date (or even marry) women, but they always leave him. Other men mock him. His children are ashamed of him. Must this poor man continue to live in misery? Or is he allowed to explore what else life might have to offer?