[sr4402]

Heavy increase in the suicide rate a few years after this surgery. “Exceptionally high” according to an LA Times article.

[kaehurowing]

Most of them around here hang out in the low-price prostitute district.

[Verginius Rufus]

Since this issues seems to be getting increasing attention lately I was wondering how large this group actually is. According to something called the Williams Institute at UCLA, there are 700,000 transgender individuals in the US. I don't know how reliable that figure it--it seems awfully high.

I had a student last year, female, who was undergoing treatment to appear to be a male. I didn't discuss it with her, just had to keep in mind she wanted to have male pronouns used of herself. I can't say I understand it. It seems like taking lesbianism to an extreme.