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::::::::(a) "Transsexual" is some person who suffers from Gender Identity Disorder to such a strong extent that they are certain that they are a member of the opposite sex, regardless of what medical treatment they have, or will receive. A more narrow interpretation of this would be those who have received surgical and/or medical alterations, and that these man-made medical alterations need be sufficient for the person to interact as a member of the opposite sex. However, whether we have an effective treatment now, as opposed to what we had before does not change the nature of the disease. A systemic bacteria infection was "known" since the beginnings of man, however not until the discovery of antibiotics was it possible to actually treat them in any sort of effective manner. (b) Leprosy is a very very weak bacteria, requiring 20 days to reproduce (as opposed to 20 minutes from some E. Coli strains). In fact it has as of July 2007 evaded all attempts to culture in vitro as it is so weak. Approximately 90% of the human population is naturally immune. Isolation and Quarantine have been shown scientifically to be entirely unnecessary to prevent its spread. While it is likely ideal to remove a person from their home, as they are relatively more likely to not be immune, if they are related. However total isolation and quarantine from the general populace, is entirely unnecessary. The Old law requirements for leprosy mimic more the known superstitious beliefs surrounding leprosy in non-modern cultures, as opposed to modern knowledge regarding information about leprosy which is now empirically and non-controversially known among doctors. --[[User:Puellanivis|Puellanivis]] 17:31, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
::::::::(a) "Transsexual" is some person who suffers from Gender Identity Disorder to such a strong extent that they are certain that they are a member of the opposite sex, regardless of what medical treatment they have, or will receive. A more narrow interpretation of this would be those who have received surgical and/or medical alterations, and that these man-made medical alterations need be sufficient for the person to interact as a member of the opposite sex. However, whether we have an effective treatment now, as opposed to what we had before does not change the nature of the disease. A systemic bacteria infection was "known" since the beginnings of man, however not until the discovery of antibiotics was it possible to actually treat them in any sort of effective manner. (b) Leprosy is a very very weak bacteria, requiring 20 days to reproduce (as opposed to 20 minutes from some E. Coli strains). In fact it has as of July 2007 evaded all attempts to culture in vitro as it is so weak. Approximately 90% of the human population is naturally immune. Isolation and Quarantine have been shown scientifically to be entirely unnecessary to prevent its spread. While it is likely ideal to remove a person from their home, as they are relatively more likely to not be immune, if they are related. However total isolation and quarantine from the general populace, is entirely unnecessary. The Old law requirements for leprosy mimic more the known superstitious beliefs surrounding leprosy in non-modern cultures, as opposed to modern knowledge regarding information about leprosy which is now empirically and non-controversially known among doctors. --[[User:Puellanivis|Puellanivis]] 17:31, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
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'''Gender identity disorder''' is a medical diagnosis for a mental disorder according to the DSM IV, which indicates a "strong and persistent cross-gender identification." [http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/genderiddis.htm] In previous version of the DSM, this has been called "Gender Dysphoria", but now that term is used specifically to refer to a pyschological criterion of GID which requires that "there must also be evidence of persistent discomfort about one's assigned sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex." [http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/genderiddis.htm]
In the ICD, this mental disorder remains known as the more common term "'''transsexualism'''", which as its first diagnostic criterion requires the individual to have a "desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by the wish to make his or her body as congruent as possible with the preferred sex through surgery and hormone treatment."
A set of International Standards of Care[http://www.wpath.org/Documents2/socv6.pdf] guide most physicians, and therapists around the world in a widely accepted medical process that begins with [[Reparative Therapy]] intended to dissuade patients from the permanent and irreversible physical alterations that could seriously damage their mental health. Patients are expected, and strongly encouraged to attempt to resolve this disorder without physicial intervention, however when such therapy has been found to not make a positive impact on the patient, then the standards indicate physical interventions, which are focused and intended to improve the mental health of the patient, or ease their assimilation into the new role in order to alleviate stress from societal, and cultural pressures against transsexualism.
:The following section in intended to deal with the motives, and models behind transsexualism.
How this condition relates to [[homosexuality]] is hotly debated. At the time of Kinsey's evaluation of human sexual behavior, transsexualism was modelled as being so homosexual that one felt a need to interact with heterosexual members of their own sex.{{fact}}
However, the Kinsey model fails to account for a significant amount of transsexuals, who appear to be attracted to the the gender that they identify as. As a resolution, modern and typically liberal [[transgender activists]] have tended to present a model that transsexuals are fundamentally a man or woman trapped in the body of the other, and that their sexual orientation is entirely independent of their [[gender identity]].[http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]
Critics of this common model for transsexualism, like [[J. Michael Bailey]] point out that such a model fails to properly account for the empirically evidence that transsexuals typically lie in two separate and distinct categories: whereas some males are so naturally effeminate and homosexual that it makes more sense to them to be women, than to continue to struggle and/or fail as men. These naturally effeminate transsexuals contrasts with all other transsexuals, who are described to have a form of non-harmful [[paraphilia]], which consumes their erotic desires to view themselves as the opposite sex, and eventually motivates them to actually become the woman that they have imagined themselves to be. These non-natural transsexuals are empirically shown to share a common and frequent rejection from society, family, and friends outside of the [[transgender]] community as they remain notably distinct and different from natural females, regardless of how much surgical intervention, or behaviorial training they seek.[http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]