Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sylvie - 7 March 2010
When I put on the AFOs, when I tried my first tentative steps in them, I realized there was no going back. I don’t want to go back. This feels like I’m slowly uncovering more and more parts of my true self, the certain true part of me.
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by Sean - 3 March 2010
I just read an article that saddened me greatly, about a 17 year old teen who castrated himself. Apparently, this kid is transgendered. He spoke to his parents, and sought medical assistance. But he got nowhere. No help at all. So he took things into his own hands. And nearly bled to death in the process…
Reject Leads To Harm continues »
by Sylvie - 13 January 2010
In the movie "Little Women", Beth, the frail sister begs of Jo, "I don’t mind knowing that I’ll die. But what I hate is being left behind." That overstates what I’ve been thinking lately, but it also sums it up nicely.
Don’t Leave Us Behind continues »
by Sean - 9 January 2010
I was reading a discussion about Body Integrity Identity Disorder on a LiveJournal Transgender board. One of the comment seems to have triggered the crystalisation of a thought I’d had before, without really being able to verbalise it. We shouldn’t say "I need to be paralysed", or "I need an amputation"!
Transabled Folks Must Change Thinking Patterns! continues »
by Sean - 7 January 2010
I read a lot of the publications I can find that discuss BIID. I’m sure I’ve missed some, but I’ve read most of what is available. Why? Because we need to be informed when we talk to different "interest groups" about BIID.
Why Do I Read So Many Academic Papers About BIID? continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2010 - All Rights Reserved.