Beyond the Gender Binary | Dr. Margaret Nichols | TEDxJerseyCity

[@silly2926]

When she said "It's the belief that men are from Mars and women are from Venus.." the only thing in my head was "no... We're all from Earth."

[@hannahmich7342]

I'm sixty seven years old and by the age of eight or nine I knew I wasn't just male that my body shape suggested. At age ten I had surgery and female bits were found in my abdomen. Finely it was found that my one testis was in fact a ovotestis and then I came down with testicular/ovarian cancer. This has gone on and on my whole life. But in reality I knew as a young child that I was in fact more female than male. Now last winter my other testis was found also to be an ovotestis and will need to be surgically removed this coming fall. The reality is I a, starting to think I'm sort of blessed. I wish I could have skipped the stage three cancer but other than that my body is showing the world I am beyond simple gender expression.

[@51gh]

Hannah mich so much love for you

[@xanadu1215]

Yup I'm TS (post op). I knew at 3 years old. Could be environmental. Could be biology. Regardless, at 50 I transitioned (born 1955) and I am extremely happy, accepted and successful. Glad everyone is joining 'the club'. Feels good to have more Family. Thank You

[@lyndamonchak4072]

Me too! I transitioned at 35!

[@charlottekrubner]

Excellent. Hopefully people will begin to understand and put the brakes on the abysmal suicide rates for transgender teens.

[@tobiashansen488]

Charlotte Krubner Being transgender doesn´t help anything, it only prolongs the individual to not deal with the traumatization that has caused the sexual frustration. Maybe transgender teens seek help, and telling them that it is okay to be sexual frustrated doesn´t really help, and when they realize they have reach their limit.

[@brunozoekteenjob]

Yes, Michael Jackson was born as a dark brown, but he was in the wrong body, the real Michael was light brown and other changes. And than he used heroin.

[@togaturtle]

Mate did you look at those stats? support helps them.

[@firefox7801]

@Sablicious Alabama aint New York Thats the thing

[@FruityHachi]

hearing about suicide rates made me sad people don't realize what kind of power their words have, both negative and positive

[@alisongrant2163]

I'm often asked to explain the state of gender (expression & identity) today. Your explanation is so perfect I will simply use it as my explanation going forward. Great TedTalk!

[@pythosdegothos6181]

At point 14:00 This is so very true. There is no Equivalent of "tom boy" for boys. I was shamed by my parents for wanting to wear skirts and have long hair.

[@richardbedford6657]

The equivalent term for a boy would be Sissy. Why should we laud the term Tom boy and ridicule the Sissy boy? Seems quite unfair to me.

[@firefox7801]

Well, that's the actual societal pressure right there. It dictates what you can wear if you look a certain way. Of course if you look like a woman, no one will notice. But all this is subject to easy change, nobody runs around in togas anymore, and trousers aren't seen as a sign of uncivilized people anymore.

[@dimitriperez4721]

Yeah there is. They're called "fem boys"

[@pythosdegothos6181]

@@dimitriperez4721 That is relatively new term, and for the most part a positive term. F1nn5ter is a fair example of such. BUT, most dress to PASS as women. Tom boys only wear the styles of boys...and have some attitudes associated with boys...but they are unquestionable girls. That's what I appreciate about F1nn, he does not change his voice or manerisms despite how he looks (oh and he identifies as male) John McClain was another though he seems to have dived deep.

[@GothicElf68]

Thank you for the very informative video. As a Transgender person myself, it makes me feel good to see. The more factual, scientifically based information that is put out there, the more educated people will come, the more the hate will go away. It is a slow process, to be sure, but it is there. A couple quick notes, based on experience. @8:56 / 8:57 you mention that bi-gendered kids and gender fluid kids have their gender "solidified" at adolescence. This is not always the case. I've met people in their 20's and 30's that identify as bi-gendered, non-gendered. or as gender fluid. This is their adult identification. I've also known people who are biologically intersexed, who were forced to have genital surgeries as children, who now identify as the opposite gender as to which they were assigned at birth. As I mentioned previously, I am a transgender person. I am biologically female, but identify male. As a young child, back in the 70's, I was called a "Tomboy." Not knowing any better, I accepted this, though in my heart I "wanted" to be a boy.

[@karmel5603]

Raigh DarkHawk yeah I was thinking that. I personally am in my 20s and I'm non-binary.

[@redmeeko592]

And yes dysmorphia is a symptom, a painful one, and the solutions are to either change inside, change outside, or change the environment. Like the lady said in the video... People either commit suicide, or "transcend spiritually/psychologically". And changing inside does not always work, and by that I don't mean change inside as in "become hetero/become the gender you were assigned with at birth"(evidence suggests that this does not work!) -- I mean change inside as in self-acceptance. And that doesn't always work because the self-talk you do to reprogram the shame inside to become acceptance, will constantly be challenged by the outside environment by people who do not understand and are fearful or critical or who enforce gender binary. The entire environment has been built onto gender binary so... And is only starting to change with resistance and arguments and tension and conflict... So its either, you can successfully change inside and you are of that type of person that can... Or if you can't, change outside... But if we change the environment, a certain camp of people will be more able to accept themselves inside despite being non-binary and would not have to change outside.. Even still, there is also another camp of people that would not be happy and would have to change outside too... Thats fine. (By change outside I mean transition).

[@stannatas6372]

She said one incredibly notable observation, "Our gender equality is dependent on our freedom of gender expression." ( At the end of the video.) It is important to allow children to express themselves, although it is important to keep them save by not allowing them to take drugs to change their hormones unnecissarily. Let the child decide for themselves if they want to take hormones or have surgury when they are adults.

[@littlebit080780]

UNLESS that child happens to be behind on the growth chart, THEN it's ok to fill them full of drugs to make them grow taller, and things like that right? Nah, I believe I will believe the medical and psychiatric community over YOU, I think they have it worked out pretty well... Just FYI Puberty Blockers have no irreversible affects.

[@no_misaki]

littlebit080780 Yes, please continue to perpetuate these biased studies that do little more than empower wack-job parents to cause further damage to their own children. I believe your agenda seeks to curb trans suicide rates if I've heard correctly, not stimulate them.

[@nomadbound9610]

you know toy ads in the 70s were not gender specific they were just ads for toys for kids.

[@hannijazz3276]

@@no_misaki NOT giving them puberty blockers is what damages trans kids. Ask any trans person that has gender dysphoria and you'll know how puberty pretty much destroyed their self-image/confidence, intensified their dysphoria, and made them less passable. If you're a regular girl, you wouldn't want to grow up like someone with wide shoulders, intense facial hair, and strong manly muscles, wouldn't you? Well, this is what trans kids have to worry about. Use your compassion.

[@benjaminmyers5299]

No- destroying female sports to make them coed is not equality, it is resubjugation.

[@vincentgrotesque6195]

I wish my family had loved and accepted me. I wouldn't have tried to commit suicide or hurt myself nearly as much. Great talk. More people need to either be allies or at least accepting and quiet.

[@anuksi_si]

I've lways admired courage those people have to express themselves when the whole world is against them. It is not only fight transgender people do, it is everyone's fight - to be your true self.

[@spacewitch6667]

This video is great! Super informative!! ♡

[@PhilipSteeves]

Excellent, Thank You!!

[@crowshadowfire1177]

Currently exploring my own gender, my best analogy is an amorphous, shifting blob that's trying to find a comfortable place to lay.

[@lr3521]

The electric emerald lol, ditto

[@user-fb6js7vt3u]

A M. r/whoosh

[@jailyns.5394]

Awesome!!!! This is why I've come out now. Cause our society is so different now than in the 80's when I was young. She makes some great point to many things.

[@schwarg]

People with split personality disorder aren't mentally ill, they just identify as two people.

[@eve36368]

My 3 y.o. self in the late 1990s, I told you so!

[@janking4562]

GREAT TALK!! Hoping someday ppl will see the light.

[@caffeination17]

....man, i hope so....

This was a stupendous TED talk!

[@eabaggins]

Great talk. She makes me feel so proud to be who I am. For some people, it's hard to understand how a non-binary person feels, or what they feel when they are experiencing gender dysphoria for example. I would say being an asexual on top of that is quite confusing to some and sometimes they think I'm confused. Those two identities are like two opposite yet awesome-together layerings of frosting on a gluten-filled diabeties-inducing cake. Yum!

[@londonhughes5986]

Sophia ! As a non-binary ace as well I agree

[@user-fb6js7vt3u]

Why are people non-binary? I don’t understand lol

[@uncleskipsprairiejustice9367]

"force to conform"? No. How about just asking questions, observing behavior and giving support? And using this method to arrive at a diagnosis (even if that means dx of no illness) and provide help. AND withhold dangerous, irreversible medical treatment.

[@annec9376]

Washroom and locker room use can be a problem with gender fluidity. I don't particularly want a grown, gender-fluid, bio-male in the same private area as my 12 year old girl. But everyone deserves to feel safe and respected, so inclusive spaces do need to be provided. I would willingly support these additions with my tax dollars.

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

They wouldn't really do anything to your kid though. Assault is still illegal, harassment is still illegal, logically speaking you really don't have anything more to worry about with them than with anyone else.

[@kafrur]

What a very clear explanation!

[@steviegwhizz]

thank YOU very much! excellent talk

[@pierretheiller2394]

This video is now 7 years old and a lot has changed again. Today, hormone therapy is used without a question. Often in the first hour of therapy permitted. The medical professionals earn money because it is covered by health insurance. The medical people have no responsibility about what happen afterwards. That's a problem! Young people lost their penises and were admitted too quickly to "therapy hormones and surgeries"... Young girls having hysterectomies and mastectomies and afterwards they find it was a mistake.

[@hellothere3220]

I enjoyed the talk until she said that non binary kids's gender settle down when the reach adolescence

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

They do in the vast majority of cases

[@ethannavarre-cantrell6748]

@Hello There, I agree, I'm non binary and didn't really embrace that until last year when I was 20

[@firefox7801]

@@ethannavarre-cantrell6748 embraced it, or did you think of it then the first time? Because that's the point here.

[@baileymouse]

Great presentation, well thought-out. We are seeing more people being comfortable in their own skins, dancing to their own drummers. Why wouldn't gender be fluid? I think this presentation should be part of anti-bullying campaigns. There are still too many people out there who think it's all right to bash people for being different.

[@anib6103]

some people are just striking with their presence and speech, she is one of those people

[@darkfairybites]

I like how everyone in the comments is either a trans person who thinks it was an awesome talk or a cis person who clearly missed the entire point.

[@smakyakproductions4466]

witchGender there is a surprising lack of *c o m m o n s e n s e c o n s e r v a t i v e s* owning the *l i b t a r d s.* For once, I’m actually quite impressed.

[@WisomofHal]

Can’t we just be people? What’s going on in our country? Why are we, as Americans, so attached to labels.

[@darkfairybites]

@@WisomofHal Labels are something to rally behind, something to comfort us, and something to help make sense of who we are. Are they necessary? No. And there are plenty of people who choose not to use them. But for those of us who find safety in numbers and solidarity in community, they can be a great help.

[@zekehowey]

@@jay-xj1om I know. It's terrible. i wonder when we will start telling schizophrenic people that the voices in their heads are real. it should be considered child abuse to allow a child who hasn't even reached the age of reasoning to change their gender. They literally haven't even obtained a conscious mind yet, and they don't understand the things that they are doing will have a massive impact on their life. We should embrace science, not the feelings of the few.

[@justovadiz1786]

I believe that there is a great misunderstanding about children who are sensitive or hypersensitive and that imitate parents, guardians or environment in their search of expression of just being a person. They know their value and gender, but at time in the games they play and the admiration of who they play with, can cause gender confusion and develop-if not explained properly an gently guided by those who care for the child-a future same sex attraction (SSA). These are mainly caused by past traumatic experiences in the childhood of the person, no different from why men or women are unfaithful, why anyone holds to an addiction, lack of confidence, etc. I believe all these are factors that changes a persons life for ever.

[@princecharmling14]

6:28 flawless beginning to the rest of the discussion. Something many sjw's fail on (at least on youtube or so) This is so fundamental but so misunderstood or not clearly drawn out when kids on the internet or in real life argue about gender/lgbtq stuff. x_x

[@dandanato2480]

intrinsically I will never understand. Personally I know how it feels to be different. Thank you for the insight.

[@WisomofHal]

Dan Danato The use of the word intrinsically, in this case, is futile.

[@ZachMoolman]

I am so sorry for the parents who do not have the courage or patience to raise their children the right way

[@judedude3413]

yes yes yes everything about this is so great and true

[@s.leslie7230]

Wonderful speech. We need more people talking about gender variance so that things can get better for trans* and gender variant youth. Institutions need to change and so on. Let's make this a world for people of all gender identities to live in safely.

[@sawyerdonk2635]

+S. Leslie Thankfully, I feel our generation "The Millennial's" are going to be a huge force in changing this world for the better. I have high hopes for the future of our society, from the local all the way to the global. We have a lot of obstacles in our way, but in this time we live in, of true global connectivity, the hate, violence, and ignorance of our generational predecessors. We have a lot of weight on our shoulders, but together, love will overcome, and when our final day comes, I believe we will look back with pride and say we have made this world a better place.

[@s.leslie7230]

We already are making a difference in our own ways. Our generation will make a difference. I know it.

[@EastVanC]

+S. Leslie I'm 40 and I thank the Millenials every day for questioning the status quo and not accepting the taboos that us lazy Gen X's just rolled our eyes at. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@syntheticpacifist]

+S. Leslie Ok, this is something really simple but - thank you for putting the asterisk after trans. It makes me happy when people actually know to do that, and who remember to do that. So, thank you. ^u^;

[@s.leslie7230]

I always do that because it makes the word transgender so much more inclusive.

[@kuroichan101]

Trans people exist more because people became more accepting so they are out more.

[@springwood1331]

The thing is, wanting to wear a pink skirt doesn't mean you're a girl. It means you're a child who wants to wear a pink skirt. Plenty girls don't want to wear pink skirts....or don't care either way, and that doesn't make them boys neither.

[@yaboi3912]

actually there's only one gender. (yall im jk I 100% support this woman and everything she said also if ur reading this then it's my go on the gender, u can have it in 15 mins)

[@faithfear931]

This talk and all of these comments are a nightmare

[@topgurl9313]

really good presentation

[@maxwellphillips5791]

Tell these kids that gender isn’t very important, and that they should be more focused on being a good person and helping others.

[@madshorn5826]

It may not be important to a woman like you, but remember that we are different and that being a good person includes accepting others as they are.

[@221BSam]

Ok, that was actually very well explained, but how do you explain a child living as a cat or someone in their twenties living as a wolf?

[@mohammedsiddiqui5718]

a thief will not arrest a thief

[@angeliquebarbey971]

Well, one cannot expect that anyone will consider someone of a gender-from-another-time variety: I believe that I am transtemporal which is not a word that my former psychic astrologer would use but her concept was the same. By and by, I have also been diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder and I am born in 1947. Well, all of this perhaps explains why I had no clear concept of gender until I was well into my adult years and certainly not the doctors who treated me ever suspected that I may have had a gender identity problem from my teenage years onward when I was institutionalized. Today, unequivocally I identify as female though my body is male ( but not my mind) but I wonder how I would have felt 200 years ago well before HRT or GRS were possible! Our gender considerations have certainly changed over the past 200 years or so!

[@MRCAB]

Where's the actual science here?

[@jpbm1873]

Nowhere to be found.

[@gloriasangermano3687]

Its the science called bushitting. The new queen of science.

[@monicaperez2843]

It's *everybody's* business what happens to all children. As my father used to say, may God rest his soul, they are our "seed corn," (our future)!

[@tobiashansen488]

I don´t see the point in supporting sexual frustration. Being transgender, bisexual, homosexual is not wrong, because you can´t be wrong by the choices you make to feel happy, but there is absolutely no reason to support sexual frustration which is caused by traumatization, and a further note, there is no transgender children, children can say they are transgender, or homosexual or a freakng dragon as long as they have fun doing it and feel supported, because it is a nice feeling. I see a tendensy for people to automaticly support homosexuality, and we have gotten to the point where we it has gone so out of hand, we have become blind to the fact that children are stupid. It is a fact, because they haven´t had enough time to learn, even learn about the whole complex of being transgender yet people actually believe this nonsense..

[@tobiashansen488]

***** I just don´t understand how people can have opinions on subjects they never did any research on, or know anything about. We have just come to the point where stereotypes is everything. If you are gay you are a victim of constant discrimmination, and therefore we HAVE to agree with homosexuality, which in my opinion is so stupid that i would rather eat shit, than debate with an average person, why is don´t support homosexuality. just for the record i never said anything about discrimminating against homosexuality or that i don´t like or respect homosexuals, but as soon i say that i don´t supoort it, people will automaticly think that i hate homosexuals as a result of these stereotypes. Just like men are stronger than women, therefore it is okay to hit or provoke a man, but as soon as you provoke a female everyone comes to her rescue, yet no one support the man who is being assaulted.

[@tobiashansen488]

***** of course that would be great, but that doesn´t work like that in our society. men are being screwed by the court systems, during divorce. yet they are just as good if not a better parent than their wifes, and men just get to pay the bills, alimony, and child-checks, only because they are men. Men are doing a great job at parenting and supporting their family economicly, yet they get the short end of the stick, because society views men as greedy, lazy deadbeat dads.

[@brunozoekteenjob]

It's a new religion and the psycho clinic is God. In the video: the feminists believed in it.

[@trez735]

I love that my dad is a man and my mom is a woman. They have many gender differences and and that difference is a good thing. I loved everything my brothers loved and hated everything that girls loved. I wasn't called gender whatever...I was a tomboy. If I was a young kid now, I'd be diagnosed as some fluid binary whatever. and probably would have been driven to surgery. That would have been a huge mistake because I was a girl but a tomboy.

[@autumn4142]

No, you wouldn't have been "diagnosed" as "fluid binary whatever" (that's not even a gender but I'm going to assume you meant genderfluid and nonbinary since those are the closest terms to what you said), or "driven" to surgery. Transition care is supposed to be patient-led care, and any doctor who pushes you one way or the other is doing medical malpractice. If you have clinically significant distress about your gender, you would be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, which might mean you could access more procedures than otherwise depending on the medical regulations of where you get the procedures and where you get diagnosed, but that doesn't tell you your gender, nor does it tell you what treatments you should have or should want, because it's all about your needs as a person, because you can't cure gender dysphoria if you aren't focused on what it is the person is distressed about and how to solve that. Cookie cutters don't work for personalised care. If you were a tomboy then, you would be a tomboy growing up now, and there's nothing wrong with being a masculine girl.

[@teryntudor2091]

You are doing a wonderful thing by helping others to be more open-minded and accepting.

[@vrjb100]

Gender equality is a two way street.

[@LechDharma]

I think it would be meaningful to know what "local community" sponsored this TEDx Talk.

[@Chanchanlala]

i hope more people watch this important video

[@andredickerson5800]

how could a kid say they are Transgender before they are even sexualized which happens at about 11 for girls and 13 for boys

[@janking4562]

+T.I.P. Furl Didn't you know your gender at 3 or 4? Most 4 year old girls will say, "I'm a girl!" Gender is in the brain. It's the same with us.

[@andredickerson5800]

+Jan King I'm talking about sexuality not gender

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

+T.I.P. Furl Sexuality and gender identity are two very different things mister Furl. Sexuality is who you like, men, women, those in between and so on but gender identity is who you are. Example you know you are a boy and i know i'm a girl. Gender identity is something we all figure out pretty early on, even as early as two years old but our sexuality is something that comes into play much later.

[@andredickerson5800]

so whats the difference between transgender and transsexual

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

T.I.P. Furl Transsexual is the medical term for a person who has changed their physical sex. Example someone who was born into a male body but since has changed it to a female one and vice versa. While the word transgender is much more of an open term word. It applies with anyone that does not fit within the stereotypical male or female line such as gender queer, androgynous, cross dressers, drag kings and queens and so forth. However the word transsexual has been heavily stigmatized throughout the years and thus many transsexual people prefer to use the word transgender instead of transsexual. In essence transsexual means one very specific thing while transgender is an umbrella term used to describe all sorts of people including transsexual people :)

[@cynicallyyours61]

Because of gender stereotypes, mwn who are victims of domestic abuse rarely speak out.

[@cris-du5fp]

9:50 as i am on of these, no. most people use the term nonbinary actually from what i have seen.

[@naomigorelick7311]

Not entirely. It's a generational divide, for the most part. Older NB people prefer the term queer and other variants, while people in their teens and early twenties will use nonbinary.

[@Caterfree10]

Naomi Gorelick That is my experience. Nonbinary as a dominant term among those outside the binary is a new thing. As recently as 2012, genderqueer was still the umbrella term before nonbinary overtook it.

[@diasporaafortiori5180]

WTF is happening

[@annatallant5208]

Outstanding job Margie!! You look Marvelous darling!!!

[@denisemartinez3936]

is it psychological or clinical?

[@swimdownx6365]

is the same woam who went on violence against women. what would make an assualt as on man who identifies as woman. how would she know he,s just saying that so so no one would do any thing. or if woman who whats to be a man does that mean its ok to them sence they wanted to be thought as men any way.& valuing gender equaly would go against every thing femist stood for

[@shainquartz8450]

14:30 especially

[@BeckiLynn_N]

The only thing that I can say as a criticism is that you are preaching to the choir. Ted Talks aren't attended by those who need the exposure. My experience is that the population that is transphobic tend to be more interested in the Fox News and MAGA echo chamber. 😢

[@HALFAMAZINGTV]

I am interested in this subject but why only transgender explaining this? Why can't we get more straight person's perspective of which who have no bias tendencies? I find that getting this information from a male turned female is a bit one sided.

[@jakejones5736]

A male can NEVER turn female. Hope this helps.

[@HALFAMAZINGTV]

I'm trying not to get roasted in here.. you are not helping lol

[@erwane.106]

The thing it's better that it's transgender people talking about it because they are the one who are concerned. To me, the perspective which is the less biased is this of transgender people because it's their experience, they know it well. PS: It's not a mal turning female. It's female assigned male at birth, if she is a transgender woman, she was always a woman, she just asjusted her body.

[@Insulindependantfati]

I'm interested in this too. I'm planning on writing my thesis on this, from a sociological point of view. I'm a straight cis-gender female and I can honestly say, at first when I started my research, all I heard were a bunch of labels that seemed pretty ambiguous and that described us all... and that's when it hit me. WE ARE ALL OUR OWN GENDER.

[@HALFAMAZINGTV]

funny how we come into our own sometimes. good luck on your research.

[@snake56]

Mayonnaise is not a gender.

[@carlydreal3486]

Being a dick head is a gender

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

Horseradish is not a gender either. No new information was gleaned from this comment. Thank you for attending my TED talk.

[@user-fb6js7vt3u]

Carly D real r/whoosh

[@smakyakproductions4466]

Good, the horde has not found this yet.

[@aucanmaderalucero146]

Mucho texto, malardo

[@caffeination17]

YES!!!! 👏👏👏

[@husknix9603]

mucho texto

[@bigbird254]

Why don't we get rid of gender all together? I mean it's literally a societal/social construct why even have it if gender roles and stereotypes are trying to be a thing of the past. Why do we even need gender? Why did we create in the first place if it mainly causes issues? Getting rid of gender all together would get rid of things like "boys toys" and "girls toys".

[@ZZ-lo3ek]

Not an entirely bad idea!

[@venusexile5419]

i agree with your point but replace gender with religion and you get your answer: it’s just always been there and it’s so ingrained in people’s psychology comfort, some people may feel less of themselves without it. i’m not saying what i’m saying is a fact and religion and gender are different topics but i think you’d get what i mean

[@diasporaafortiori5180]

Umm ... no

[@jcfrench2251]

FYI

[@101TonyParker]

Finally, the inmates have taken over the asylum.

[@expeditioner9322]

What about the arguments against the notion that gender is a spectrum? There biologists who totally rubbish this idea and say that gender is actually a binary. They argue that this theory of gender being a spectrum is not backed by scientific evidence it is just an ideology.

[@jakejones5736]

Got an innie, you're a girl. Got an outtie, you're a boy. Simple...

[@ilostmytightywhities]

Way to be ignorant and small minded, applause.

[@jakejones5736]

Ya mean they were LYING to me in third grade biology?

[@littlebit080780]

Third grade biology lays a general foundation, BUT there is a lot more to learn BEYOND that. I'm sure glad my doctor advanced beyond 3rd grade biology and science! Your brain is YOU, it's what holds your sense of being, personality, core sense of self, its your motherboard, if your brain is FEMALE, then YOU ARE A FEMALE, and your chromosomes and anatomy are irrelevant to that fact.

[@jakejones5736]

"Beyond 3rd grade biology" makes such biology no less true. "if your brain is FEMALE, then YOU ARE A FEMALE, and your chromosomes and anatomy are irrelevant to that fact." If your brain is female then you are a female, and your chromosomes and anatomy are the ONLY determinant to that fact. That your basic grade school biological foundation is defective explains why you make such claims.

[@jakek7112]

“Most children develop a firm sense of gender identity by the time they’re two or three” Yeah? My little sister at that age said she was an astronaut and was on a mission to mars. Should we as a society all make Earth, mars so that she doesn’t have to ‘conform’? Grow up.

[@Kleineganz]

No, we as a society should supoprt little girls who want to grow up to study astrophysics and become astronauts so they can realize their dream of traveling to Mars. Your sister could make up one of the first Mars colonies!

[@angelblue7779]

There are more transgender children today because people like this crazed woman giving this talk has created them! As the little boy in the pink skirt out grew the want/desire to wear it, it was a passing thing. It meant nothing more than playing "dress-up" to a small child. Because a little girl prefers a baseball over a doll does not mean she wants to be a boy, nor does it mean a boy who is 3 and sleeps with a doll wants to be a girl. These things are being encouraged and fed into the child's mind by a parent (usually mother) and it is SICK and TWISTED!

[@angelblue7779]

quickstart90909 I would direct you to the speakers question at the very beginning of the talk. She made reference as to why there are so many more transgender children today. If you have noticed it is almost as if it has become a trend. Since you brought up homosexuality I can say the same when speaking on this topic. Teenagers actually began to experiment who otherwise had absolutely no interest at all biologically or otherwise in "same sex" relationships, it had simply become a fad. Yes, it is pushed on them! The media shoves it down their throats! The music industry, movies, reality shows, videos, even TV ads are cashing in. The transgender game focuses on parenting and if you want to be a "good parent" you will allow your child to be who they really are inside. REALLY!? So the message is don't guide your child or offer any assistance, just let them raise themselves and hope for the best. If society doesn't except you then it is society that is screwed up because you are just fine. Lesson taught, there is no social norm anymore because absolutely anything goes. Look around you! How far does "tolerance" have to go before the Human Race deteriorates to a species of groveling animals fending for themselves in the streets? We used to raise children to become healthy productive citizens that proudly joined the ranks of society and led normal lives. Today parents are encouraged to raise sideshow freaks and oddities to entertain the media. I for one find this all very sad.

[@angelblue7779]

***** Of course it is people like yourself who will resort to name calling when you are unable to make a valid point. Did you ever stop to think about the young people who may be committing suicide because they were pushed into sexual acts they later regretted because they were made to believe that it was "bigotry" , or uncool not too? What about the young men who thought they were with a female only to discover they were actually with a "transgender" male on hormones? Oh wait! These kids don't count right? As for all of the repressed "transgender" children of generations past, where the hell are they???? According to the numbers today we should have them coming out of the woodwork. Oh wait! They all committed suicide right? Come on "SHONY" ( trans name?) can you really justify calling anyone else an "idiot" ?

[@Yesica1993]

+judy Osborne "There are more transgender children today because people like this crazed woman giving this talk has created them!" Absolutely right! Thank you! But stating this fact will get you called the most ugly names. (And from those who screech about "tolerance" at every turn.) You just watch. They'll be spewing their filth at me as well as you!

[@angelblue7779]

Yesica1993 When you know what type of people are doing the name calling it really doesn't affect you does it? lol That is why I did not respond to it. It just doesn't bother me. I hate seeing what these people are doing to children, but it will take God to intervene. Until then I will continue to speak my mind and hopefully people like yourself as well. Don't let bullying get in the way of FAITH.

[@Yesica1993]

judy Osborne "When you know what type of people are doing the name calling it really doesn't affect you does it?" Ha! I had not thought of it from that angle. I guess that's true! My heart breaks for the children. It's one thing for adults to pursue this insanity. But when they push it on children - younger and younger these days - it's evil beyond words. They're setting these poor confused kids up for a lifetime of misery by telling them lies! These people need to be put in jail for child abuse!

[@shainquartz8450]

13:57 soooo true!

[@brunozoekteenjob]

They must decide it as soon as possible, that's better for the customer loyalty. And for encourage the parents, tell them that their children would commit suicide.

[@scunning100]

Yay for pseudoscience lol.

[@primus7776]

Hail Satan! Your Diabolic Vision for the future of Humanity is coming to fruition, my Infernal Master!

[@robertphelps573]

Jazz jennings is not a female He is a male

[@zaccabral8251]

tumbler talks

[@therooster4426]

Dr . delusional. Let's play pretend

[@FlashmanVC]

Fake

[@omercicjusuf50]

soo prostitutes are now psihiatrists

[@jakeet999]

Epidemic a fad in the main

[@jakek7112]

Unbelievably delusional

[@ewaldus]

hah... no wonder he wanted to wear a skirt... With all the feminists in the house xD

[@mrdave2112]

You can change gender roles but not gender. Biology defines gender and society defines gender roles. People will be more receptive if framed correctly. Appearance and behavior defines gender roles not gender. Gender roles are debatable unlike gender.