News ?

Wow … this might actually be my first scoop … considering how anything of newsy relevance to the community I usually scam from Caitlin, W3bgrl or Skylark. What’s the world coming to ?!?! Me … actually finding something newsworthy other than myself? πŸ™‚

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  1. Without having the full paper to review, from the summary it seems questionable the conclusions were justified from the science, unfortunately. Overdrawn conclusions have the effect of tending to discredit research more often than not.

  2. While I understand Stacy’s concern, after idiots like John Money ruined so many peoples lives (both ways), I have to say that this -may- cause less of that.

    Imagine, growing up as female (even with less than perfect genetalia), and never having to have lived with the wrong body. Wouldn’t that be worth it? You -do- know what it’s like to be on the wrong side of that argument.

    I’d have wished it for myself, if I had had that affliction.

    Hugz!

  3. while this article has a warm-fuzzy-feeling about it, it scares me–
    “‘If physicians could predict the gender of newborns with ambiguous genitalia at birth, we would make less mistakes in gender assignment,’ Vilain said.”
    While this is even more reality that fundamentalists will have to ignore, there is still the attitude that SOMEONE ELSE has the authority to determine our gender and identity on our behalf, and the prerogative as scientists to poke around our brains making that decision…

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