Are you aware of Klinefelter's Syndrome? XXY Genetic Males
"... caused by a chromasomal abnormality in which males have an extra X chromosome ... constellation of symptoms ... tall stature, small testes (microorchidism), sparse facial and body hair, enlarged breast tissue (gynecomastia), and greatly reduced sperm count ... delays ... motor skills and language development ... indistinguishable from other boys until puberty ... Testosterone replacement treatment ... should begin around 11 years of age ... Fertility counseling ... in Denmark ... 71% of prenatally identified Klinefelter syndrome were aborted ... "
http://www.ibis-birthdefects.org/start/klinefel.htm
Re: Are of Klinefelter's Syndrome? XXY Genetic Males
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tall stature, small testes (microorchidism), sparse facial and body hair, enlarged breast tissue (gynecomastia), and greatly reduced sperm count ... delays ... motor skills and language development ... indistinguishable from other boys until puberty
I was told at Callen-Lorde there was evidence of me being "intersexed" prior to HRT, but unless I wanted further testing done it would not quite be official. My testo levels were WAY low and my estro levels were high when they were tested pre-HRT. But the above criteria all sounds ALOT like me. Even thin as a rail in my teens, I showed evidence of gynecomastia.
I was tested by a family quack when I was 14 -blood test. He said it was ok-but I am sure they were not testing for this. I am not tall but did have most of these symmtoms. Not saying that I am XXY- but just makes ys think.
Re: Are you aware of Klinefelter's Syndrome? XXY Genetic Mal
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in Denmark ... 71% of prenatally identified Klinefelter syndrome were aborted ... "
That's horrible. I'm generally pro-choice but that's retarded. I've known guys and TS who were XXY, big deal. It's not like they're a vegetable in a wheelchair or will die within a month of being born. They're normal guys who shoot testosterone every couple weeks because their bodies don't make enough. Fucking Nazi eugenicists!
J. Michael Bailey, author of "The Man Who Would Be Queen" and the study a couple years ago claiming that bisexual males (men and TS) don't exist, has promoted the idea of inborn homosexuality (sometimes with a viral or bacterial component... o_O). He said it would be great to find a test for homosexual tendencies in fetuses and then parents could just choose to abort the ones who are likely to be gay. After all, who would want a gay kid?
When my little sister was pregnant, she was researching birth defects (yeah, that's smart...) and she came across information on various intersex disorders. She said it was fascinating. She didn't realize that people weren't just born in two clearly defined categories. Lots of things can happen to a baby before it's born and various chromosomal and/or genital disorders of different severities happen periodically. Maybe TS is one of them, as the so-called "Harry Benjamin Syndrome" supporters claim, maybe not. Most importantly we're all just people.
Abortion should remain an option for the 15yo girls who get pregnant because her boyfriend insisted that he could just pull-out, if you can't even financially make it through a pregnancy (followed by adoption), your health is bad and you won't survive one or there's a high chance your kid will be a vegetable (although there's been plenty of cases where they told the parents that and suggested abortion then the kid turned out just fine) or other abnormal situation. In China, they won't legally tell you the sex of your fetus because they know parents will opt to abort the female ones (and still do much of the time). Don't abort a child just because he might be IS, TS, HS or whatever. We're degraded in society enough.
BBC: Parents 'mislead over gene disorders' (2001-02-23)