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		<title>A Q&amp;A with the Mother of a 5 year old trans-boy from the Washington Post</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2012/05/21/a-qa-with-the-mother-of-a-5-year-old-trans-boy-from-the-washington-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to a most interesting and forthright question and answer session with the Mother of a five year old trans-boy appearing in the &#8216;Washington Post&#8217; on May 21, 2012. The original story is here. Filed under: children, in the news, transgender Tagged: family, gender dysphoria, parents of transgender, transgender children<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=708&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Prevalence of Transgenderism &#8211; an update.</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2012/02/13/the-prevalence-of-transgenderism-an-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I offered some information about prevalence in a previous post.  I am re-posting those studies here with the addition of some new studies, filling in some omissions, adding links where available and adding some new thoughts. These are studies that observed at least the year 1990 to the present and where prevalence estimates where made.  Sorted by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=664&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An example of Trans-Phobia in Society</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/07/01/an-example-of-trans-phobia-in-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d written previously about internalized-trans-phobia and noted that one reason why this happens is that “trans-folk have been … misunderstood and the object of derision”.  The following is unfortunately a good example of this. (This was taken at a June 27, 2011 press conference with Presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum) …I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=604&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Regret of Gender Transition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some people who undergo a gender transition (either fully or to some extent) and then regret having done so and “de-transition”.  This post attempts to explore this phenomenon. Some reasons why this might occur include:  The person is not transsexual.  The person may have found by going through their transition that they are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=578&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders &#124; APA’s proposed changes (part 2) – DSM-5</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/05/05/sexual-and-gender-identity-disorders-apa%e2%80%99s-proposed-changes-part-2-%e2%80%93-dsm-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The previous post with the first version of the proposed changes can be found here. A few notes before the quoted text. The big changes from the last revision (not from the last DSM) are that 1. they&#8217;ve dropped &#8216;gender incongruence&#8217; and gone with &#8216;gender dysphoria&#8217; 2. they have added a &#8216;B&#8217; criteria of distress [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=559&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Gender Dysphoria</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/04/20/understanding-gender-dysphoria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there are many social implications related to gender dysphoria that I’ve written about and will write about in the future this post focuses on the inner experience of gender dysphoria. Gender Dysphoria is a fundamental unease and dissatisfaction with the biological sex one is born with (one&#8217;s body) which results in anxiety, depression, restlessness, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=506&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review:  “Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents”</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/04/10/book-review-%e2%80%9chelping-your-transgender-teen-a-guide-for-parents%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/04/10/book-review-%e2%80%9chelping-your-transgender-teen-a-guide-for-parents%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irwin Krieger, a Connecticut Psychotherapist and gender specialist has written a 75 page guide for parents of trans teens (2011, Genderwise Press, New Haven, CT. ISBN: 069201229X). The book provides a good “lay of the land” for parents who have little information about what it means to have a transgender child. It includes a glossary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=492&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts for Parents of Transgender children</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/04/02/thoughts-for-parents-of-transgender-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had posted before about some ideas of how to come out to family, and I recently had the opportunity to be the guest speaker at a support group for parents of transgender children (part of New York City PFLAG). The following is a handout I used.  They are mostly talking points, but I think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=452&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Internalized Trans-Phobia</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/03/25/internalized-trans-phobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B. Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote a short section on “internalized trans-phobia” for a forthcoming book.  So I thought I’d share it here.  (Note it’s aimed at a somewhat young audience). What is it and how do you get it? Internalized trans-phobia refers to feelings some people have inside about their being trans that they might not even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=426&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trans Manga: &#8216;Wandering Son&#8217; or  &#8216;Hourou Musuko&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/02/04/trans-manga-wandering-son-by-hourou-musuko/</link>
		<comments>http://tgmentalhealth.com/2011/02/04/trans-manga-wandering-son-by-hourou-musuko/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the previous post on SNL&#8217;s shameful portrayal of transsexuals I thought I&#8217;d give an example of something really great. Wandering Son (&#8216;Hourou Musuko&#8217; in Japanese) is a book and video series in the Japanese Manga tradition about the wishes and longings of gender variant school kids. I won&#8217;t describe it further here since you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tgmentalhealth.com&#038;blog=10881438&#038;post=394&#038;subd=tgmentalhealth&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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