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  2. From: werner@soe.berkeley.edu (John Werner)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
  4. Subject: Re: Wrong Surgery
  5. Followup-To: alt.transgendered
  6. Date: 22 Nov 1992 00:16:54 GMT
  7. Organization: UC Berkeley School of Education
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  10. Message-ID: <werner-211192161522@128.32.157.31>
  11. References: <1efsogINNfsf@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1992Nov19.194652.11359@psg.com> <1ehc7kINNe71@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1992Nov21.035006.15773@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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  14. In article <1992Nov21.035006.15773@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, Iona Carter wrote:
  15.  
  16. >     1) Tell me parents, seek reassignment. The would shatter their lives.
  17. >     2) Dissappear, seek SRS. This would also shatter their lives.
  18.  
  19. I'm sure you've heard this before, but it's _your_ life and your decision. 
  20. Not theirs.  They way you say "shatter their lives" makes it sounds like it
  21. would be your fault.  I disagree.  If they can't cope with you being
  22. yourself, it is their fault, not yours.  I'm not saying you should pick
  23. option #1 or #2, just that maybe you're assigning (hypothetical) blame in
  24. the wrong place.
  25.  
  26. --
  27. John Werner                         werner@soe.berkeley.edu
  28. UC Berkeley School of Education     510-642-9651
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