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- From: celeste%express@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov (Celeste)
- Subject: Re: Wrong Surgery
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- References: <1efsogINNfsf@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1992Nov19.194652.11359@psg.com> <1ehc7kINNe71@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1992Nov21.035006.15773@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:58:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.035006.15773@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,
- icarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Iona Carter) wrote:
- >
- > Seriously though, how do people handle their parents and other family? I know
- > that my parents would always love me what ever I did, but they would think of
- > THEMSELVES as have failed completely. This just is not true, they have always
- > done the right things, and I am proud to be their daughter (son as they would
- > see it). They are both committed Christians (so am I) and it would completely
- > blow their world apart, my mother once told me her views on Transsexuals :
- >
- [stuff deleted]
- > Love and (mostly) transatlantic hugs,
- >
- > Iona. (in the UK, Canterbury University in Kent)
- >
-
- A new book: The Transsexual's Survival Guide II by JoAnn String
- talks about this. The info is:
- Transsexuals do not live in a vacumm. Their transion process
- affectes everyone around them. This second volume is for the family,
- friends and employers. It will help the extended family of the
- transsexual undertand transition and suggests ways to make it easier
- for all.
-
- IFGE sells this publication. Since you are in UK I suggest you
- contact TV/TS in London for a copy.
-
- Love and hugs,
-
- Celeste
-