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[quote=Anonymous]She looks amazing! I am happy for her - if you watch the video clip from Vanity Fair, she talks about not having any secrets now that this cover is out. What a weight off that much be, secrets really can eat away at you, and I've never had a secret as serious as this one.

Now, that said - on the last thread on this topic, I have to admit, the points being made about body dysmorphic disorder were thought-provoking. People raised some good points. I don't think shutting that conversation down with "bigot" or "mean" is very useful, because I think it's a pretty valid question. Now of course, some people are posing the question hatefully, and that's not right.

But, what I decided after thinking about that (and that thread was the first time I'd ever considered the question) - is I'm going to leave it to the experts. It seems like right now, the vast majority of the mental health profession accepts transgender as a true biological "mistake" rather than a mental illness. And I do think that there is a continuum of gender, from tomboys to prissy girls, from flaming dudes to manly men. So it makes sense to me that people could have been "assigned" a certain section of that continuum, and it was a wrong assignment. I'm going to go ahead and live with more peace and love, and also trust in mental health professionals.

But I do find the dysmorphic disorder question a very interesting one, and I think it's a reasonable conversation to have when you're not talking to someone actively going through a transition. [/quote]

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