slogan71
Active Member
I don't watch a wide variety of TV. The older I get the more I find I enjoy documentaries and history type shows. The scary part is I used to laugh at my mom for watching that stuff.
but I digress...
I was channel surfing and came across a show coming to TLC called , "I am Jazz".
From what I could gather (mind you I only saw a preview) Jazz was born a boy and it looks like there are 2 brothers close in age. There was a snipit of interview with what looked like Jazz's brothers and possibly grandparents.
The brothers seemed very accepting of the fact that Jazz was born their brother but now identifies as female. They referred to Jazz as their sister as if she had always been a sister.
The grandparents also seemed accepting and indicated that Jazz felt female from a young age.
When you answer the poll question please try to leave your opinion of right or wrong, holy or unholy etc.
Instead think of how old you were when you started noticing the opposite sex and when you began developing sexuall (physically and emotionally). The age at which you were no longer a child but were man or woman.
We know physical and emotional sexual development happens much sooner than brain development. The age at which you began this development is probably years before you developed the ability to reason, think and make good decisions.
Now think about sexual orientation. Do you think a child is capable of having a transgender orientation? Is there a particular age or stage of development which should happen before a person can legitimately identify as being a gender other than what they were born with?
This was one of those "brain tornado" moments. My thumbs are flying trying to get all my thoughts out.
Please excuse any errors in wording or terminology. I have a cousin who is gay but I have never been exposed to a transgender person. Please feel free to correct my use of terms and know I meant no disrespect.
but I digress...
I was channel surfing and came across a show coming to TLC called , "I am Jazz".
From what I could gather (mind you I only saw a preview) Jazz was born a boy and it looks like there are 2 brothers close in age. There was a snipit of interview with what looked like Jazz's brothers and possibly grandparents.
The brothers seemed very accepting of the fact that Jazz was born their brother but now identifies as female. They referred to Jazz as their sister as if she had always been a sister.
The grandparents also seemed accepting and indicated that Jazz felt female from a young age.
When you answer the poll question please try to leave your opinion of right or wrong, holy or unholy etc.
Instead think of how old you were when you started noticing the opposite sex and when you began developing sexuall (physically and emotionally). The age at which you were no longer a child but were man or woman.
We know physical and emotional sexual development happens much sooner than brain development. The age at which you began this development is probably years before you developed the ability to reason, think and make good decisions.
Now think about sexual orientation. Do you think a child is capable of having a transgender orientation? Is there a particular age or stage of development which should happen before a person can legitimately identify as being a gender other than what they were born with?
This was one of those "brain tornado" moments. My thumbs are flying trying to get all my thoughts out.
Please excuse any errors in wording or terminology. I have a cousin who is gay but I have never been exposed to a transgender person. Please feel free to correct my use of terms and know I meant no disrespect.