Unlike my ancient predecessor, this Tullius hasn't had his hands chopped off. With hands attached I offer my thoughts on philosophy, religion, politics, and whatever else I find worth mentioning. I'm conservative religiously and politically (with libertarian leanings). I value reason and freedom but also traditions and "Oldthink." I relish being on the wrong side of history when history is wrong--part of a philosopher's job is to be unpopular. (Views given here may not represent my employers')
Showing posts with label gender dysphoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gender dysphoria. Show all posts
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Obama's DOJ: Boys Must Use Girls' Potty
The Department of [In]Justice has now weighed in on the ever important issue of bathroom sex: transgenders must be allowed to use the one with which they identify. Failure to do so violates sex [gender?] discrimination under Title IX. (Ah, good old Title IX to the rescue.)
Remember not too long ago, sometime after Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) but probably before Lawerence v. Texas (2003), when it was common to say that government--especially the federal government--had no business being in your bedroom? My how far we've come. Government out of the bedroom and into the toilet. Change you can believe in.
What else has the administration has been up to? Negotiations have stalled with Iran as (surprise, surprise) Iran refuses to have nuclear weapons inspections. See also the Iran deal's fatal flaw.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
I'm Already on the Wrong Side of History Regarding Transgender Surgeries
It looks like this issue is passing me by! Yesterday it was reported that Oregon will become the 3rd state (in addition to Eleonore Holmes Norton's district) to pay for sexual reassignment surgeries. And--taking time off from golf--Obama removed the 33 year Medicare ban on the surgeries two months ago. No doubt soon it will be made a national issue where the alleged right to such surgeries is propagated while the duty to tax for them is not (or the tactic will be to note that the cost will be miniscule...as almost all costs are relative to the bigger government pie).
One wonders, though, whether government funded reassignment-reassignment surgeries (like the case of this guy) will also be in the conversation. (I think I know the answer to that one).
Other questions remain: How old should one be to have the surgery? 3? 8? 11? 18? If a child has, say, cancer, you take care of the problem right away! If gender dysphoria is a medical condition treatable by surgery (rather than psychiatry and ministry) it should be able to be diagnosed--and the earlier the better one would think.
Another question: what if you were a female living inside the body of a male serial killer and you later had surgery to be a female? Should Donna take the rap for Doug who no longer exists?
One wonders, though, whether government funded reassignment-reassignment surgeries (like the case of this guy) will also be in the conversation. (I think I know the answer to that one).
Other questions remain: How old should one be to have the surgery? 3? 8? 11? 18? If a child has, say, cancer, you take care of the problem right away! If gender dysphoria is a medical condition treatable by surgery (rather than psychiatry and ministry) it should be able to be diagnosed--and the earlier the better one would think.
Another question: what if you were a female living inside the body of a male serial killer and you later had surgery to be a female? Should Donna take the rap for Doug who no longer exists?
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