Courtney Penniman of Phoenix identifies as a transgender male after transitioning from female to male February 17, 2012. The process of transitioning is long and complicated, and the decision to transition was not taken lightly. Transsexuals struggle with gender dysphoria beginning in childhood when confusion over how they understand themselves and their gender conflicts with how they are treated expected to act. Our society is, however, very harsh on gender-variant people. Some transgender people have lost their families, their jobs, their homes and their support. Transgender children may be subject to abuse at home, at school or in their communities. A lifetime of this can be very challenging and can sometimes cause anxiety disorders, depression and other psychological illnesses. These are not the root of their transgender identity; rather, they are the side effects of society’s intolerance of transgender people.
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Courtney Penniman Female To Male Transsexual
Courtney Penniman of Phoenix changed gender from female to male in February 2012 after many years of feeling that his male gender identity is an innate part of him, an integral part of who he was born to be. It is clear that there are people who are aware that they are transgender from their earliest memories. Sex and gender are complex issues. A huge variety of factors are at work in making each individual the person that they are and there is no one reason that causes people to be transgender. Trans people are part of the variety that makes up the human community.