Indeed. Presuming he's following the protocols of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), s/he's been through extensive counseling.

What a screwed up guy Penner is. Before he goes and gets his package chopped off, he should see a psychiatrist.

And here we have the a fine example of the intolerant ignorami in our society....He has seen a psychiatrist.

Sick, just sick.

I've known three transgendered people (that I'm aware of) in my life. One happened during my tenure at Sony, and caused an interesting ripple through our group. It came as a shock, for one thing. When he announced it, we had a company-wide (we were a small subdivision of Sony at the time so it was no big deal) meeting to hear the announcement. Management's position was--deal with it. He's made his decision. We support it, and we're not going to put up with any crap from anyone. It was actually kinda refreshing. There were, of course, some interesting side conversations for a few weeks. But it settled down and life was normal.

One interesting statistic that I've heard repeatedly: Some ridiculously high percentage of sex-change recipients end their lives in suicide. I don't remember the exact number, but it might even be a majority. It's extremely difficult both physically and emotionally, and there is a need for long-term, intensive, therapy. A lot of recipients don't continue their therapy, for whatever reasons. Of course, many people who go into this process have had very screwed up and traumatic lives to begin with, so I'm not sure if there's a causative, or merely correlative, relationship.

Veteran LA Times sportswriter Mike Penner announced he's about to undergo sexual reassignment surgery. "I don’t pretend to understand what someone who is so sure that their body doesn’t match up with their sexual identity goes through, let alone ...

Honestly, you really in truly just can't make this stuff up! Go ahead and say it: You're right, I'm insensitive and not very PC. And frankly Charlotte, I really don't give a damn. In my book, you are what you are; you deal with it. What ever happen...