Petition to remove the intersex condition known as Harry Benjamin's Syndrome from the transgender culture and the psychiatric establishment, and to have this condition recognized as a genuine inborn intersex condition. Read more at the HBS International site.
Petition to remove the intersex condition known as Harry Benjamin's Syndrome from the transgender culture and the psychiatric establishment, and to have this condition recognized as a genuine inborn intersex condition. Read more at the HBS International site.
Harry Benjamin's Syndrome (HBS) is an intersex condition developed in the early stages of pregnancy affecting the process of sexual differentiation between male and female. This happens when the brain develops as a certain sex but the rest of the body takes on the physical characteristics of the opposite sex. The difference between this and most other intersex conditions is that there is no apparent evidence until much later after the baby is born or even as late as adolescence. Genetic etiology for this condition has been proved by very recent medical research.
Over 60 years of medical research regarding Transsexualism (modern HBS) specify that there is NO evidence whatsoever that any psychological or environmental factors cause Transsexualism-HBS. All of the medical research done to date indicates conclusively that physiological (neurological, genetic) factors are the sole cause of Transsexualism-HBS.
Transsexualism (HBS) is now regarded by the world's leading experts in the field as another of the many biological variations that occur in human sexual formation -an intersex condition- where the sex indicated by the phenotype and genotype is opposite the morphological sex of the brain. People with the condition of transsexualism (HBS) are therefore born with both male and female characteristics and, like many others with atypical sexual development, seek rehabilitation of their phenotype and endocrinology to accord with their dominant sexual identity; an identity which is determined by the structure of the brain. Transsexualism (HBS) is about being a particular sex, not doing it. It is also about recognising gender norms, not challenging them.
"Transsexuality" is a phenomenon that occurs in the animal kingdom (e.g. certain amphibious, birds, oysters) that consists of a change of natural sex in the species. Popularly, we apply it also to humans when speaking of people who "change their sex". "Transsexuality" is a generic term that applies to all kinds of species and variations, while "Transsexualism" is a much more precise medical term, which we should use exclusively for people with the condition of Transsexualism - more properly defined today as Harry Benjamin's Syndrome, as it follows the naming conventions of intersex conditions.
Therefore, Harry Benjamin's Syndrome should not be confused with transgenderism or transsexuality.
We the undersigned demand you full recognition of Harry Benjamin's Syndrome as a genuine inborn intersexual condition, not linked to transgenderism or transsexuality, as well as the removal of this condition from the psychiatric classification, in order to advance in the human and medical understanding and treatment of this condition world-wide.
We signed the "Harry Benjamin's Syndrome is not transgender!" petition!
# 84:
8:25 pm PST, Nov 8,Ariel Varela, Peru
Merecemos vivir.
# 83:
12:51 pm PDT, Oct 18,Cristián Munita Lorca, Chile
# 82:
7:48 am PDT, Oct 16,Gennifer Glassman, Florida
# 81:
1:25 pm PDT, Oct 12,Name not displayed, Mexico
# 79:
4:18 pm PDT, Sep 30,MELANI VIRGINIA, Argentina
DEJEMOS DE LLAMAR LOCURA A LA REALIDAD
# 78:
1:44 pm PDT, Sep 30,Marcos A, Argentina
I´m transFTM.
# 76:
7:14 am PDT, Sep 30,Márcia Araújo, Brazil
# 75:
6:49 pm PDT, Sep 29,Ornella Mirensky, Argentina
# 74:
3:20 pm PDT, Sep 29,Marcelo Lucas Canessa, Argentina
# 73:
5:17 am PDT, Sep 29,Mimian Florez, California
# 72:
5:07 am PDT, Sep 29,Lailita Crazita, California
# 71:
5:04 am PDT, Sep 29,Lilian Floresito, California
# 70:
5:16 am PDT, Sep 28,Marcela Veronica LOPEZ, Argentina
# 69:
12:00 am PDT, Sep 28,Name not displayed, Spain
# 68:
7:15 pm PDT, Sep 27,Daniel J.F., California
Thank you Charlotte.
# 67:
6:32 pm PDT, Sep 27,Facundo Ercole, Argentina
# 66:
2:36 pm PDT, Sep 27,Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro
# 65:
10:04 am PDT, Sep 27,Carlos Fuertes Cristóbal, Spain
I don't really mind what Harry Benjamin' syndrome is. I only know that my daugther is, was and will always be a woman.
# 64:
7:38 am PDT, Sep 26,Cecilia Acevedo, Argentina
# 63:
5:31 am PDT, Sep 26,Alejandra victoria Portatadino, Argentina
For mPetition to remove the intersex condition known as Harry Benjamin's Syndrome from the transgender culture and the psychiatric establishment, and to have this condition recognized as a genuine inborn intersex condition.
8:44 pm PDT, Sep 25,Veronica Gorosito, Argentina
I feel I´m a woman since i have memory,and tried wrongly to reject this fact. The result was a psychological and emotional disaster. It´s horrible when people put you in the same bag beside transgender and transvestited ones, associating you with sick, shameless and hottest people whom never care for other´s life. They had won their reputation, and they don´t ever care for what we feel. The purity of my soul is being neglected and prohibited, i can not realize as a human being this way. Suffering SHB defeats the purpose of a simple & happy life, for not to mention when people drives you unfairly to the limbo. I don´t need to support this mistreating anymore, and deserve to be perceived and recognized as a decent woman.
Never i did something that may caused any injury or psychological pain to transgender people´s life...but they YES affected mine, and badly. They hurted the love my parents and friends had for me, and now i must fight harder for making my family understand that my condition got nothing to do with them. Transgender´s actions + society´s "pleasure of gossiping" + economical interests of the media, helped me to destroy my life. Why should I let or allow them to burying our dreams?
I pray this petition send back our dignity, gave us a medical recognized intersex condition, and put us on a separated place from transgender´s schedule and immoral conduct.
# 60:
1:37 am PDT, Sep 24,Name not displayed, Sweden
The evidence that Harry Benjamin Syndrome is caused by genetic variation has now grewn to the level that if can be seen as a fact. It is therefore no loonger necessary to have this diagnose sorted in under any other entity. Even if it can lead to other diagnosis when the person with this condition is not accepted in today's society.
# 59:
10:56 am PDT, Sep 20,Name not displayed, Spain
I support the people with this problem.
# 58:
5:01 pm PDT, Sep 16,Valentina Grajales, Colombia
# 57:
12:16 pm PDT, Sep 16,Juan Felipe Suárez, Colombia
# 56:
3:45 pm PDT, Sep 15,Name not displayed, Washington
# 55:
2:54 pm PDT, Sep 14,Nicola Cowie, United Kingdom
# 54:
11:09 am PDT, Sep 14,Verónica Otello, Spain
POR FAVOR FIRMEMOS TODOS Y TODAS PARA AYUDAR A TERMINAR CON ESTE SUFRIMIENTO!
# 53:
8:21 am PDT, Sep 14,Iker Burgos, Spain
Esto es una condición médica muy seria, no es transexualidad. Apoyo totalmente esta petición. Iker
# 52:
11:57 pm PDT, Sep 11,Ana Fernández, Spain
I would like to join the petition to remove the intersex condition known as Harry Benjamin's Syndrome from the transgender culture and the psychiatric establebishment, as well as to have this condition recognized as a genuine inborn intersex condition, because I suffer from Harry Benjamin's Syndrome myself. Thank you.
# 51:
6:00 pm PDT, Sep 3,Jacobo Uxía, Spain
I have Harry Benjamin's Syndrome. I am not a transsexual or a transgendered. I am just a boy born with a physical anomaly. This medical condition should not be aligned with transgender issues.
