How To Change Your Sex: A Lighthearted Look at the ... - Lannie Rose

Are you transsexual? 7
to address them in this book. (If you think you might be
intersex, you may want to check out The Intersex Society of
North America at www.isna.org.)
The best science to date indicates that transsexualism
comes about because, when your were just a little fetus
developing in your mother’s womb, your genitals started
down the path towards one gender but a few weeks later the
hormones took an unusual turn and your brain started down
the path to the other gender. It is perfectly natural, if
somewhat rare. It is nobody’s fault and nothing to be
ashamed of.
The tricky part is that you may not know what gender
you really feel like. If you were born with a penis, like I was,
chances are that you were raised as a boy, like I was. We got
very strong messages from our parents and from society that
we were boys, and you may think that is what you are, even
if your brain is really female. How do you figure out where
your true self lies? I’ll show you how, seriously, in a
moment. But first, here are some lighthearted clues to look
for:
♥ If you are a guy and you like wearing women’s clothing,
you just might be transsexual. (If you are a gal and you
like wearing men’s clothing, don’t worry, you’re perfectly
normal.)
♥ When you were a little boy, did you tell your mother,
“I’m a girl!”? Maybe you are transsexual, and you were
right after all! (About 80 per cent of transsexuals seem to
have been aware of their gender issues from a very early