Who Am I? Psychological Issues in Gender Identity and Same-Sex Attraction
Author: Sutton, Dr. Philip M.
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Read MoreAuthor: Asscheman, Henk; Giltay, Erik J; Megens, Jos A J; de Ronde, W (Pim); van Trotsenburg, Michael A A; and Gooren, Louis J G - All from Endocrine Unit, Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Internal Medicine
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2021
Watch VideoWhere did they get the idea that our sexual identity ("gender" was the term they preferred) as men or women was in the category of things that could be changed?
Author: Paul McHugh
November 2014
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How should the Catholic community respond to men and women who think that a sex change operation would solve their problem? Catholic teaching in this area is clear. It is impossible to "change" a person's sex. Hormone treatments, cosmetic surgery and surgery to mutilate the sex organs do not change a person's sex.
Author: Richard P. Fitzgibbons, M.D.
October 1 2005
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Examining research from the biological, psychological, and social sciences, this report shows that some of the most frequently heard claims about sexuality and gender are not supported by scientific evidence. The report has a special focus on the higher rates of mental health problems among LGBT populations, and it questions the scientific basis of trends in the treatment of children who do not identify with their biological sex. More effort is called for to provide these people with the understanding, care, and support they need to lead healthy, flourishing lives.
Author: Drs. Paul McHugh & Lawrence Mayer
Fall 2016
Read MoreIs it ethical to perform a surgery whose purpose is to make a male look like a female or a female to appear male? Is it medically appropriate? Sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) violates basic medical and ethical
principles and is therefore not ethically or medically appropriate.
Author: Richard Fitzgibbons, M.D., Philip M. Sutton, and Dale O'Leary
2009
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At the heart of the problem is confusion over the nature of the transgendered. "Sex change" is biologically impossible. People who undergo sex-reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa. Rather, they become feminized men or masculinized women.
Author: Dr. Paul McHugh
2014
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