Intersex Man Discovered He Had Kallmann’s Syndrome From High School Physical (VIDEO)

This is a Symbol for Gender “Intersex”, which does imply infinite Possibilities/Variety of anatomical Appearance and Gender/sexual Identity. It was originally designed by Maya Posch and has been changed a little by Marcus Werthmann to look more similar to the other Symbols, which Marcus Werthmann did use for a Project. In Accordance with Maya Posch, this Picture of the changed Version is now released by Marcus Werthmann, mentioning her Name to fit the choosen Creative Commons Licence. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Huffington Post | August 29, 2013

Germany will soon be the first European country to recognize babies born with ambiguous genitalia as a third gender, allowing parents to choose a baby’s sex later in life. HuffPost Live’s Nancy Redd hosted a discussion about what this change will mean for intersex parents and children.

Guest Nicky Chaleunphone, an EMT and firefighter who was born with Kallmann’s syndrome, said he believed his childhood would have been different if this choice existed during his formative years.

“Back then in the 1980s, intersex kids never had a choice,” he said. “Their choice was taken away from them.”

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Gay Conversion Therapy Causes LGBT Youth To Become Suicidal: California Senator Ted Lieu

English: , U.S. Attorney, Governor-elect of New Jersey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Huffington Post | August 26, 2013

California Senator Ted Lieu applauded New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s support of a ban on gay conversion therapy in a HuffPost Live appearance late last week.

Lieu, who authored SB1172, California’s ban on reparative or “conversion” therapy which helped pave the way for New Jersey to follow suit, said it was significant that Christie, a Republican, was supportive of the cause.

“Not only does conversion therapy not work, but it can result in suicidal thoughts, actual suicide, guilt, depression and shame,” Lieu said. “It’s just straight-up medical malpractice to even try this.”

Christie signed the New Jersey ban on conversion therapy into law last week, while re-iterating his belief that people are born gay and homosexuality is not a sin, according to the Associated Press.

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