Sunday 7 June 2015

you can only lie about who you are for so long without going crazy

Let’s address the “issue” or the “elephant in the room”: the former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner has become a woman called Caitlyn and all I have to say is good for HER!

It is making me angry that people think that this is wrong and that the Olympic medal should be stripped!?
Why? Caitlyn at the time was Bruce, she was then a male who competed in a male sport please highlight to me where it is stated that this is against the Olympic regulations.

If a Oscar winner changed to their true gender would the public demand that their Oscar be returned to the academy?

Imagine for a minute you are trapped in your body but it is not right.


Now imagine the dark area of you mind filled with all this negativity.

The hidden extent of suicide attempts among young transgender people has been highlighted in a recent study conducted by Pace, a mental health charity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, in partnership with Brunel University, the University of Worcester, and London South Bank University. It involved interviews and a survey of more than 2,000 people in England from 2010 to 2014.

A survey found that 48% of transgender people under 26 said they had attempted suicide, and 30% said they had done so in the past year, while 59% said they had at least considered doing so.

The figures on suicide attempts by transgender youths were higher found to be higher than found in previous transgender studies across different age groups. A US study in 2006 found that 32% of transgender people had tried to kill themselves. And the Trans Mental Health Study of 2012 (pdf) found 35% had attempted suicide once and 25% a second time.

The Pace study also found 59% of transgender youths said they had deliberately hurt themselves, compared with 8.9% of all 16- to 24-year-olds. Pace released the findings to the Guardian before Thursday’s International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which annually highlights transphobic murders.


Margaret Unwin, the Pace chief executive, said: “The lack of visibility and acceptance in society contributes to these shocking figures about suicide attempts and self-harm in trans young people. While society’s attitudes towards transgender people are changing, it is still not fast enough and the negative impacts on trans people’s mental health every day are huge.”


Jay Stewart, co-founder of Gendered Intelligence, a group that supports young trans people and seeks to increase education around trans issues, said the findings were not surprising. “We have been working with young people since 2006 and the demand for our services is growing. While there have been many changes in legislation, the realities of young trans people are that they can experience highly negative responses for either being trans or expressing gender variance. Bullying behaviour in schools is endemic and we often find schools sweeping such things under the carpet.”


Juliet Jacques, 33, a journalist and campaigner who documented her transition pre- and post-surgery in a blog for the Guardian from 2010 to 2012, said: “Many young trans people experience discrimination, intolerance, bullying, rejection and violence from several spheres. First at school, a place where gender norms are enforced and policed, where you’re told by teachers and other pupils that boys do x and girls do y. Within the family there can be rejection, verbal and physical abuse, and then also at street level, in the media and in the workplace. Together this can render people unable to see a future for themselves. It is no wonder suicidal thoughts are so common.”
“I have suicidal thoughts every day, even now. A lot of that is too due with the scars of childhood, feeling I lost my youth to this, things I wasn’t able to do because of the discrimination I experienced and because of the trenchant mental health problems that came with it. I’ve found a way of dealing with this. But I’ve been pretty close to the edge several times, and pretty much constantly during my teens, when I didn’t feel I could talk to anyone about it. I found a way back. And I have a lot of support. But not everyone has that.”

Link:http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/19/young-transgender-suicide-attempts-survey

The international Olympic committee’s policy

The  International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body charged with overseeing Olympic competition and those events leading up to the Games, became the first athletic body to adopt a policy of inclusion regarding transgender athletes. The IOC’s policy says only those who have:
1. Undergone sex reassignment surgery
2. Had hormone treatments for at least two years, and
3. Received legal recognition of their transitioned sex
Can participate consistent with their gender identities (IOC, 2003).

Within the guidelines for these polices Caitlyn has done nothing wrong as she hadn’t started any of these process while she was competing.

There are transgender polices in place for much of the sporting world from the Football Association's (FA) to the International Quidditch Association
Link here: http://www.transathlete.com/#!policies-by-organization/c1vyj

All that is left is to say welcome to being a woman Caitlyn Jenner


Thursday 4 June 2015

My last Post was September 2013 ooops

Let’s do a quick update
I graduate in July
I am moving to Spain
I am happy with who I am

I had a quick read of the posts and I did write some good stuff but in amongst the good stuff is rubbish. I will try and keep to the good stuff in the future.

I am waiting to see if this blog will take off again or whether I need to create a new one.


Thank you for reading