why because you have a mental illness do you have the right to confront federal governments demanding change?

@sapphirevixen I would say due to the increasing amount of people identifying as transgendered that it is not just a mental illness.

Have you ever actually talked to anyone who is transgendered?

I do think that there is some biological basis for transgenderism due to all the xenoestrogens people are exposed to during gestation and all throughout puberty. These chemicals are altering the hormonal environment and could be causing partial neurological development according to the opposite sex from where they were born.

The big question is what do we do. In Ontario the society and government seems to want to encourage people to go forward and transition to the opposite gender from where they where born.

I think that is approach is a little crazy since it will result in earlier cancers and chronic disease. I would even go out on a limb to say that detoxification, hormonal balancing, and counseling could go a fair way to reversing the emotional and mental strain that people who are trans experience.