Re: change of sex?

[Jeanine H.]

Dear Hasan, I wish I could read Spanish, but I can't get very far with it, so I cannot read what you wrote on your blog. Anyway--and, there are sources you might try that are far more educated than I am on this--the House appears to accept that there is a difference between a homosexual and a person with gender dysphoria, or whatever it's called. My understanding is that a homosexual  is of a certain sex emotionally and physically, but is sexually attracted to the SAME gender--I think we all agree on that. However, there is this other category that is NOT emotionally or mentally of their physical gender, and is sexually attracted to people of what they perceive of as the OPPOSITE gender--essentially, they are heterosexual, but trapped in the wrong package. The House has, so far, agreed that this is a medical condition that may be treated by gender reassignment surgery. Unfortunately, these are rigid categories, and I think that the thread of this discussion addresses that there is a lot of area that is difficult to define. Yours, Jeanine Hasan Elias wrote: In bahá'í view a homosexual is a "sick heterosexual" or "perturbed heterosexual". So "change of sex" doesn’t exist.     http://hasaneliasperu.blogspot.com/       The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you.     __________________________________________________   You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu