Anecdotal evidence of drug use affecting sexuality
I'm not a professional anything, other than people proclaiming I'm a professional asshat, but as far as I know, there's no license I've ever applied for...). 3 Anecdotes
1. After a history of miscarriages, my mother was prescribed heavy doses of DES. Yup, I popped out and was TG. Had a weird little scar on the underside of near the end, maybe hypospadia that was corrected as an infant - no way of knowing at this point. 2. Mother was NOT prescribed DES for her next pregnancy, Brother popped out, no TG tendencies at all. Completely hetero and cis. Good for him, glad it worked out that way. 3. Married & adopted wife's kids. One daughter was a heavy drug user. everything she could get her hands on. One grandkid resulted with heavy anger management issues. Daughter got into even heavier drug use with her second pregnancy, and that grandkid is also TG. So we can rule out a genetic tie between the grandkid and me. Maybe nurture has a TINY part, since I raised both grandkids, but it's far more likely that just seeing me as TG made my grandkid more comfortable disclosing and had no impact on being TG.
Actually, I am a Rocket Scientist.
Also hormonally odd (my blood has 46xy chromosomes anyway) and for most of my life, I looked male, and lived as one, trying to be the best Man a Gal could be. Anyway, in May 2005 that started changing naturally for reasons still unclear, and I'm now Zoe, not Alan : happier and more relaxed not to have to pretend any more.
UPDATE - reason now identified as the 3BHSD form of CAH.
This blog, written by a rocket scientist, is a fascinating collection of information, both personal and scientific, regarding intersex, transsexualism and related psychosocial and psychosexual issues. ... It is erudite and heartfelt. Just read the posts about the passport issue. You won't know whether to laugh, weep or crawl into a ball and rock gently in a corner - an amazing person. - David --- The reason I so appreciate bright, perceptive people - as opposed to ideologues whose intelligence does little to illuminate - is that they manage to both instruct and learn with a certain grace. Among such rarities in the transblogosphere is Zoe, whose direct speech and clear humanity always make her worth reading, even if one doesn’t always agree with her every conclusion. - Val --- The following is a request for permission to archive your A.E.Brain blog site which we have wanted to do for several years... The Library has traditionally collected items in print, but it is also committed to preserving electronic publications of lasting cultural value.... Since (1996) we have been identifying online publications and archiving those that we consider have national significance.... We would like to include A.E.Brain blog site in the PANDORA Archive... -Australian National Library
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And I'm supposed to make a sound bite out of all that \`(
Great post though, and much appreciated.
Question: Can parental methamphetamine use cause a disorder of sexual development? Not getting anywhere at NIH.
Anecdotal evidence of drug use affecting sexuality
I'm not a professional anything, other than people proclaiming I'm a professional asshat, but as far as I know, there's no license I've ever applied for...). 3 Anecdotes
1. After a history of miscarriages, my mother was prescribed heavy doses of DES. Yup, I popped out and was TG. Had a weird little scar on the underside of near the end, maybe hypospadia that was corrected as an infant - no way of knowing at this point.
2. Mother was NOT prescribed DES for her next pregnancy, Brother popped out, no TG tendencies at all. Completely hetero and cis. Good for him, glad it worked out that way.
3. Married & adopted wife's kids. One daughter was a heavy drug user. everything she could get her hands on. One grandkid resulted with heavy anger management issues. Daughter got into even heavier drug use with her second pregnancy, and that grandkid is also TG. So we can rule out a genetic tie between the grandkid and me. Maybe nurture has a TINY part, since I raised both grandkids, but it's far more likely that just seeing me as TG made my grandkid more comfortable disclosing and had no impact on being TG.
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