years, but what they need to know is that it is an act of great courage. and many transgendered people suffer from what is called dysphoria where the body and the head don t match, and caitlyn now has to look at the magazine and feel incredibly beautiful and understand that the pain that she has gone through is worth it to have this moment of reality for herself, and it is great. and alicia howard is right about the courage involved in this but what bothers me about all of this is that it is ramping up to the show. and it is part of promoting the highlighting the show. i disagree with you. because it is a teachable moment. and it is not about ramping up the show. and caitlyn started a tweet. and this tweet says that it has
diamond can use that to her advantage in this situation. she had been on hormone therapy for two decades and runs into a few scraps with the law and ends up in a situation like this where her life is up-ended? absolutely it s important to understand to reframe this conversation around gender disfor ya she s experienced it now and said in an article that i read she s being sentenced to a gender change. her dysphoria is happening now, these authentically a woman and has been for many years. we ll continue to follow this case, very fascinating to see the department of justice step in and helm the conversation and afford people the rights they are afforded state by state. great to see you, thank you. america s favorite idol finalist clay aiken will be here to preview the runner up following his bid for a congressional seat in the next hour. you ll never guess what nsa leaker edward snowden misses most about life in the united
hormone therapy that has been paid for by the taxpayers. but now u.s. district court judge in san francisco ruled that she has dysphoria, where there s a conflict between the sex at birth and the gender that somebody identifies with. the judge stating in his ruling quote she has established that she is suffering and is likely to continue to suffer unnecessary pain if she is denied the surgery. a ruling that the lgbt supporters applaud. this decision is historic in that it confirms that it s unlawful to deny essential treatment to transgender people. reporter: but not everybody is celebrating. critics pointing out they think this goes above and beyond the responsibility of taxpayers, pointing out that this surgery could cost up to $100,000. everything is more expensive in the prison system because as we provide medical services to
majority of them grow grow out of this gender variance or gender dysphoria by the time they are adolescent. most of them grow out of it if you intervene especially medically which may or may not be done in this case those kids might grow up to regret that and heaven forbid be really unhappy about it and we don t note long-term effects of it. bill: there are two issues here. number one is the issue of parental freedom to do what they want to do with their child. yeah. bill: number two, i don t understand in. maybe you can explain it to me. if i m the father of catherine, who is born a female. birth certificate. physical makeup is catherine is a girl. okay? so catherine at 2, when she starts to be able to talk or 3 says i want to be a boy, daddy, say okay, catherine you can be a boy but we are still going to call you catherine and you are you still going to have girl things and dress like a girl. if you want to climb the tree or get a bazooka you can do it. you can be a tom boy.
majority of them grow grow out of this gender variance or gender dysphoria by the time they are adolescent. most of them grow out of it if you intervene especially medically which may or may not be done in this case those kids might grow up to regret that and heaven forbid be really unhappy about it and we don t note long-term effects of it. bill: there are two issues here. number one is the issue of parental freedom to do what they want to do with their child. yeah. bill: number two, i don t understand in. maybe you can explain it to me. if i m the father of catherine, who is born a female. birth certificate. physical makeup is catherine is a girl. okay? so catherine at 2, when she starts to be able to talk or 3 says i want to be a boy, daddy, say okay, catherine you can be a boy but we are still going to call you catherine and you are you still going to have girl things and dress like a girl. if you want to climb the tree or get a bazooka you can do it. you can be a tom boy.