Karakteristik Gender Identity Disorder pada Tokoh Kishimoto Ruka dalam Drama Last Friends Karya Asano Taeko

The tittle of this research is “Gender Identity Disorder Characteristic at character Kishimoto Ruka in drama Last Friends by Asano Taeko”. This research aims to describe Gender Identity Disorder (GID) characteristic at character Kishimoto Ruka in Last Friends Drama by Asano Taeko. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis method and informal method. Some theories applied in this research were Wellek and Warren’s literature and psychology theory (2016), Schmidt’s gender identity disorder theory (1994), Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory (2016), and Marcel Danesi’s semiotic theory. This research showed that there were four GID characteristics found at character Kishimoto Ruka. These GID characteristic namely 1) there was a sense of cross-gender identification; 2) there was a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex; 3) the disturbance is not concurrent with a physical intersex condition; and 4) the disturbance causes distress in social and occupational.

Surgical creation of microphallus for cis-gender female desire for intersex condition

As the desire for an intersex phenotypic condition increases, surgeons need to become aware of the surgical possibilities there are realistic expectations and a sound mind. A 43-year-old married cis-gender female, on testosterone desired conversion of her enlarged clitoris into a micropenis or metoidioplasty without scrotoplasty or urethral lengthening to increase the size and accentuate her orgasmic response. Following clearance by mental health, a diamond perineoplasty and metoidioplasty using her labia minora was performed. At 1 year her Arizona Sexual Experience Scale increased and she was happy with the operation. Creation of a micropenis, in a cis-gender patient for an intersex state and heightened orgasmic response is surgically feasible.

Sexual Identity, Gender, and Human Fulfillment: Analyzing the “Middle Way” Between Liberal and Traditionalist Approaches

In this essay, I outline fundamental anthropological and moral principles related to human sexuality and gender identity and then apply these principles to analyze and evaluate the views of several authors who attempt to carve out a “middle way” between liberal and traditionalist approaches to these issues. In doing so, I engage especially with the claim that gender dysphoria, rather than being a psychological issue, is a type of biological intersex condition in which one’s “brain sex” is out of line with one’s genital and chromosomal sex. I argue that understanding the human person as a unity of body and soul and recognizing human sexuality as ordered toward the human good of marriage understood as inseparably unitive and procreative reveals the flaws in this position and helps to show why hormonal or surgical gender reassignment therapy is not a medically or ethically appropriate response to gender dysphoria. I also offer an alternative characterization of gender dysphoria and suggestions for responding with true compassion to those who suffer from it.

Survey of Intersex (Testicular Oocytes) in Black Crappie Collected from the Illinois River Waterway

Researchers have documented intersex (testicular oocytes) in male fishes in many species worldwide and prevalence of the condition is strongly related to exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds in aquatic ecosystems. There is no available knowledge about the incidence of intersex in Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus, an important North American sport fish. The objective of this survey was to investigate the prevalence and distribution of the intersex condition in Black Crappie collected from portions of the Illinois River waterway. We collected and examined 83 Black Crappie. We observed testicular oocytes in 22 individuals (27% intersex), representing the first documentation of intersex condition in wild Black Crappie. The number of oocytes that we observed in intersex Black Crappie ranged from 1 to 67. We documented intersex in individuals collected from all habitats, but there were no significant differences in the prevalence of the condition (Kruskal–Wallis P = 0.56) or the number of oocytes present (P = 0.25) in intersex males from the different habitats. Permutational multivariate analysis of variance indicated that morphometric parameters varied significantly among locations (P = 0.0001), but did not vary significantly between intersex and normal males. We have little information about the current distribution of endocrine-disrupting compounds in the specific regions where we collected Black Crappie for our study. However, we believe our study represents a valuable effort to detect the condition in an important sport fish and lays a foundation for future research.