intersexed individuals & jws.

singsongboi

i'm looking for information & experiences that intersexed people may have had in the congregations of jws.

if u are not sure what an intersexed person is u could check out this site... http://hermaphrodite.arriba.net/
or if u pefer your text to be paper based rather than pixel, try the book ' hermaphrodites & the medical invention of sex', by alice domerut dreger (1998)..

i seem to remember an australian transexual who had been male & a jw and who finished up in the UK.... wrote a book if i remember correctly! possibly his/her first name was also ken.

would appreciate any information & experiences-- whether positive or negative

ApostasyDuJour

Try this web site:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/3573/transsexual.html
You might also try contacting some of the Common Bond web sites:
http://www.geocities.com/commonbondeast/ma/
They're gay/lesbian but might have contact with transsexuals too.

2SYN

That's actually something that would probably be very difficult for a Dub to handle (considering the extremely limited, black & white viewpoint of their main text, the Bible) - is a hermaphrodite and abomination before God? Would the hermaphroditic person have to wear a dishcloth on their head if they wanted to say a prayer at a bookstudy? Would the hermaphrodite be disfellowshipped if they didn't scream while being raped with a gun to their head? Would the hermaphrodite have to show submission and sit in puddles of mud and stuff? Who is the head of the hermaphrodite - Jesus or the Elders or his wife? Or his/her husband?

Yet another reason why the Society is destined to fail, this.

The earlier in the forenoon you take the sun bath, the greater will be the beneficial effect, because you get more of the ultra-violet rays, which are healing. - The Golden Age

inverlass

I am waiting to be rejected by the WTS again because I am baptised and Transsexual... The next step is a judicial committee. You know they just don't want to listen, [Nashing of teeth] so I am to point out that they are pharisaical just as they treated Jesus they are treating me. Jesus rejected the Pharisees so should I?

cantleave

I have a M-F transexual friend who never felt at ease with the body she was born in. When she used to go to meetings (post-op BTW) it was suggested she go to the Gents and not the ladies, as she was born "male".

Just shows the total ignorance of the Dubs.

Satanus

'Jesus rejected the Pharisees so should I?'

Definitely.

S