Can We Get Past Some Prejudice...?

There was a trans woman I saw a few years ago in several different locations, and I overheard her talking to other people.  Some of her comments about her sex change were boastful and flippant.  I have to say she didn't give me a good impression of transgender people...but I knew they weren't all like that.  A little later, I came in contact with another trans woman; and this individual has seemed to be a happy, friendly, and confident person.  She seems to be doing very well....  I don't know if some of the drag queens have shows on TV?  I've seen something in the newspapers, in passing, but haven't had TV service at my home for some time....  There may be some police who are involved in the police project, who themselves are prejudiced against transgender people?--I've seen evidence to suggest that, if I'm not mistaken.  But I think it makes a difference about what information a person has received about trans people...?

When I was looking up the World Professional Association for Transgender Health/WPATH a few days ago, I thought I saw the credentials of some of the members...but I can't find the same information today.  But I'm sure many of the members are medical doctors and psychologists; and some, if not all, are transgender.  I was glad to see that they had gotten good educations and were successful in life....  They were also helping other transgender people.  

Have read that WPATH recommends that when hormone therapy is started earlier in life, rather than later, a transition is more successful....  [And unfortunately, too many trans people don't do well.]  There was a case in the courts in Canada, where divorcing parents disagreed about hormone therapy for their under-aged teen, and the one who disagreed lost his case!  Should other parents be afraid that their child may be given hormone therapy without their consent?  If people are concerned about this, I recommend that they take any significant problems with gender dissatisfaction in their child seriously.  Don't ignore it!  And I would want to talk to my child in a very kind, patient and intelligent way--to know what the problem is and what could perhaps be done?  I wouldn't want to be demanding and controlling....  Some transgender people maybe would've had a hard time explaining what the problem was--they felt trapped in a gender they didn't want...?  It may not be easy but I believe it'd be worth a try!  Maybe a problem could be resolved without treatment?

Continued in Part 2.