TO BE OR NOT TO BE

I joined IPGM Kampus Rajang in April 2007 and found that she had an extremely low publicity rate among the peoples in Sarawak when compared to the other 3 teachers institutes in Kuching and Miri.

As such, being the head of the Counselling Unit, i vowed to promote IPR especially to the students who are interested in teaching. A humble beginning with an one-page publication in Utusan Borneo which high lighted the campus Visual Art Exhibition two and half years ago brought joys and motivation to the trainees and staff alike. With the help of my worthy press friends, I started to contribute articles for press release. More news coverage which featured events held in the campus were published from time to time.

Entrusted by the campus director, I was appointed to head the campus Publicity Committee in January 2008. Now i have 116 newspaper cuttings to my credit.

Last Wednesday 21 October, once again I was invited to witness the annual visual art exhibition. During the opening ceremony, the Director mentioned a point which brought back my memory, the same point that he touched on two and half years ago that gone unnoticed..........

There goes the news to the local press.....

DELIGHTFUL EXPRESSIONS
Annual Visual Art Exhibition by PISMP Students
IPGM Kampus Rajang, Bintangor
Wednesday, 21 October, 2009

BINTANGOR: The Director of Teacher Education Institute Rajang Campus, En. Nicholas Ugul challenged the lecturers and trainees here to be more adventurous and prepared themselves for joint exhibitions with the local artists in the state outside the campus in the near future.

He was addressing to a crowd of 50 staff and students who gathered at the campus visual art premises witnessing the opening ceremony of Delightful Expressions, an annual Visual Art event which features creative artifacts produced by the trainees. 70 pieces of distinguish art work in different media were displayed during the fair. The exhibits consisted of paintings, printings, weaving, scupltures, mobiles, stabiles, traditional crafts, carvings and folios.

“ It gives me great pleasure to be invited to open this exhibition of the work of young and very talented artists. We see once again that art has no borders and brings people of different races and social background together. Art not only helps people of different background to learn and appreciate one other, it also gives people a chance to express themselves without words”.

Nicholas futher emphasized that visual art activites provide our students with a broad-based educational experience by nurturing their creativity and imagination. It allows them to see things from a different perspective and viewpoint, and encourages critical thinking. It promotes aesthetic inspiration, enhances self-expression and contributes to the development of social skills, such as building confidence.

About 40 students from nearby secondary schools turned up to witness the exhibition.

TREATMENT OF GID

ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT OF GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER
( Part 2 )

SIGNS, SYMPTOMS AND COMPICATIONS

GIRLS

1. Display intense negative reactions to parental expectations.
2. Attempts not to wear dresses or other feminine attire.
3. Prefer boy's clothing and short hair.
4. Often misidentified by strangers as boys.
5. May ask to be called a boy's name.
6. Their fantasy heroes are most often powerful male figures.
7. Prefer boys as playmates.
8. Like sports,rough-and-tumble play and traditional boyhood games.
9.Show little interest in dolls or any form of feminine dress up or role-play activity.
10.May occasionally refuse to urinate in a sitting position.
11.May claim that she has or will grow a penis.
12.May claim not want to grow breasts or menstruate.
13.May assert that she will grow up to be a man.

ADULTS

1. Preoccupied with their wish to live as a member of the other sex.
2. Possess an intense desire to adopt the social role of the other sex.
3.Manifested to acquire the physical appearance of the other sex through hormonal or surgical manipulation.
4.Adopt the behavior,dress, and mannerisms of the other sex.
5. Spend much time cross-dressed and working on the appearance of being
the other sex.
6.Many attempt to pass in public as the other sex.
7. Desire to live as a person of the opposite sex
8. Believe that he or she was born the wrong sex
9. Wish to be rid of their own genitals
10. Dress like the opposite sex
11. Be heterosexual or homosexual
12. Feel isolated
13. Be depressed
14. Be withdrawn
15. Have low self-esteem
Wow ! So cute !
TREATMENT

When an individual begins to question and feel persistent dissatisfaction with his or her gender identity, no matter at what age, therapy ( psychological, endocrine or surgical ) should begin.
*Untreated gender identity disorders may manifest in associated disorders and emotional distress that can interfere with the individual's ability to function socially at school and work or in relationships.
*Treatment helps a patient achieve and maintain a healthy and stable life

1. SENTENCE PROJECTION TEST ( Cognitive Behavioural Therapy )

How do you hurt your family by being transsexual ?
How is your sexuality hurt your spouse ?
What are the risks being one ?
Doing treatment – Pro and Cons
Not doing treatment p- Pro and Cons

2. FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING

Social and physical intervension
Self-esteem building
Treatment of associated complications
Behavioural counseling
Behavioral rehearsal with in vivo training sessions
Teaching about the difference between men and women.

3. CLINICAL TREATMENT

Girlish man – Inject more male hormone.
Surgical operation – sex change
Hi . Hi...... I like it !
4. DECISION METRICS -

To be transsexual – Benefit and cost incurred for sex change
Not to be transsexual – Benefits and cost of treatment

5. FATHER – SON INTERACTION PROGRAMME

Athletic skill training.
Male role models if fathers are not available to young boys,
Received appropriate sex education in either the home or in counseling sessions



WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THE CONDITION?

There is no known prevention for gender identity disorder.

WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE CONDITION?

• A person with gender identity disorder is usually isolated.
• Isolation and ostracism adds to the low esteem.
• More prone to suicide atempts
• Increase risk of alcohol abuse, drug abuse, depression and anxiety disorder.


That's all for the time being.
PowerPoints available but too big the file to be sent using email.

ASSESSMENT OF GID

3 hari 2 malam KUK IPGM berkampung di Concorde Inn, Sepang, Selangor.
Berkursus bagaimana menilai dan merawati mereka yang kecelaruan identiti gender.
Dikendalikan oleh psychologist yang bertauliah Dato' Dr. Mohd Saat Baki.
Banyak bergurau tentang seks tetapi tidak menyakitkan minda dan hati.
Istilah-istilah perubatan yang digunakan sangat sangat mengelirukan.
Mengapa pula pelbagai ragam jenis manusia yang bermasalah tuhan ciptakan ?

1. UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE

3 components that make up gender identity:

* Sexual orientation,
* Behavior and mannerism preferences, and
* Core gender identity (that gut feeling we have about the gender we identify with).

2. THE ISSUE

Boys will be boys. Girls will be girls.

• What happens when boys want to be girls ?
• Or girls want to be boys?

3. IN REALITY….

* Some people feel that their body does not match who they are on the inside.
* Some choose to present themselves as the gender they identify with through clothing and

cosmetics.
* Others change their physical appearance through hormones and surgery.

This is called Gender Idenitity Disorder (GID ) or otherwise known as

• gender identity confusion,
• gender dysphoria,
• transgenderism and
• transsexualism.

4. WHAT IS GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER (GID) ?

GID is one in which a person wants to be the opposite sex.

GID may manifest in children, adolescents or adults, and appears more frequently in males than in females.

5. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES ?

Some theories suggest the disorder may be caused by:

• chromosomal abnormality
• imbalances in hormones
• problems with early parent-child bonding
• harmful child-rearing practices

Hi ! I am actually a boy.

6. ASSOCIATED DESCRIPTIVE FEATURES AND MENTAL DISORDERS

• Many individuals with GID become socially isolated.
• Isolation and ostracism contribute to low self esteem and may lead to school aversion or

dropping out of school.
• Peer ostracism and teasing are especially common sequelae for boys with the disorder.
• Boys with GID often show marked feminine mannerisms and speech patterns.
• Children with GID may develop symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety and separation

anxiety disorder.
• Adolescents may be at risk for depression, suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts.
• In adults, anxiety and depressive symptoms may be present. Some adult males have a history

of Transvestic Fetishism as well as other paraphilias.

7. SIGNS, SYMPTOMS AND RISK

BOYS

1.Marked preoccupation with traditionally feminine activities.
2.A preference for dressing in girls' or womens' clothes.
3.A strong attraction for the stereotypical games and pastimes of girls.
4.Enjoy playing house,drawing pictures of beautiful girls and princess.
5.Barbie dolls, are often their favorite toys,
6.Girls are their preferred playmates.
7.When playing house, these boys role-play female figures ( mothers )
8.Preoccupied with female fantasy figures.
9.Watching television or videos of their favorite female stars.
10.Avoid rough-and-tumble play and competitive sports.
11.Have little interest in cars and trucks or other no-aggressive boy's toys.
12.Express a wish to be a girl.
13.Assert that they will grow up to be a woman.
14. May insist on sitting to urinate.
15. Pretend not to have a penis by pushing it in between their legs.
16. May state that they find their penis or testes disgusting,that they want to
remove them.
17. Wish to have a vagina.

TO BE CONTINUED.............