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.............