New gender policy at Vancouver Catholic Schools

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The_Omnissiah said:
Like the sarcasm there inannawhimsy. Just wait a few years until the DSM stops classifying it as a mental dysfunction. Remember the DSM classified homosexuality as a mental dysfunction until the late 70s!
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How many religions were ahead of the DSM in accepting homosexuality as not a dysfunction and not in need of curing or prayer or some form of intervention?
 
Here in Sudbury we have a fresh new initiative with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the Northeastern Local Health Integration Network (big government funding body) that is addressing transgender health care on a number of fronts.
The medical school is preparing to implement the most comprehensive LGBT care training of any medical school in Canada.
And it starts this fall :) ......
Amazing what can happen we reach out in a positive way!
Hugs
Rita
 
chansen .... LOL .... ;) ...... you should know that religions have to be dragged along like a spoiled child in the middle of a temper tantrum.
In a curious way ...... religion needs us for moral guidance........
Now that is something to mull over.... (and yes I am and yes I see the personal irony in that)
Regards
Rita
 
RitaTG said:
chansen .... LOL .... ;) ...... you should know that religions have to be dragged along like a spoiled child in the middle of a temper tantrum.
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RitaTG said:
In a curious way ...... religion needs us for moral guidance........
Now that is something to mull over.... (and yes I am and yes I see the personal irony in that)
Regards
Rita
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"religion without science is blind, science without religion is lame", said a Relative Guy

"art (where we create meaning) without the hard-won, carefully teased collective knowledge of humanity is blind, the hard-won, carefully teased collective knowledge of humanity without art (where we create meaning) is lame", my translation

thank g_odness that some Christians have become more moral than their g_d, as it should be, as it should be...life (and the holy books etc etc) are an experiential process; not all of us at any one time are at the same place of larnin'

so, we get sombunall religious folks thinking of howmowsexuahls as disgusting and the SCIENCE has shown that disgust is one of a few truly universal emotions and that it is VERY DIFFICULT to, once something is a matter of someone's disgust, TO DEFRAG THAT...

and so it goes
 
The_Omnissiah said:
That's irrelevant to discussions of the DSM.

-Omni
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Not really, because this thread is about a girl who won a human rights case against a religious institution that was lagging behind on keeping up with understanding of the DSM with regard to Gender Dysphoria and how that impacts transgender people - and they found a way to reconcile religious belief with a sound understanding of science. They're an excellent example for the catching up that other religious institutions still have yet to do.
 
RitaTG said:
Here in Sudbury we have a fresh new initiative with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the Northeastern Local Health Integration Network (big government funding body) that is addressing transgender health care on a number of fronts.
The medical school is preparing to implement the most comprehensive LGBT care training of any medical school in Canada.
And it starts this fall :) ......
Amazing what can happen we reach out in a positive way!
Hugs
Rita
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This is great to hear RitaTG - and somehow I anticipate you'll be a presence in that course, if not already! :cool:
 
Inannawhimsey said:
"religion without science is blind, science without religion is lame", said a Relative Guy
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"The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."
- Same Relative Guy
 
The_Omnissiah said:
That's irrelevant to discussions of the DSM.

-Omni
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This thread isn't about the DSM. You brought the DSM into a thread about Catholic schools accepting the expressed gender of their students. If you can do that, then I can relate it back to religion.

So, I ask again: How many religions were ahead of the DSM in accepting homosexuality as not a dysfunction and not in need of curing or prayer or some form of intervention?
 
chansen said:
"The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."
- Same Relative Guy
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(y)

I'm glad in that couplet I'm quoting Einstein wasn't talking aboot religion in the above sense...

Its from his essay "Science and religion"
 
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Yes Carolla :) ..... I am very involved with all the initiatives and changes here in Sudbury in regards to the transgender conversation. This will affect all of Northern Ontario , Ontario, and in some way .... Canada....
This girl is trying to change the world one hug at a time :) .... and I have lots of help!
Hugs
Rita
 
Now as for the "religion" front .... and in particular relating to the original post here.....
Here in Sudbury our group is reaching out to our Catholic School Board in an effort to open the dialogue.
This development in Vancouver is such a wonderful thing to share!
We also have a anti bullying law (Bill C-13) passed back in June 2102 which requires all schools including Catholic schools to allow for Gay Straight Alliance clubs.
We are going to use that as an anchor for our discussion of the need to open up about the trans youth issue.
Our approach will be gentle but firm and very positive and we are going to try and bring such a policy here.
I cannot and will not sit back and let the young ones suffer when I have an opportunity to do something to help.
Hugs
Rita
 
Dang it, Rita, stop posting stuff that I feel compelled to "Like". People will think I'm your sockpuppet or something. :D

Wish you were closer to London, though. I'd love to have you in our pulpit sometime.
 
LOL ... my apologies Mendella!!! ... ;) ...... and thank you.....
A trip to London ....... sounds like a wonderful adventure! .... and doable too....
Hugs
Rita
 
chansen said:
This thread isn't about the DSM. You brought the DSM into a thread about Catholic schools accepting the expressed gender of their students. If you can do that, then I can relate it back to religion.

So, I ask again: How many religions were ahead of the DSM in accepting homosexuality as not a dysfunction and not in need of curing or prayer or some form of intervention?
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chansen said:
This thread isn't about the DSM. You brought the DSM into a thread about Catholic schools accepting the expressed gender of their students. If you can do that, then I can relate it back to religion.

So, I ask again: How many religions were ahead of the DSM in accepting homosexuality as not a dysfunction and not in need of curing or prayer or some form of intervention?
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How many religions have totally accepted that as truth? None that I can think of.
 
Pr. Jae said:
How many religions have totally accepted that as truth? None that I can think of.
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Is that not most bewildering and unfortunate?????
Imagine that! .... the very institutions that should be taking the leadership role in investigating and discerning the spiritual aspects of a human being have to be dragged along.....
Like so many issues of the past ..... the church is the last to "get it" .....
Now I would like to pose a question ...... how then is a church supposed to be a moral authority when they don't even know what they are talking about in issues such as this?
Regards
Rita
 
None? I'm not sure that's correct, but the number, if not zero, is obviously very small. Okay, followup question: Name an organization for atheists that does not accept homosexuality as natural and not in need of curing.
 
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