http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/ As an intersexed person, I am writing you to express my profound concern that Dr. Lawrence, who is not a psychologist, is speaking on an American Psychological Association committee which includes intersex issues. I assume she was brought on by Ken Zucker. I also do not consider Lawrence helpful for contributions to the APA committee on transsexualism either from what I have been told by thousands of transsexual and transgender friends and allies. I know of many intersexed persons, who believe Lawrence and also Zucker do NOT represent us fairly or adequately and wish to have a petition and investigation into this matter. Otherwise, I feel intersex should be completely removed as an issue on this task force. Regards, Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:1:01 CDT en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig3013253 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST love hear from you http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2811705 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2803499 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Anne Lawrence has consistently advocated theories of dubious scientific merit and should not be allowed to serve on the APA committee. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2801321 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I don't feel Anne is a true TS, but a male fetishist who underwent surgery in an attempt to rule over true-TSs. I feel that this person can only damage the cause of true-TSs and ISs. Despite what Anne alleges, true-TSs are neither homophobic gay men nor are they straight male fetishists. True MtF TSs are not men at all. I recommend a search for "The Anne Who Would Be Queen." That paper shows what sort of person this is. Anne spreads the same harmful rhetoric that TSs are part of the LGBT/TG/Queer community, the same community that harms and marginalizes TSs and ISs. MtF TGs are men and part of the queer community, and MtF TSs like me are women who were born with the wrong parts due to a condition of birth and are part of mainstream society. Those who want TSs to have their rights will do what they can to distinguish them (the medical crowd) from the lifestyle/choice crowd and promote them as normal mainstream persons who were born with the wrong parts through no fault of their own. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2800214 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I believe that the transvestite fetishist called Anne Lawrence who has a record of imposing his fetish's onto women who were born transsexual, should be kept very far away from intersex people. Anne Lawrence's track record around transsexual people does make me question his motives, for trying to interfere in childrens treatment and possibly get access to children. Lawrence's track record with transsexual people should by now have raised alarms bells wiht any ethical clinician. Lawrence has teamed up with Zucker who is known for his near patholigical hatred of transsexual children. He refuses to see any difference between transsexual children and homosexual children, claiming both are the same, while in full knowledge they are not. Dreger another person from this team refuses to accept teh reality of women born transsexual and is determined to impose Barbie and Kenism on intersex children. I have heard of this person referred to as a 'Volunteer Sonder Kommando' by some Jewish transsexual and intersex people. After looking in depth into this person and the people assocciated with the DSD project I agree with referring to Dreger in such a manner. As for Bailey and Blanchard the people that Lawrence thinks are wonderful. Bailey has a track record of sex wiht participants in studies, so allowing him to have anything to do with children, wether it is writing guidelines or worse accessing them could be extremely disatrous. You do not have to look to far under the surface at Bailey and his friends to find NARTH and other right wing organisations which are racist, puritian and religeous bigots. The Entire Disorders of Sexual Differientation (DSD) project is actually the original methods used by John Money in his treatment of intersex children. Under tehse guidelines if a child is wrongly assigned a sex, they are classed as transsexual with all the medical, legal and social abuse that goes along with that classification. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2799148 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Dr Lawrence has no idea what a true transsexual is http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2797779 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I am at the head the TS-Specific Movement, and I do not feel Anne is a true TS, but a male fetishist who underwent physical mutilation as an attempt to lord over true-TSs. I feel that this person can only damage the cause of true-TSs. Despite what this person alleges, true-TSs are neither homophobic gay men nor are they straight male perverts. True MtF TSs are not men at all. I suggest you do a search on "The Anne Who Would Be Queen." There you will see what sort of person this is. She spreads the same lies that TSs are part of the LGBT/TG/Queer community. True-TSs are harmed and marginalized by LGBTs, TGs, and queers. MtF TGs are men and part of the queer community, and MtF TSs are women who were born with the wrong parts due to a birth defect and are part of the mainstream community. If you want TSs to have their rights, then do what you can to divide them from TGs and LGBTs and promote them as normal mainstream women who were born with the wrong parts through no fault of their own. It is impossible to be pro-TS and pro-LGBT (or even pro-TG) at the same time. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2797399 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Ann Lawrence has been an anethma to the TS community , and her inclusion will only further any truths sought in this area. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2795904 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2795667 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Anne Lawrence's philosophy is a compendium of re-hashed pseudo-science by discredited researchers who have no respect for the scientific method and instead manufacture "evidence" to fit a pre-conceived idiology. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2795598 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I think Lawrence as a self confessed autogynaphilliac is of doubtful value on the APA panel and would givebiased opinions. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2795588 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I object Anne Lawrence being on this commitee because a)she has misrepresented plethysmograph studies in transsexuals as found by Dr. Lori Brotto's team b) although she has an MD and a PhD, she lacks formal training in counseling as a recent IFGE Tapestry article shows c) her medical ethical practice has been called in to question d) she has distorted the findings on the BSTc in transsexuals e) her theories of a paraphilic model are not in accord with clinicans who have the most clinical experience working with transsexuals which http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2779534 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST because I am and and intersexed elected official in Riverdale Georgia and I support the LGBT Community's. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2744954 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Intersex rights are human rights. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2744452 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2743279 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Anne Lawrence is more hurtful than helpful to the cause. In the context of intersex, she is a quack. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2722643 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST because I defer to my same-sex spouse's (Don Dever) stance of the active confrontation, of all humanity, regarding issues of social and economic justice for all people, places and things--especially the most at-risk group of people of our U. S. society: the L,G,B,T,Q,I Culture of People. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2722610 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST because I believe in the active confrontation,of all humanity, regarding issues of social and economic justice for all people, places and things--especially for the most at-risk group of people in our U. S. society: the L,G,B,T,Q,I Culture of People. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2713585 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition because I belive both Lawrence and Zucker have compromised their professional integrity in agreeing with the research done by Michael Bailey http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Stoptheharm/#sig2712784 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I am transgender myself and this is very important for our future and well being. Equal rights for all as we are human beings with emotions, dignity, and deserve respect like any other.