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Hell, in my younger days, I made the Bert/Ernie jokes as well as part of a larger rant about the unusual demographic makeup of Sesame Street i.e. you have an obsessive-compulsive eater, a six-foot bird with gender-identity issues, a homeless, depressive hoarder, and a vampire!
Scott Mendelson: Because They Are Not Gay! What 'Forcing' Bert and Ernie to Get Married Teaches Us About Homophobia Scott Mendelson 2011
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But you can usually see reasons for their gender-identity abnormalcy in early environmental influences, either in home or out-of-home influences.
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Hell, in my younger days, I made the Bert/Ernie jokes as well as part of a larger rant about the unusual demographic makeup of Sesame Street i.e. you have an obsessive-compulsive eater, a six-foot bird with gender-identity issues, a homeless, depressive hoarder, and a vampire!
Scott Mendelson: Because They Are Not Gay! What 'Forcing' Bert and Ernie to Get Married Teaches Us About Homophobia Scott Mendelson 2011
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Around the world, clinics that specialize in gender-identity disorder in children report an explosion in referrals over the past few years.
A Boy's Life 2008
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At the age of 3, Jazz had been diagnosed with “gender-identity disorder” and was considered “transgender,” Walters explained.
A Boy's Life 2008
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Gender issues, gender-identity issues and religious bigotry issues.
Eleanor Moonier: This Month on In The Life, An Order of Gay 'Nuns' Promotes Human Rights and Joy 2010
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But you can usually see reasons for their gender-identity abnormalcy in early environmental influences, either in home or out-of-home influences.
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In most major institutes for gender-identity disorder in children worldwide, a psychologist is the central figure.
A Boy's Life 2008
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Diagnoses of gender-identity disorder among adults have tripled in Western countries since the 1960s; for men, the estimates now range from one in 7,400 to one in 42,000 (for women, the frequency of diagnosis is lower).
A Boy's Life 2008
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Dr. Kenneth Zucker, who runs the most comprehensive gender-identity clinic for youth in Toronto, has seen his waiting list quadruple in the past four years, to about 80 kids — an increase he attributes to media coverage and the proliferation of new sites on the Internet.
A Boy's Life 2008
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