god'swife22 Aug 2002

you are a bright boy. You've got it almost right, and since we don't talk about sexuality openly in our culture you get extra special praise for even attempting to understand. Here goes. Our gender is determined at the time of our birth by our sex organs. the dr. looks down and says this kids got a willy he's a he. But occasionally mistake are made. Their is our orientation which is either hetero, homo, or bi. There is our identity which lies on a continuum between male and female. For example I may have male sex organs but identify with females and consider my self as such. Or vice versa. Androgenous people identify with both groups and are the happiest. There is also a genetic identity XX girl XY boy. Verey rarely there are males who have XX chromosones but only there genetic specialist knows their little secret you would not be able to tell either upclose our at a distance. Elves are another story. I know thy are as a rule adrogenous at least the tolkien kind, but I've never seen their plumbing.