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Technological Transexualism  as a Torchbearer for  Technological Self-Determination By: Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. Human Rights for the 21st Century:  Rights of the Person to Technological  Self-Determination IHEU – Appignani Humanist Center for Bioethics Institute for Ethics and  Emerging Technologies
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Technological Transexualism
What is Technological Transexualism? ,[object Object]
[object Object],Professor Anne Fausto-Sterling;   Professor of Biology & Gender Studies at Brown University
Research by Eric Vilain MD of UCLA & Peter Goodfellow of Cambridge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Billions of Possible Sexual & Gender Identities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Phenotypic Characteristics Associated With Gender ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Strong Motivation For Technological Transexualism Despite: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Renee Richards Christine Jorgenson
[object Object],Laws Are Slowly Changing Barnes v. City of Cincinnati, 401 F.3d 729, 95 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 994, 85 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,893, 66 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 999, 2005 Fed.App. 0142P  6th Cir.(Ohio) Mar 22, 2005 
The district court did not err by instructing the jury it could find discrimination based on “sexual stereotype.” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Barnes v. City of Cincinnati, 401 F.3d 729, 95 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 994, 85 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,893, 66 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 999, 2005 Fed.App. 0142P  6th Cir.(Ohio) Mar 22, 2005 
Legal Recognition Is Still Challenged ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Defining Technological  Self-Determination ,[object Object]
Lesser Stages Of Technological  Self-Determination Could Include: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ultimate Stages Of Technological Self-Determination Include: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Transmetropolitan Described It In 1996
Bemes–  A Way To Download Your Self ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Transbeman ,[object Object]
Replacing DNA-Driven Birth…
…with BNA-Driven Birth BNA= B eme N eural A rchitecture
Socio-Legal Acceptance Is In Inverse Proportion to the Degree Of Genome Abandonment. Chart for demonstration purposes only. High Modest Low None
There is the Worst Form of Discrimination Against Total Technological Self-Determination ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Similar Challenges Faced  By Technological Transexuals and Technological Self-Determiners ,[object Object],[object Object],Suppose Technological Self-Determiners Try What is Working (Somewhat) for Technological Transexuals
The Henry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],“ I’m a transbeman trapped in a human body.”
Examples of Geno Dysphoria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Benefits of Medicalizing Geno-Dysphoria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Self- Determination Non- Medicalized Medicalized
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19 June - 22 July 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948.
Technological self-determination is, by definition, a personal quest for complete physical, mental and social well-being.
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Medicalization Leads to  Social Acceptance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Alternatives to Medicalization ,[object Object],[object Object]
Y Y Y N N Y N N Suffer Suffer Suffer Within Healthcare Plan? Medical Condition? Within Solidarity? Within Diversity? Society Pays for Transition Techno- Self-Determiner
CONCLUSIONS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Transexuals Pave the Way for Transhumanists

  • 1. Technological Transexualism as a Torchbearer for Technological Self-Determination By: Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. Human Rights for the 21st Century: Rights of the Person to Technological Self-Determination IHEU – Appignani Humanist Center for Bioethics Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
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  • 21. Socio-Legal Acceptance Is In Inverse Proportion to the Degree Of Genome Abandonment. Chart for demonstration purposes only. High Modest Low None
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  • 28. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19 June - 22 July 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948.
  • 29. Technological self-determination is, by definition, a personal quest for complete physical, mental and social well-being.
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  • 33. Y Y Y N N Y N N Suffer Suffer Suffer Within Healthcare Plan? Medical Condition? Within Solidarity? Within Diversity? Society Pays for Transition Techno- Self-Determiner
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