TEDxAmsterdam 2012 Valentijn De Hingh Why Did I Choose?
by World of Minds
1. About
1.1. ...the author
1.1.1. Valentijn De Hingh
1.2. ...this talk
1.2.1. Themes
1.2.1.1. Individuality
1.2.1.2. Sexuality
1.2.1.3. Power in self
1.2.2. Reactions
1.2.2.1. RT @liekev: Love Valentijn de Hingh, beautiful inside and out! #transgender #TEDxAms
1.2.2.2. RT @vangeest: I like the extremes today at #TEDxAMS. Very Dutch. Very eighties.
1.2.2.3. Valentijn de Hingh: Gender is not important. No matter what, I will always be myself. #TEDxAMS
1.2.2.4. Powerful, powerful Talk by Valentijn de Hingh on identity and, ultimately, being yourself #TEDxAms
2. When i was 5
2.1. wanted to be a disney character
2.2. favourite was Ariel the little mermaid
2.3. Now: her story may relate to mine
2.3.1. was a girl who needed tot change her body
3. earliest memory
3.1. At 5 years old
3.2. told mom: going to cut this peepee off someday
4. When are you a girl or a boy?
4.1. Realm of feeling involved when feeling gender
4.2. Didn't have a voice inside me that told me what i was
4.3. Wouldn't be able to say something about my body if i didn't undergo the gender change
5. Surgery & recovery
5.1. Surgery provided me with heaps of pain
5.2. During recovery i realized my life picked up where i had left it
5.3. Cutting stuff off doesn't change anything inside you
5.4. To the world i seemed 'figured out'
5.4.1. but really, i wasn't
6. Did gender matter to me?
6.1. No
6.2. i'm happy now
6.3. Because i'll always be myself
6.4. despite the whole proces of figuring out gender
6.4.1. no matter what, i will always be myself