(It's not a crossing, it's a correcting.)

To me, any medical/surgical things a person does in so far as enhancing or correcting their given body are fine. Whether or not I find an enhanced body sexually attractive depends on the person, but that's a whole other side to the issue. Funny how neither Cher nor Pamela Anderson are labeled trans-anything, yet they've altered their bodies a whole hell of a lot more drastically than most who are labeled such.

It's not a crossing, it's a correcting. A diabetic is dependant on insulin, a chemical they were born without. In order to stay healthy, they must rely on that artificial substance. A woman born without ovaries (or born with malformed ovaries - ie. testicles) is in the same category. The way I see it, you're a woman who grew up suffering from Testosterone poisoning.... now you finally have been allowed to save and improve the quality of your life. You always were a woman, you're not "changing" that. "Trans" means to cross. Not only is sex not so black and white, but you're not crossing anything... you're just correcting it. If you're trying to go from one thing to the other, you're just trying to go from miserable to happy. If you're doing anything wrong, then so are all diabetics, children with cleft palate, burn victims, transplant recipients, people who get Cancer cut out of their bodies, people who take asprin, anyone who chooses to eat rather than starve ... you get the point. Either you care for your body and do what makes it perform the best and makes you feel the best, or you don't.

Tell your mom that as painful as it is to lose a "son" she never really had, it'll be much more painful to lose the daughter that she does.