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Contact other Men with AIS:

To contact the Official AIS Support Group Australia representative for Men with AIS, email Lee at:

shi__dragon@hotmail.com  or

The aim of this section of the support group is to provide help, information and support to men with partial  androgen sensitivity .  

 

We believe that there are many individuals with PAIS who were raised as males, but due to the stigma and secrecy associated with the condition, there are very few who have actually sought help and support.

 

This group hopes to put us together.

 

Our condition has in the past been cloaked in secrecy and shame, forcing the individual into a world of isolation, unable to speak openly about our true feelings of shame and inadequacy.  

 

I know from personal experience just how difficult it is to live with PAIS, being in constant fear of your secret being revealed and being made to feel as if you have no right to live as a man.

There are those with PAIS who were raised (and surgically & hormonally assigned) as female, but have never felt comfortable with the gender that was forced upon them.  In fact, some have indeed sought correction to be assigned as male with Testosterone treatment etc.  This group is for you too.

 

If you need any kind of help with your condition, please contact us for completely confidential advice and support. Our one and only aim is to allow you to enjoy your life without the secrecy and shame associated with PAIS.

 

 

Father And Son
Cat Stevens

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
     (Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
     Make this decision alone - no)

Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
     (Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
     make this decision alone?)

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Last modified: November 06, 2005