Posted on 06/23/2013 7:19:55 AM PDT by mkleesma
Danielle Sheridan, age 8, was born a boy. Before she was 3, she began telling her parents she was a girl. It wasn't a phase. She was insistent. She identified with Cinderella. She wanted to grow up and marry a prince. She began dressing like a girl at home. We kept it in our home only because of our fear of society. We wanted her to be happy, but we wanted her to be safe, said her mom, Leah Sheridan, 35. Finally, her daughter said she didnt want to live if she had to live as a boy. She said that God made a mistake and that she was born with the wrong body parts, said Sheridan. We waited to see if it was a phase, but no, its deep in her heart, her soul and her brain. Danielle is a transgender child. Once utterly taboo, transgender children, even young children, are finding it easier to live their true lives. After seeking counselling with a gender therapist at Family Services of York Region, Danielles parents allowed her to decide whether she would choose to live as a girl or a boy. In a flash she was off, stuffing all her boy clothes into garbage bags. She had picked out a new name: Danielle. A couple of the boys at her school didnt understand, but they came around. Teachers in the school bought books to help her classmates understand the change. Danielles brother was and remains her biggest supporter. Danielle is happier, bubbly and now doing well at school. She no longer talks about not wanting to live. On Saturday, Danielle led a colourful mermaid float in the first pride parade in York Region, winding through Richmond Hill. The family had worked on the float for weeks with friends. My daughter had the time of her life, said Sheridan. Richmond Hill Mayor David Barrow threw his support behind the event. Were a very inclusive community in Richmond Hill, whether its faith, gender or sexual orientation, said Barrow, after the parade. He was unable to attend this year due to a scheduling conflict the parade was put together in about three weeks. But he said he plans to attend a pride week barbecue in Richmond Hill on Sunday and will participate in the York Region pride parade next year. With two floats and some 200 people, the parade traveled west on Lorne Ave. then north along Yonge St., past the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. It ended at the Falcon and Firkin pub, where organizers celebrated over brunch. It was a historic event, Day One for a journey that is just starting, said one of the organizers, Jacob Gal, who lives in Vaughan. Fellow organizer Dave Williams said they wanted to make the point that residents dont have to pretend to be heterosexual when theyre north of Steeles Ave. theres a diverse community north of Steeles too. One reason we wanted a parade this year is theres nothing like a parade for visibility, said Williams. Mayor Rob Ford has been noncommittal about whether he will attend any events at this years pride celebration in Toronto, which began June 21 and runs 10 days. Its the largest pride celebration in the world, drawing an estimated 1.2 million participants, according to organizers. It ends June 30, when the 33rd annual pride parade will march through the city. According to organizers the event celebrates the history, courage, diversity and future of Toronto's LGBTTIQQ2SA communities, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex, Queer/Questioning, 2 Spirited and Allies. Leah Sheridan knows there are other families with transgender children in the region. She felt it was important to support Danielle publicly by taking part in the parade, so she would know how much support is out there for her. There are other people suffering the way she did. Maybe her courage will let them be free and be who they are, she said.
Must have been all the fidlin about.
No father in picture? Hmmmm.
Properly formatted description of the freak show.
Mom hopes transgender child will help others be free
York Regions first Pride Parade Day One for a journey that is just starting, organizer says
SUSIE KOCKERSCHEIDT / TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Leah Sheridan and daughter Danielle pose with some of the props for their float in York Region's first Pride parade, which took place in Richmond Hill on Saturday.
By:Francine KopunBusiness reporter, Published on Sat Jun 22 2013
Danielle Sheridan, age 8, was born a boy.
Before she was 3, she began telling her parents she was a girl.
It wasnt a phase. She was insistent. She identified with Cinderella. She wanted to grow up and marry a prince.
She began dressing like a girl at home.
We kept it in our home only because of our fear of society. We wanted her to be happy, but we wanted her to be safe, said her mom, Leah Sheridan, 35.
Finally, her daughter said she didnt want to live if she had to live as a boy.
She said that God made a mistake and that she was born with the wrong body parts, said Sheridan.
We waited to see if it was a phase, but no, its deep in her heart, her soul and her brain.
Danielle is a transgender child. Once utterly taboo, transgender children, even young children, are finding it easier to live their true lives.
After seeking counselling with a gender therapist at Family Services of York Region, Danielles parents allowed her to decide whether she would choose to live as a girl or a boy.
In a flash she was off, stuffing all her boy clothes into garbage bags. She had picked out a new name: Danielle.
A couple of the boys at her school didnt understand, but they came around. Teachers in the school bought books to help her classmates understand the change.
Danielles brother was and remains her biggest supporter.
Danielle is happier, bubbly and now doing well at school. She no longer talks about not wanting to live.
On Saturday, Danielle led a colourful mermaid float in the first pride parade in York Region, winding through Richmond Hill. The family had worked on the float for weeks with friends.
My daughter had the time of her life, said Sheridan.
Richmond Hill Mayor David Barrow threw his support behind the event.
Were a very inclusive community in Richmond Hill, whether its faith, gender or sexual orientation, said Barrow, after the parade.
He was unable to attend this year due to a scheduling conflict the parade was put together in about three weeks. But he said he plans to attend a pride week barbecue in Richmond Hill on Sunday and will participate in the York Region pride parade next year.
With two floats and some 200 people, the parade travelled west on Lorne Ave. then north along Yonge St., past the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. It ended at the Falcon and Firkin pub, where organizers celebrated over brunch.
It was a historic event, Day One for a journey that is just starting, said one of the organizers, Jacob Gal, who lives in Vaughan.
Fellow organizer Dave Williams said they wanted to make the point that residents dont have to pretend to be heterosexual when theyre north of Steeles Ave. theres a diverse community north of Steeles too.
One reason we wanted a parade this year is theres nothing like a parade for visibility, said Williams.
Mayor Rob Ford has been noncommittal about whether he will attend any events at this years pride celebration in Toronto, which began June 21 and runs 10 days.
Its the largest pride celebration in the world, drawing an estimated 1.2 million participants, according to organizers. It ends June 30, when the 33rd annual pride parade will march through the city.
According to organizers the event celebrates the history, courage, diversity and future of Toronto's LGBTTIQQ2SA communities, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex, Queer/Questioning, 2 Spirited and Allies.
Leah Sheridan knows there are other families with transgender children in the region. She felt it was important to support Danielle publicly by taking part in the parade, so she would know how much support is out there for her.
There are other people suffering the way she did. Maybe her courage will let them be free and be who they are, she said.
Maybe the ‘dad’ is actually a second ‘mom’. One would expect at least some minimal mention of ‘his’ reaction to all this.
Exactly
Seeing the picture explains a lot. The mother is an obvious flake and the poor kid is being messed up by his mother. I expect the kid will be a burden on Canadian taxpayers his whole life, first with “therapy”,then with sex change surgery, then more “therapy” all the time living on welfare because he cannot get a job because of his “condition”.
Yep that is what i was thinking, but it ruins the narrative of a normal couple raising a boy who wants to be a girl.
“My name is Bill and I’m a head case...”
“Before she was 3, she began telling her parents she was a girl.”
That settles it then.
Given the mom’s statements and her picture, this wouldn’t be a normal couple even if she were still married to a man.
“Danielle Sheridan, age 8, was born a boy. Before she was 3, she began telling her parents she was a girl.”
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Sorry, but this is B.S. My guess is, this kid (BOY) probably had his mom whispering in his ear that he was “transgender.”
To this media whore of a mother who thinks her 15 minutes of fame are worth more than her SON having a normal life, you had better seriously consider what our Lord said about causing children to sin:
Mark 9:42
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
Turkey basters are very quiet. This is probably a case of child abuse.
Education/Wisdom/Truth used to be imparted to the children by the adults around them.
Now, we have children telling”parent/s” what is Evil/Good, True/False, Normal/Abnormal. And they live in abusive/abnormal situations always where they have a total distortion of Reality.
It is the world of the Insane (1984) where there is no God, no Right and Wrong—where Evil is Good and Truth is anything.
He must have some really abnormal “family” to come up with such absurd ideas where he is encouraged to mock God and hate himself.
The parent/s is extremely evil and godless.
Good suggestion. There’s mention of “parents,” but no father.
A normal mother and father, IF a young child obsessively insisted he or she was the opposite sex, would say, “This is crazy!” and take the child to a neurologist and/or an endocrinologist.
Sorry, I just don’t get it. What does it mean to be a girl or a boy, if not by making reference to one’s biological assignment/? In the world created by liberals there are no gender roles any longer. There is no such thing as boys’ clothes or girls’ clothes, mannerisms, sexual preferences, etc. Boys can be anything, do anything, act any way, love anyone and behave in any manner with no consideration of gender. Same for girls.
Except for biology, what is left to differentiate one gender (if that term even has meaning any longer) from another?
Turkey basters are very quiet.
LOL.
Yes! Yes! After seeing this, I feel free! Free to go to the bathroom. That photo loosened my bowels like you wouldn’t believe. I think it was all the laughing.
Danielle Sheridan, age 8, was born a boy. Before she was 3, she began telling her parents she was a girl.
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Sorry, but this is B.S. My guess is, this kid (BOY) probably had his mom whispering in his ear that he was transgender.
To this media whore of a mother who thinks her 15 minutes of fame are worth more than her SON having a normal life, you had better seriously consider what our Lord said about causing children to sin:
Mark 9:42
If anyone causes one of these little onesthose who believe in meto stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
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Does the name Maddeline Murray O’Hair come to mind in any of this...???
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