Someone who “knows” the boy’s Mom weighs in...
“My opinion, based on my knowledge, is the mom of this child is a fame-seeking attention whore, who will stop at nothing to prove how edgy and non-mainstream she is, even at the expense of her child’s privacy. I “met” her online six years ago when she came to the Triplet Connection and made a huge ruckus because she was dead-set on homebirthing her “natural” triplets in a kiddie pool in her living room. I thought she was a faker, so I immediately set out to see if she was real, or not, where I discovered that she didn’t, in fact, have “natural” triplets. She had ordered clomid from Mexico, and gotten pregnant using non-prescribed fertility drugs. Here’s her post about that. It’s still public all these years later. Her name is Kathryn.”
http://fourtimesthefun.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-one-where-i-weigh-in-on.html
This sounds like Munchausen by Proxy syndrome, when allowed to continue untreeated to an inevitable conclusion.
I'll give credit to the Mom for being diabolically smart, if she just abused her kids, they'd have been taken away. By picking making them "untouchable" (you just hate me and my kid because it's transgendered you bigot!!!) she not only can get away with it, but she can get all of the attention she's craving.
interesting thanks