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A mom threw a belated gender reveal party for her transgender son 17 years after she 'got it wrong'
CNN ^ | July 16, 2020 | Alicia Lee

Posted on 07/22/2020 6:46:29 AM PDT by Stravinsky

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To: nwrep

fkd up people having fkd up kids....


41 posted on 07/22/2020 8:45:28 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Stravinsky

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Love and Brandon Gwaltney’s species reveal party started out like any other.

The couple from Akron, Ohio, wore matching outfits with doggies and kitties. There was a cake decorated with puppy and kitten logos and a big question mark on top. And then, of course, there was the big box that typically contains the balloons that serve to reveal the species of their pet.

But as they counted down to one, what popped out were balloons shaped like all the animals from Noah’s Ark, followed by their 17-year-old parrot, coming out to the world with its new identity “Polly”.

“We wanted to announce that we got it wrong 17 years ago when we told the world we were having a little girl, and named that child McKenzie,” Love Gwaltney, the mom, wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. “So we’d like to introduce you to our pet: Polly.”

Polly, an indoor-only parrot who perches in a corner eating nuts and crackers, helped organize the party. It chose the shapes of the balloons to represent its avian species identity.

“I wanted the Noah’s Ark set in there because I still feel that going from whatever you are originally to life as a pet is also a transition and it doesn’t just have to be within the same species,” Polly told CNN.

It said it’s been a long journey for it to discover its new identity as a parrot, adding: “Polly wants a cracker”.


42 posted on 07/22/2020 9:01:17 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Stravinsky

So I guess 17 years ago, McKinzie Schoolcraft, a female, was born to a single mom. I guess Love Schoolcraft, the mom, married Brandon Gwanity.


43 posted on 07/22/2020 9:06:40 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-) Trump 2020)
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To: nwrep

SICK! No wonder the kid went the way they did.


44 posted on 07/22/2020 9:34:57 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: caww

I was always a tomboy

Didn’t like dolls, fantasized about cars and playing professional sports, loved trains with my dad, love military history. I never wanted to be a boy, though.


45 posted on 07/22/2020 10:03:05 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Deplorable American1776

Ah! Duh!

Thanks for clarifying that. Stupid of me.


46 posted on 07/22/2020 10:04:20 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Stravinsky

Back when we were still a civilized society, a freak like that would have been committed to a state hospital.


47 posted on 07/22/2020 10:24:38 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Probably an ax murder of parents prior to suicide. The seriously disturbed sometimes can be violent.


48 posted on 07/22/2020 10:27:33 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: nwrep

This is why weird people need to be spayed and neutered.


49 posted on 07/22/2020 10:30:23 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: nwrep

What a family... Who is who?


50 posted on 07/22/2020 10:47:19 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-) Trump 2020)
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To: Stravinsky

Dizzying.


51 posted on 07/22/2020 10:47:55 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: Charles Martel
I feel like I can only safely guess the actual gender of one of those people.
52 posted on 07/22/2020 10:50:02 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: the OlLine Rebel; ClearCase_guy

Gwaltney is the stepdad. This especially special person may have come from the hippie mom’s former liaison; or, this especially special person may have invented a new surname to go with the rest of the specially special gender.


53 posted on 07/22/2020 12:24:09 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." --Donald Trump)
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