On the spectrum of males and females, there are Tom Boys that are of course women through the gambit of frilly ladies. For men there are effeminante men like Ashley in Gone with the Wind...all the way to Ted Nugent types..and all in between.
Some men are not cut out to be lumberjacks and some women are not Dresses and petticoats. It is just the way it is.
These poor tortured people need legitimate, competent counseling. Their roles as men and women may be a little different than what society considers the norm, but they are men and women none the less; and they need to be enoucrouaged to be their given gender, in whatever capacity they choose.
I forsee within the next decade, many more of these sad stories of youth given a false sense of hope for their mental anguish.
Sensitive boys need extra help in getting through adolescence. They are often the ones preyed upon by homosexuals. Often these boys are simply “artsy” but are convinced by evil people that they are “gay” or crazily, women trapped in men’s bodies.