Posted on 03/04/2005 7:35:11 AM PST by cwiz24
Parents: 4th-Grade Girl To Become Boy Mom Says Youngster Has Male Brain
METHUEN, Mass. -- A fourth-grader who was attending a Methuen elementary school as a girl before February vacation has returned to school as a boy.
The parents of the 9-year-old child said the youngster was born with the body of a girl, but the brain of a boy.
They have asked that he be referred to and treated as a boy by teachers and other students, and school officials are accommodating the request. The parents have even changed the child's name.
The child's mother told The Eagle-Tribune that the family made the decision after consulting with medical professionals. She said the child is still biologically a girl.
The mother has requested that the family not be identified to protect the child.
School Superintendent C. Phillip Littlefield said there is nothing harmful about the child being in the school.
Sometimes with hermaphrodites, the genitals do not become apparent until puberty. Sometimes parents raise someone as a girl only to find out they get a "growth" around the time of adolescence. They have more male hormones than female ones...it's all very confusing for everyone.
If the kid is not hermaphroditic though...the kid needs to be in therapy. There may be some weird hormonal imbalance.
O . . . . M . . . . G.
"OK - Hit the showers!"
Or the first game of skins against shirts...
Even assuming that this is the medical advice they were give, how much help is it going to be when the child is whispered about and made fun of at the school? And why should 4th-graders have to deal with transgender issues? WHY DIDN'T THEY TRANSFER THE CHILD TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL? AND IS THIS CHILD USING THE BOYS BATHROOM?
This takes sick, twisted and perverted to a completely new level.
I already did!
Not necessarily. There are physiological differences between male and female brains (particularly in the hypothalamus). That's what true transsexuality is: the brain (not the personality, but the actual brain itself) says, "I'm a girl" but the body says, "I'm a boy."
If the doctors have determined that the child's brain meets all the criteria for a female brain, but the child has male sexual organs, what would you have them do?
Check out this site for more detailed info on the legitimate medical condition of transsexuality: http://www.avitale.com/theproblem.htm
Please note - this is very different from homosexuality and from crossdressing, things like that. Those are psychological issues. True transsexuality is an actual, verifiable medical condition.
I can't believe they changed the kid's name too! She can say goodbye to all her friends and can forget about having any boyfriends when she gets older. This is going to affect the rest of her life. How can these parents be allowed to do this?
And the parents were born with the brain of a Piss Ant.
"These people need to understand that God made us who we are and we have no right to change it."
Difficult at best for those who obviously do not know God.
I think that viewpoint is absolutely nuts.
And who are you to speak for God...
And who are you to speak for God...
I think transsexuality is a load of crap.
And you're perfectly fine the way you are -- no need to be forced into a mold.
So if the kid is still biologically a girl where is it supposed to go to the bathroom?
Didn't you hear the report? She must have been able to do math and science. That is the difference in the brain between a male and female.
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