[weegee]

"when it comes to the rights of transgendered people,"

It is as possible to change one's sex (the DNA doesn't change and neither does reproductive functionality) as it is to change one's race.

[Ouderkirk]

Is this little boy is a lesbian?

[SkyPilot]

This is criminal abuse of the poor child and those responsible should be arrested.

There is a documented case in Canada of two twin boys. One of the boys had a surgical accident during circumcision. A very evil and sick "medical health professional" convinced the parents to perform an "experiment" with his life and totally remove his penis and raise the boy as a girl.

It was tragic. The boy went insane, and in later life was consumed by drugs, alcohol, and suicidal tendencies.

He later re-assumed his role as a male when he could break away from the "doctor" and his parents, but I believe he killed himself a few years ago.

Anyone else know about this tragic story? It was on a television program.

[weegee]

From Monty Python's Life Of Brian:

REG: Furthermore, it is the birthright of every man--

STAN: Or woman.

REG: Why don't you shut up about women, Stan. You're putting us off.

STAN: Women have a perfect right to play a part in our movement, Reg.

FRANCIS: Why are you always on about women, Stan?

STAN: I want to be one.

REG: What?

STAN: I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me 'Loretta'.

REG: What?!

LORETTA: It's my right as a man.

JUDITH: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?

LORETTA: I want to have babies.

REG: You want to have babies?!

LORETTA: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.

REG: But... you can't have babies.

LORETTA: Don't you oppress me.

REG: I'm not oppressing you, Stan. You haven't got a womb! Where's the foetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!

LORETTA: [crying]

JUDITH: Here! I-- I've got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.

FRANCIS: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.

REG: What's the point?

FRANCIS: What?

REG: What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he can't have babies?!

FRANCIS: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.

REG: Symbolic of his struggle against reality.

[thinking]

We live in a totally female dominated society, who isn't confused....

[DCPatriot]

"Gender dysphoria can take place during a fetus' development in the womb," said noted gender specialist and sexologist Marilyn Volker, Ph.D., of Miami.

If this can occur, then why is it not proof that homosexuality is an accident in the womb?

[VRWCer]

"Few will know this genetic truth, because the 5-year-old's parents and school administrators have agreed that it's in his best interest to blend in as a female."

Uh-huh. I wonder how much "in his best interest" its going to be when he becomes the whipping boy(?) for the student population in middle school. Those kids can be mean! And I don't think shoe-prints in his butt are going to do wonders for his "self-esteem", nor will his litany of nicknames (use your imagination!). Ridiculous.

BTW, my younger brother wanted to grow up to be an elephant and eat peanuts in the zoo all day. Good thing my parents did the right thing and set him straight! Today he is an awesome husband and father of three beautiful children. Much better than peanuts, I think.

[usmcobra]

I'd like to perform gender reassignment on these parents with a McKnife from a McBreakfast.

[ashamedtobefromparkridge]

I thought I was the Cubs left fielder when I was 5 years old.

WHERE IS MY PAYCHECK! why am I not rich?

Okay they didn't make the kind of money they do now in 1973 but they still made quite a bit and more than I was making as a kindergartener.

[RBroadfoot]

The premise of "gender dysphoria" runs counter to feminist thinking, which asserts that "gender" is a social construct rather than an objective reality. Social construction theory asserts that a male would adopt a female identity only if he were socialized to do so.

This is another example of the incoherence of the liberal mind. The feminist idea of the social construction of gender directly conflicts with this new development in queer theory. The only thing they have in common is their refutation of traditional values.

I don't presume to judge the parents, however. They obviously have a troubled son, and could be the victims of some very bad professional advice.

[DoctorMichael]

....transgendered - a biological female who looked, dressed and behaved like a male.....

If we believe the article, then this is a girl.

Naieve question: Were the parents at fault here for wanting a son?

[Republicus2001]

will they teach him/her lesbian fisting?

[SuziQ]

It's not the child's fault. It's the parents who are 'gender-confused'.

[Condor51]

"Gender dysphoria can take place during a fetus' development in the womb," said noted gender specialist and sexologist Marilyn Volker, Ph.D., of Miami.

Yo Marilyn (or is it really Marvin?), you're flucking nuts and you're statement is CONTRARY to what real experts say.

Gender dysphoria

• The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has five criteria that must be met before a diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder (dysphoria) can be given:
  1. There must be evidence of a strong and persistent cross-gender identification.
  2. This cross-gender identification must not merely be a desire for any perceived cultural advantages of being the other sex.
  3. There must also be evidence of persistent discomfort about one's assigned sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex.
  4. The individual must not have a concurrent physical intersex condition (e.g., androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia).
  5. There must be evidence of clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
• The DSM-IV also provides a code for gender disorders that did not fall into these criteria. This diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (GIDNOS) is similar to other "NOS" diagnoses, and can be given for, for example:
  1. Intersex conditions (e.g., androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia) and accompanying gender dysphoria
  2. Transient, stress-related cross-dressing behavior
  3. Persistent preoccupation with castration or penectomy without a desire to acquire the sex characteristics of the other sex, which is known as skoptic syndrome

So ya jerk-weed mental case, how can any of that occur in the womb by a fetus? HUH!!!

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Transgender policy to be tested

???

-- "sexual minority" ???

Just what is this "policy" -anyone feel free to post it as the article seemed not to cite one REGARDLESS it did cite much leftist opinion and propaganda...

[Zechariah_8_13]

This would be a tiny bit humorous, if it wasn't so horribly, heartbreakingly tragic.

That poor little boy!

It's nothing short of State sanctioned and endorsed child abuse.

[COEXERJ145]

I feel sorry for the kid. He obviously has a seriously problem. Whether it is mental, physical, or both I have no idea.

I'd be surprised if he lives to 21. Many people in similar situations commit suicide at a young age.

[dcnd9]

Bottom line: being gay or same sex attracted is the ABNORMAL state of the normal state or opposite sex attracted.
Therefore we should have, all along, been helping them OVERCOME and NOT SUCCUMB to the resulting ABNORMAL sexual behavior.

[PsyOp]

This is nothing but so-called "mental health experts" engaging in job protection. They are going to screw this kid up so bad he'll need their "help" for the rest of his life.

The kid wants to play with dolls, give him a GI Joe. If he insists on dresses, buy him a kilt, tell him he's scottish, and give him bag-pipe lessons.

[John Lenin]

The parents should be locked up for child endangerment.