Parents: 4th-Grade Girl To Become Boy

WCVB-Boston ^ | 3/4/2005 | Associated Press

[sonserae]

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.

[Buggman]

O . . . . M . . . . G.

[grobdriver]

This will last until the first gym class.

"OK - Hit the showers!"

Or the first game of skins against shirts...

[Miss Marple]

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?

[cyclotic]

This takes sick, twisted and perverted to a completely new level.

[Boardwalk]

I already did!

[Terabitten]

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.

[cwiz24]

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?

[Spunky]

"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."

And the parents were born with the brain of a Piss Ant.

[Jaysun]

How twisted do you have to be to tell your daughter that she's now a boy, a eunuch? They need to neuter these "parents" immediately.

[odoso]

"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.

[steve in DC]

Hi Everybody! Did somebody need to speak to a medical professional?

[cwiz24]

I think that viewpoint is absolutely nuts.

[Paul C. Jesup]

These people need to understand that God made us who we are and we have no right to change it.

And who are you to speak for God...

[Paul C. Jesup]

These people need to understand that God made us who we are and we have no right to change it.

And who are you to speak for God...

[cwiz24]

I think transsexuality is a load of crap.

[scott7278]

And you're perfectly fine the way you are -- no need to be forced into a mold.

[TexasTaysor]

Tomboy, just what I was thinking.

The mother has requested that the family not be identified to protect the child.

Protect the child? This child need protection from the stupidity of her parents.

[Sunshine Sister]

So if the kid is still biologically a girl where is it supposed to go to the bathroom?

[Spunky]

"The brain of a boy? Are they serious? And how is that different than that of a girls?"

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.