Replies to '10/29 Gender Confused Children'

Listen to the children they know who they are! Many children to eventually accept their birth gender, but many do not. Of the ones who accept their birth gender some come out as gay later.

The usual course of treatment is to let the children be themselves. No medical intervention is required until puberty. Then puberty "blockers" can be started. Blockers do not change anything, they simply put things on hold, effectively buying the child, the parents and medical professionals more time.

Then later between 14 and 16 hormones may be started. The effects of hormones are mostly reversible.

The sometime after they turn 18 the patient may request surgery. NO SURGERY IS DONE ON CHILDREN. The patient must be of legal age.

The primary benefit of starting blockers at the onset of puberty are two-fold:

First, many children become so stressed about developing the wrong way they attempt, and sometimes succeed, suicide. It can be a living hell to watch your body betray you.

Second, it makes it much more likely that they will develop just like, and look just like, others of their identified gender. You literally cannot tell that they were once assigned a different sex at birth. This contrasts with those who transition later and usually have a number of "tells" that make them stand out. So by denying children treatment you may be dooming them to being less passable in their identified gender later. This is of great importance for those transitioning in the male-to-female direction.

I agree!  I have a son who will be 8 soon.  I have always stressed to him that there are NOT girl toys and boy toys, there are NOT girl colors and boy colors (especially since there are so many color blind boys - like my son).  They are simply toys and colors.  He likes the color pink.....so, we go to the boys department and buy him a pink shirt if he wants.  There's nothing wrong with it and it's obviously not an issue for many since these shirts are widely available. 

 

My son has played with dolls at times and I hope this will make him a more nurturing father someday.

 

There are so many people that judge and stereotype others.  It's sad to see it happen even these days.

 

Discrimination will never die until everyone accepts others unconditionally.

It's not just you. Everything good springs from freedom.