Quote From: rupunzellWith much talk,discussion on male to female gender differnt or transgender children, little has been said about female to male identified youth or those born intersex. There are as many F to M trans folks as there are M to F.Many times it appears far more socially acceptable for girls to be a "Tom-Boy" than a boy in a
"dress". There is social double standard here. Girls wearing jeans and a tee shirt is usually fine today, while it is a scandal for a boy to wear a dress. I do believe this is based on social expectation of men and boys to behave in very specific ways which is narrow and limiting. Women and girls do have more fashion and gender expression options today than men do. It's not just what one wears, but who they are that brings the clothes and what they wear to life. It's all part of how each one of us express our sense of gender.
Those who are born intersex is more common than is openly believed. These are individuals who "fall in between" the binary expectation of what gender, genitalia and sexual orientation should be. IMO, those who are born transgender or gender differnt are basically a form of being intersex. Those who are identified as intersex have the physical, measurable aspects of their bodies that allows others proclaim them as "intersex" while transgender or gender differnt individuals usually don't. Regardless, all are the realities of the human condition. They are as nature ment human beings to be in all their beatiful diversity.
Nature loves variety, but society hates it, Lets see if we can change society rather than nature.
I work with families with gender variant and transgender children and you might be surprised to learn that more families with natal females contact us for help. Actually about at 70/30 split.
It is interesting to ponder why that is so, when we have been led to believe that male to female is soooo much more common, eh?
