When a baby is born, what we should all be concerned with is the health of the baby, the health of the mother. The reality is, as a society, we are often concerned with other issues, such as the living circumstances, the attitude of the parents, the prospects for the child's future.
It really shouldn't matter if the mother has had some SRS, or even if the mother has had none, but prefers, simply, to be recognised as male. But it does. Sadly. (Apologies for the use of mother, the topic is specific to mothers. No judgement or otherwise is implied about the man who has created this child. Simply, that in creating a child, he is a mother. In raising the child, he may well be a father).
I don't know who is responsible for publicising this, but frankly I am at a complete loss as to why.
I do not believe, for one second, that any of us should ever be in any way, ashamed, shamed, or fearful about who we are and how we feel. But none of us can be unaware of the deep suspicission that many fearful types will continue to regard transgender, at least, for the time being.
But involve children in any issue and the rules change. Humans, all of us, are instinctly protective of our children.
If there were a single reason for this, then I would applaud it. I applaud people who have the courage to present themselves in the real gender, whatever their age. I know we all do.
But I can not see anything to be gained from this sort of thing. At all.
Hopefully, there will come a time when matters such as these are no more important than a gay couple having a baby, or a mixed race couple. But we are not there yet, by a long way.
I hope others will voice their opinions on this issue. I can't, at this time, think of any positives.
