The 26st transgender teen who wants to drop 16st so he can have surgery to becom

[SandraJane]

The 26st transgender teen who wants to drop 16st so he can have surgery to become a woman

  -Raven El Messaoudi, 15, is 5ft 2in and currently weights 26 stone
  - The Johannesburg teen has been promised a breast operation and gender surgery if she loses the weight
   -Raven, born Sharif, has lived as a girl for ten months

By Sara Malm

PUBLISHED: 10:55 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 11:10 EST, 23 October 2012

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2221937/Transgender-teen-hopes-lose-16-stone-bid-surgery.html?ITO=1490



True life: Finally happy living as a woman, transgender teenager Raven El Messaoudi, right, poses with her mother Diane, left, in their home in Edenvale, Johannesburg


A 15-year-old school girl is determined to drop 16 stone in order for her to have gender reassignment surgery.

Raven El Messaoudi has lived as a girl for ten months since coming out as transgender to her family and schoolfriends, and now takes hormone blockers to stop her from adopting male features.

The teenager, from Johannesburg, South Africa, used to live on a diet of McDonald's, fried chicken, and 14 eggs-on-toast a day, is on a strict diet in preparation for her surgery at the age of 21.

[justmeinoz]

Apart from the misgendering in the title, it's a health thing pure and simple.
Better would be "26st teenager wants to lose 16st to live longer."

[Cindy]

How can a 15 year old get into that condition without the parents being charged for child abuse?

[carol_w]

Umm....look how large mama is (in the other pictures in the article).  Like mother, like daughter, I always say.

[justmeinoz]

Yes, there is always a facilitator who will allow or encourage such behaviour.  Whatever it is.

[Dahlia]

Umm....look how large mama is (in the other pictures in the article).  Like mother, like daughter, I always say.

The mother looks younger than her 15(!) year old daugter(?!?)

[dalebert]

The mother looks younger than her 15(!) year old daugter(?!?)

I just don't see it. You had me wondering if I'd gotten the two mixed up in the photo but I hadn't.

[Dahlia]

I just don't see it. You had me wondering if I'd gotten the two mixed up in the photo but I hadn't.

The mother has a much smaller head/facial proportions then the daughter, who has a (very) large head and facial proportions....tends to  make one look (much) older.