Journey of a transgender child

[Amelia Pond]

Journey of a transgender child
AMY SMART, SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Cathie Dickens saw a change the first time she took her granddaughter Harriette shopping for a dress.

"It just broke my heart to see her put it on and look at herself in the mirror," Dickens said. "She's so much happier, being allowed to be who she is."

Harriette Cunningham says she always knew she was a girl, even if she was born with a boy's body. The Comox transgender girl transitioned last September and took the name Harriette in December.

Now 10, she is among a rising number of children identifying themselves as trans and living as their affirmed gender.

Today, Harriette exudes confidence, standing tall with braided hair and showing off her prize-winning rooster, Henry. She just took her first Irish dance class and finished a babysitting course.

But she tenses when she hears the name Declan. It's the name her parents gave her at birth, and it reminds her what it felt like to be treated like someone you're not.

"I feel a lot more secure and confident now," she said. "Back then, I was kind of ... I knew who I was. But no one else really did. And I was kind of all alone."

[FrancisAnn]

Thanks for posting. I hope younger MTF will follow thru with correction of physical gender before all the T poison enters their bodies.

[Marissa]

Thanks for all the articles you share Amelia!  I wanted to give you a +1 but I guess I'm only 1/2 way there in my post count.

p.s. Don't Blink

[Amelia Pond]

Thanks Marissa, I appreciate it. 

P.S. I had to be with Rory, sorry. 

[Marissa]

Yay! 50 posts! and to show you I didn't forget, +1 to you.