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More on Dr. Kenneth Zucker

Started by Shana A, May 14, 2008, 08:50:05 PM

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Shana A

May 14, 2008, 08:50:05 PM
More on Dr. Kenneth Zucker
Filed by: Alex Blaze
May 14, 2008 12:30 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/05/more_on_dr_kenneth_zucker.php

Dana at Mombian points out this NPR report on the mother of a transgirl who was sent to Kenneth Zucker (who's the chair of the panel charged with revising Gender Identity Disorder's entry for the DSM-V). Let's just say he isn't going to be waving the Transgender Pride Flag any time soon:

    So, to treat Bradley, Zucker explained to Carol that she and her husband would have to radically change their parenting. Bradley would no longer be allowed to spend time with girls. He would no longer be allowed to play with girlish toys or pretend that he was a female character. Zucker said that all of these activities were dangerous to a kid with gender identity disorder. He explained that unless Carol and her husband helped the child to change his behavior, as Bradley grew older, he likely would be rejected by both peer groups. Boys would find his feminine interests unappealing. Girls would want more boyish boys. Bradley would be an outcast.

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