“A Boy’s Life” in The Atlantic

[Natasha]

"A Boy's Life" in The Atlantic

http://transcendgender.com/2008/10/15/a-boys-life-in-the-atlantic/
10/15/2008

I'm not sure how I feel about this article.  Much of it is troubling, since I wish the whole topic of the origins of being transgender and how best to treat it to be neat and simple, but it just isn't.  In the end, I believe that children should be allowed to make their own decisions to the extent that's feasible.  (Obviously, that's a huge loophole, but, for the moment, I have neither the time nor the inclination to try to define my position any further.)  If a child typed as a boy at birth wants to live as a girl, she should be allowed to do that with her parents' support.  At the same time, her parents need to make clear that either choice is OK.  If she later decides that she wants to live as a boy, that too should be allowed.