Gender Identity Becoming a Matter of Family Choice

[tinkerbell]

Until recently, many children who did not conform to gender norms in their clothing or behavior and identified intensely with the opposite sex were steered to psychoanalysis or behavior modification.

But as advocates gain ground for what they call gender-identity rights, evidenced most recently by New York City's decision to let people alter the sex listed on their birth certificates, a major change is taking place among schools and families. Children as young as 5 who display predispositions to dress like the opposite sex are being supported by a growing number of young parents, educators and mental health professionals.

Oh, that sounds very familar! my parents took me to see a psychiatrist at the age of eight, for they thought I was "too feminine" and "not acting like a boy". 


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Who said that society was not changing?   It is, slowly so, but changing after all.



tinkerbell

[TheBattler]

  

Doctors, some of them from the top pediatric hospitals, have begun to advise families to let these children be "who they are" to foster a sense of security and self-esteem. They are motivated, in part, by the high incidence of depression, suicidal feelings and self-mutilation that has been common in past generations of transgender children

Just more conformation that we all need to face who we are and get on top of our gender issues to be happy.

Alice

[Sheila]

I read that article and it has said what I have become to believe for the last 3 to 4 years. I believe that by the time that the kids who are in college now become our age the gender identity thing will be somewhat a normal occurance. At the rate that we are striving to become part of society, we have already passed the Gay movement, we will be just something that parents have to deal with. We are not in huge numbers and I think that the psychology field will go broke because of us and that surgery will be part of the past, as far as cosmetic surgery. They will have learned how to put a penis on and take one off (which they already know how) and it will be taken care of by insurance.
Sheila