What Transgendered Parents Can Teach Us About Motherhood and Fatherhood

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What Transgendered Parents Can Teach Us About Motherhood and Fatherhood

Carlos A. Ball
Posted: March 29, 2010 02:27 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carlos-a-ball/what-transgendered-parent_b_515709.html

Let me share with you a real-life story involving a transgendered parent. A few years after Michael B. married his wife Barbara in the 1970s, he told her that he preferred wearing women's clothing and that he felt more comfortable thinking of himself as a woman.

The marriage was a rocky one, but it lasted for almost twenty more years. In 1998, the couple divorced and a year later Michael had gender reassignment surgery and changed her name to Monica. After that, Barbara went to court in their home state of Kentucky and successfully got an order prohibiting Monica from contacting any of their four children because she was now living as a woman.

also at http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/06/17/what-transgendered-parents-teach-about-motherhood-fatherhood