Why cross-dressing really isn't an issue to poke fun at
By Fionola Meredith
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/fionola-meredith/why-crossdressing-really-isnrsquot-an-issue-to-poke-fun-at-16049613.html (http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/fionola-meredith/why-crossdressing-really-isnrsquot-an-issue-to-poke-fun-at-16049613.html)
That's why my heart went out to the 10-year-old British boy who started the new school year dressed as a girl. The pupil, who wants to remain anonymous, has a condition called gender dysphoria. He may look like a boy, but inside he feels like a girl.
The head teacher held a special assembly — attended by the child's parents and police officers — to explain the changes to the other pupils, in the hope of preventing bullying. While the youngsters have managed to get their heads around the issue, it seems that their parents haven't been so enlightened. The child's mother claims he has been shunned by the local community, with neighbours and otherparents calling him a "freak child".
"He?" "Him?"