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Started by Natasha, January 01, 2011, 06:05:39 PM

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Natasha

January 01, 2011, 06:05:39 PM
Trans-initiative

http://foreverthequeerestkids.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/trans-initiative/
12/30/10

A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon Gender Spectrum, a support, counseling, and education community for parents ofgenderqueer/trans/questioning kids.  They host a conference every year on the subject, as well as offering online resources for parents to peruse.  This is a very good start, but it's shortcoming lies in the same place that most LGBT services fail- they only offer information to parents who ACTIVELY seek it out.  In today's world, 99% of the time, a parent-to-be is more concerned about a myriad of other issues- prenatal vitamins, getting a bedroom prepared for the baby, regular sonograms and checkups, the pain of delivery, etc- that gender identity issues are not something they plan to self-educate about.    Reasonable?  Yes.  Problematic when the doctor tells you that your baby has ambiguous genitalia and will operate to "repair" your baby's equiptment and you haven't read a thing about the subject.  MAJORLY.
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