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Parents of Transgender Girl Are Better Than Most of Us


Posted by Sasha Brown-Worsham on December 22, 2011 at 11:08 AM

http://thestir.cafemom.com/big_kid/130172/parents_of_transgender_girl_are

As a parent, it's hard to imagine what I might feel if my child didn't feel those things, if he or she told me they were in the wrong skin and wanted to be the opposite gender.

This is exactly what happened to the Maines family of Maine. After having twin "boys," Wyatt and Jonas, it soon became clear that Wyatt wasn't a boy. He liked pink and sparkles, yes. But it was more than that, too. He asked his mom at age 4: "When do I get to be a girl?'' He said that he hated his penis and asked when he could get rid of it. In first grade, he was the boy with the pink backpack and a Kim Possible lunchbox.