Klinefelter syndrome and Estrogen treatment.

[Parent]

Hi all,

We are parents of a 13y/o child who is diagnosed with Klinefelter, 6 months ago.

Our child was not a typical boy from birth our child was more androgynous didn't have typical boy's interest neither girls, but picked the best ( what he thought ) from both.

AS parents we thought that this was phase and it should getting over in puberty.

But that puberty didn't came the " normal" way, but our child get hips and some light breast growth.

Our child went to the doctor for something else, and the doctor have seen this development too, and send us to a specialist.

We visited the specialist talked with her, she took body measurements and some blood so that she can test it.

It took a month and we had the diagnosis our child have the Klinefelter syndrome.
She have given lots of information about this and what to do.

She send also our child to an psychologist to test and look at our chid's mental health.

The outcome of these tests where that our child is less connected with manhood and more with womanhood.

Our child's gender marker is automatic corrected in our land's basic administration from a M into an X this is the standard protocol here, because of the social rights.

Just because of the rights the clinical protocols are changed, intersex persons can choose the hormone treatment what they want, testosterone or estrogen.

Now we are on the stage that our child must choose finally will our child come into male puberty or female puberty, testosterone or estrogen treatment.

Our child is direct and clear about this, estrogen, and starting female puberty to become female.

Now the doctor said also at the time when we have information from her that she have lots of experiences of Klinefelter and Testosterone treatment, but not with Klinefelter and estrogen treatment, she has well lots of experience with estrogen treatment in other circumstances.

Now our ask are here some with Klinefelter and are using Estrogen treatment?
And what are your experiences with this treatment and your klinefelter?

[BlueJaye]

I have been very busy lately and just now saw this post. I hope the OP is still here.

Though I am not a Klinefelters case, my life was VERY similar. The major exception being that when I was young, the doctor put me on androgen treatment rather than feminizing hormones. There was no choice in the matter, it was decided for me. Nobody asked my thoughts on the matter.

With all that being said, I decided at age 36 to live as a woman. Feminizing hormones were very effective for me, presumably due to the already somewhat feminine development I had naturally.

[Susan ✅]

Unfortunately, the "Parent" account is no longer with us, and I want to explain why.

When Parent first posted asking about supporting their child, the language struck me as a little off — it echoed phrasing that shows up in anti-trans talking points. That first post triggered some quiet alarm bells for staff, but it was also plausible that this could be a non-native English speaker reaching for words and landing awkwardly. Because of that, we gave them the benefit of the doubt, and several of us responded with careful, thoughtful guidance, centering professional support, child-led decision-making, and established standards of care. We did not take any action at that point; we waited to see how they would engage.

After nine days of silence, Parent returned with a post that I felt confirmed those initial concerns. It was dismissive of the help people offered. The language did not read like a parent navigating their child's care. Phrases like "feminization of our child's body" and the overall quasi-clinical, detached tone closely resembled anti-trans talking points rather than how parents typically talk about their children. Real parents — even scared or uncertain ones — tend to center their child's feelings, comfort, and wellbeing. The medical scenario was also implausible — claiming they were being *forced* to start hormone treatment because of low blood values, with no diagnosis or condition named, and a manufactured urgency that does not reflect how coordinated care actually works.

Additionally, this user ignored staff outreach via PM and never engaged with any of the support offered by multiple members who took real time and care to help.

Given all of this, the staff and I felt we could not take the chance of allowing this to continue, and the decision was made to ban the account to protect the community. If we are wrong, they know how to reach us privately. So far, they have not.

Lori cleaned up the other messages but it seems she missed this one. I wanted to give you the courtesy of a response, so you knew why there would be no response. This post will be cleaned up in the next few days as well.

— Susan