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Started by Shana A, December 27, 2010, 10:09:34 AM

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December 27, 2010, 10:09:34 AM
Trans Youth

By JillPage Sun, Dec 26 2010

http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/patentpending/archive/2010/12/26/trans-youth.aspx

I've been thinking today about -- and empathizing with -- the parents of young children who exhibit signs of transsexualism and ultimately demand sexual reassignment surgery. It's understandable that the parents would be in denial for quite a while, hoping it was a passing phase. Ultimately, though, if children keep on exhibiting cross-gender behaviour, one would hope that their parents would seek out professional help from therapists specializing in gender dysphoria. It may, indeed, be a passing phase and be dealt with; it may be much more.

Unfortunately, though, I think some children are not getting the kind of professional help they need, which may account for the reported high rate of suicide attempts among youth who identify as trans individuals.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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