What a difference six months makes. Some kids are born in the wrong bodies. Since gender identity is fixed by the age of three, kids can and do tell their parents their real gender, which is sometimes different than their natal sex. Good parents listen. These kids get to go to gender clinics where they are carefully treated by a team of professionals, there to protect them. The kids socially transition. They change their names, and they get to dress like the other gender. When it comes time for puberty, this is a stressful and traumatizing time, because they are now confronted with the sexual characteristics of the “wrong body”. We block puberty and then, when it’s medically appropriate, we give them the “right” gender hormones, so they can go through the “right” puberty. Later, they can have surgery that can make their bodies “right” at last, and they live happily ever after.
I have been asking these same questions. Our stories are exactly the same with our son. It's all money. these doctors, surgeons, and pharmaceutical companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
Parents Deserve Answers before Medicalizing Gender Identity
I have been asking these same questions. Our stories are exactly the same with our son. It's all money. these doctors, surgeons, and pharmaceutical companies are laughing all the way to the bank.