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54. Good novel on this topic - "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides

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Thu May 26, 2016, 05:58 PM

May 2016

"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver's license...records my first name simply as Cal."

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Mom says her transgender first-grade daughter is making her way [View all] The Straight Story May 2016 OP

Seven years old? TipTok May 2016 #1

Why is it a tough sell? forjusticethunders May 2016 #5

When did you know what gender you were? Brickbat May 2016 #6

I was 14. Chan790 May 2016 #49

I can't imagine having to navigate your experience without prior knowledge of any of it. Brickbat May 2016 #55

Why, did you not know your gender identity at 7 years old? Humanist_Activist May 2016 #8

I imagine it could be a tough sell if one projects their own confusion and ignorance about gender on LanternWaste May 2016 #11

or vice-versa.nt clarice May 2016 #33

I knew at 7 MillennialDem May 2016 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby May 2016 #23

Um why the fuck are you focusing on "the surgery"? MillennialDem May 2016 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby May 2016 #26

I don't really have an opinion on children getting "the surgery" - I do think it is barbaric MillennialDem May 2016 #27

Sexual reassignment surgery on children was done Warpy May 2016 #32

You're talking about surgery on intersex kids at the ages of 0-3. A little different here. MillennialDem May 2016 #35

Kids usually know these things for certain by the time they're close to puberty Warpy May 2016 #37

I'm trans. Well aware of my mom denying it when I was younger. MillennialDem May 2016 #39

I do. Chan790 May 2016 #53

The current consensus among doctors who do gender care LeftyMom May 2016 #42

16 to 18 is typical, until that time doctors will delay puberty once it starts until then... Humanist_Activist May 2016 #44

Kids as young as 3 or 4 are telling people their gender is different from their sex Warpy May 2016 #28

It's an easy way to know, actually. HuckleB May 2016 #30

Not for me. we can do it May 2016 #47

sounds like the mother moonbabygo May 2016 #2

Why? [n/t] Maedhros May 2016 #7

To repeat the previous poster, why? n/t Humanist_Activist May 2016 #9

What specifically leads you to that conclusion? LanternWaste May 2016 #10

Her child is 7 moonbabygo May 2016 #12

You didn't identify with your gender at age seven? LanternWaste May 2016 #13

I had all brothers moonbabygo May 2016 #16

Tomboys aren't transgender. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2016 #18

I know and as you grow you choose moonbabygo May 2016 #19

Its not a choice, again you illustrate your ignorance. N/t Humanist_Activist May 2016 #22

Getting surgery or taking hormones is a choice, and I think that's what was meant. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #46

How is that relevant? The changes are (partially) reversible, but if she doesn't change they are MillennialDem May 2016 #25

All that illustrates is that you seem, at best, uninformed about transgender issues. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2016 #14

some post are just not worth my time nt moonbabygo May 2016 #17

I suspect you do not know any transgender children. Ms. Toad May 2016 #21

Your ignorance is showing cali May 2016 #51

Nope. HuckleB May 2016 #31

Why???? we can do it May 2016 #48

Thank you, EarG! uppityperson May 2016 #57

One of my son's 4th grade classmates made the transition this year. HuckleB May 2016 #3

Sister's 5th grade student here in NC also made the transition... masmdu May 2016 #4

Awesome. So good to know! HuckleB May 2016 #29

I'm not going to pretend I fully understand this firebrand80 May 2016 #15

Is it possible...just possible...that a young child can be.... clarice May 2016 #34

Only for the better. Brickbat May 2016 #40

In that she has language to express how she's feeling? Probably. LeftyMom May 2016 #45

So much ignorance in this thread gollygee May 2016 #36

Not arguing.... I would just like to see scientific analysis on this question.nt clarice May 2016 #38

On what question? Brickbat May 2016 #41

Not sure if you are interested in learning about this, but there's an AMA on Reddit... Humanist_Activist May 2016 #43

She should be supported in her feelings, but too young to take hormone blockers. frankieallen May 2016 #50

Well yes, she's prepubescent, hormone blockers wouldn't do anything right now, unless... Humanist_Activist May 2016 #56

. Rex May 2016 #52

Good novel on this topic - "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides womanofthehills May 2016 #54