Young Children's Gender Preferences, Story on NPR
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Today, National Public Radio's evening news program, "All Things Considered", had a story on two m2f transgendered 6 year olds.
Here's the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90247842
The transcript (no pun) is not identical to the broadcast interviews in that [male pronouns] in brackets, are substituted for the fem pronouns used by the parents of the one child who has transitioned. The girl dresses full time and is in kindergarden. She is apparently very happy, fun, friendly and outgoing. The psychologist consulted considers her transgendered and in no need of therapy because nothing is wrong with her. She, the psychologist, feels that the psychological "problem" known as gender identity disorder is as meaningful as the older diagnosis that homosexuality was a psych disease and should be cured.
The other child, unfortunately, is in therapy with an 'old school' shrink who thinks any kid presenting transgendered should be forced to conform to her/his body's sex. I find all his remarks to be disgusting bs.
Renee