the tendency for doctors and indeed some parents to want the child to resemble as near to one gender or “the other” as possible. In the past that meant making a lot of girls since surgeons used to inappropriately quip,“it is easier to make a hole than a pole”. TheOrganisation Inter...
I know, because I was in pro-transitioning parent support groups, that parents are going to “gender specialists” and demanding medical interventions for their children without thoroughly considering why their children feel the way they do. I know, because I’ve heard from parents, that some th...
As a trans person and a parent in such spaces, I have found some ‘support’ to be really upsetting, and I know plenty of cis parents who have felt the same – who have needed support in managing state oppression and the minority stress of being a family facing overt anti trans abuse ...
This is particularly important when referring to the birth-giving person and their body parts, the baby, and a partner or co-parent, including using the preferred pronouns (see Greenfield, 2017; MacDonald et al., 2016). Sterilization was until recently a legal requirement for legal gender ...
Recently, a father made it clear he had not experienced loss as a result of his child’s transition. I wanted desperately to bottle up his words and give them to each parent I see who is struggling with a sense of impending loss in regards to their transgender child. So, I did the ...
The FBI also said CCTV showed Jabbar placing the IEDs near the scene. However, none of them went off. The investigation is expected to look at any support or inspiration he may have drawn from IS or any of its affiliate groups.
these assumptions may be inaccurate and possibly detrimental for both the parent and the child. Unless a parent is having an intersex baby, the parent will likely find out they are having a natal male or a natal female, either during the pregnancy or when the baby is born. Once this is ...
Sometimes the messages or feedback we get from parents and teachers when we are very young contribute to feeling bad about being gender variant. Like a parent disapproving of acting too “boyish” or “girlish”. These messages can be very quick and subtle, like a Mother telling her young ...
parent said she felt dismissed by Zucker and that he didn’t connect her to otherresources. Despite the near-absence ofverifiablecomplaints, the document is larded with serious second-hand accusations delivered via Zinck and Pignatiello’s interview subjects — the sorts of charges which aren’t...
I think as a parent, it’s your job to support your child even that young, as long as they aren’t harming anyone. If your child is a boy and wants to wear a dress, let him. The whole societal issue of “boys wear blue, girls wear pink. Boys have to wear pants, girls must ...