Boy 9 returns to school as a girl

[nick]

OK, so those of you who read the story I posted a few days ago (http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55167) will be interested to see another similar story, this time relating to a 9 year old. I must confess this seems just wrong to me:-

A nine-year-old boy is believed to have become the youngest person in Britain to swap gender and is now attending primary school as a girl.

The unidentified Year Five child left school as a boy and returned the next day as a girl, in female uniform with a ponytail tied in pink ribbon.

The case comes after reports a 12-year-old boy had started secondary school as a girl.

Both children are too young to have had a sex change operation or hormone therapy as this is only given to people aged 18 or over.

There was a mixed reaction from gender experts.

A spokesman for transgender group the Beaumont Society said: "This child is vulnerable to bullying and teasing. They and their family have been seriously misadvised. It is hard enough for an adult to change gender. To go to the extent that this nine-year-old has gone is unique."

Full story here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6208575/Boy-9-returns-to-school-as-a-girl.html)

[Modus Operandi]

Yeah, this is just wierd. I can't believe this stuff happens.

[Shalom]

Would it be possible he/she was a hermaphrodite? They kind of get to choose their sexes in some cases!

[tripolar]

Maybe the kid just came to school the next day dressed as a girl, no way did he get a sex change in one day. But even if he did those parents are reckless.

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

Yeah, he didn't have sex change surgery, he just dresses as a girl and his parents agree that everyone will treat him as a girl. It's not unheard of for transgendered people to realize it at a fairly young age, it's just uncommon for parents to accept it so early and for the kid to live that way outside the house.

It happens, though. I know of a girl at the school my mom taught at for the last few years, who wants to be treated as a boy. Short hair, dressed like a boy, I wouldn't have known she was biologically female if my mom hadn't told me. Her name is Kelsey, but it's not too far-fetched that it couldn't have been a male name, and I always just assumed she was male. As far as I know, she does use the female bathrooms, but she looks and behaves as though she were a boy. Not a tomboy, but like a real boy.

[ShatteredWings]

It happens, though. I know of a girl at the school my mom taught at for the last few years, who wants to be treated as a boy. Short hair, dressed like a boy, I wouldn't have known she was biologically female if my mom hadn't told me. Her name is Kelsey, but it's not too far-fetched that it couldn't have been a male name, and I always just assumed she was male. As far as I know, she does use the female bathrooms, but she looks and behaves as though she were a boy. Not a tomboy, but like a real boy.

I knew a girl like that. Tegan... I was compleatly shocked when she was in the girls bathroom, then I took a second look at her. She acted like a total guy, and only hung around the guys. *shrug* i think kids understand their gender more than we like to give them credit for

[mrmcdonaldduck]

*shrug* i think kids understand their gender more than we like to give them credit for

thats what i think.