Reference to Quora - by Dansby Parker - Should trans kids be taken seriously
Should very young trans children be taken seriously? - by Dansby Parker (Graphic Designer) Published in 2017 Kids don’t just “roll with” the gender their parents assign them. We know this from multiple cases of children who were born intersex and raised as the wrong gender. Have you ever heard of the case of David Reimer ? His penis was badly damaged during a surgical procedure at 6 months of age. His parents and doctors decided it would be easier to raise him as a girl than to raise him as a boy having to deal with reconstruction and the possibility of never having a normal sex life. So his male parts were removed and they changed his name to Brenda. This happened in the 60s and 70s. Back then they didn’t know much about gender and the psychologist who was treating David thought that kids would just conform to whatever gender they were assigned and be happy that way if they never knew the difference. What we learned from this case and others is that is not true. Des...