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VAN HLN CA
07-19-2006, 05:10 PM
raising kids is hard enough, try splainin this.......


Transgender child to enter Florida school Hassan Mirza, Gay.com UK
Wed Jul 12, 3:03 AM ET



SUMMARY: A transgender child in Broward County, Fla., whose parents say she hates having a penis will start kindergarten this fall as a girl.


A transgender child in Florida, genetically a boy, will be admitted to kindergarten this fall as a girl, the Miami Herald reported.


She's believed to be the youngest trans child admitted into south Florida schools, which have been praised for their accommodations toward transgender students.


Mental health professionals have diagnosed the child with gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person believes that he or she is the opposite gender.


"Gender dysphoria can take place during a fetus' development in the womb," gender specialist and sexologist Marilyn Volker, Ph.D, of Miami, told the Herald.


The child has been examined for two years, and it has been determined that she is not going through a phase.


She has told her parents that she hates having a penis and often hides it between her legs, the Herald reported.


The Broward County school system has agreed to admit the child into school as a girl. Though she despises boys' clothes, she will dress in gender-neutral clothing and use a gender-neutral name.


"The school officials have agreed to continue working with the family and medical professionals to help create an environment that will maximize the child's ability to learn and grow within the school system," said family attorney Karen Doering, who specializes in defending the rights of LGBT people.


After consulting with pediatric endocrinologists, counselors, and school officials, the parents -- an attorney and a counselor -- have decided it is in the child's best interest to live as a girl.


Tobias Packer, South Florida field organizer for Equality Florida, who is transgendered, praised the Broward and Miami-Dade school systems, saying they are exemplary "when it comes to the rights of transgendered people."


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bastardog
07-19-2006, 05:25 PM
Spammy fans are that way from their birth day...