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Related: About this forumDreaming of Dresses: Transgender Books for Children
from the Huffington Post
These days, we see some trans and intersex people in the media, although there is often an emphasis on the problems they face. News reports discuss bullying and suicide. Films such as Boys Don't Cry or XXY depict struggles and pain. Novels often do a bit better in terms of nuance (such as Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex or Annabel by Kathleen Winter), but are not always easily available (one thinks here of Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues). So it's not surprising that adults don't always get accurate information or positive ideas about trans issues.
Then there's the perhaps more pressing problem of where trans or intersex young people themselves can read about other people like them. If someone recognizes at a young age that she or he is trans, that person might immediately want to know that she or he is not alone or "abnormal." The media and, more specifically, literature is usually the first stop.
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Let young people dream of dresses (or trousers, or whatever else they might desire) and what's more, let them have them.
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(17 posts)Even if children show signs of gender confusion, they are not ready to handle these concepts. Another thing that concerns me is that they may not really be transgendered. For instance, cross-dressing men may have had the urge since childhood yet not wished to take it past dressing in private. So why not just be accepting of their wishes as parents and explain the situation to the teacher so the teacher can make sure that the child isn't bullied.
But the reality is that kids get bullied for EVERYTHING: wearing glasses, being too fat, not having namebrand clothing...
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(29,381 posts)anything for honesty and those who wish to be honest with themselves and feel comfortable with that honesty. It is the right wing that is warped, always trying to force nature to their will, yet when you look at nature and how powerful it is, you realize these people are crazy, and have no hope of succeeding.