Eight Year Old Boy takes medication to delay puberty as he ponders his gender

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At the very least, change the title to reflect the fact that the kid did not get a sex change and that his parents are trying to stop him from getting one by delaying puberty. The only reason I responded to this thread in the first place was due to this blatant misrepresentation of the facts in an attempt to mystify an already complicated issue. Half the people who responded to this thread are still under the impression that the parents encouraged and let the kid get a sex change.
I didn't read the article so you'd have to tell me exactly what happened, or what it should be changed to...
 

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What it means is you need to calm down because you're lecturing the wrong person. I gave a tongue-in cheek reference which was also saying that you guys were making more sense than others (I'm not unfamiliar with that research). Also, you obviously don't know anything about Africans if you're asking me what that means....Africa is centuries behind on issues like this...goodness. But while we're here. I get that you have a gay relative or whatever, but that does not mean that everyone is supposed to automatically understand and support all of these things one 100% and not grapple with them or not be confused by it. But again, you're preaching at the wrong person.
I don't have a gay relative or a transgendered relative breh :heh: I'm just not a sociopathic c*nt who can't put myself in other peoples shoes
 

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Meh. I hate on pedophiles; for what they do to children. Furries and bestiality people for the :scusthov: factor and what they do to animals, but transsexuals? They hurting people out here?

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Nah, they not but :scusthov:. They can do what they want though :mjpls: BTW, while we're here. So I'm looking at how users found this thread. WHich one of you dudes searched "kid sex with matured girl" :wtf: :scusthov: :ufdup:
 

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my whole thing is, why can't yall imagine for a minute that your brother or sister suffered from this disorder. How would you view them? How would you react? Either you're going to accept and love them for who they are or you're going to let the fact that you're uncomfortable with that idea ruin your relationship.
 

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Disgusting cacs :scusthov:
that's jewish cacs fo ya..
 

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I didn't read the article so you'd have to tell me exactly what happened, or what it should be changed to...

The kid expressed the desire to be a girl- it was one of the first things he communicated to his parents when he learned to communicate. As he got older, it got worse. He started threatening to chop his dikk off. His parents didn't know what to do, so they took him to a psych specialist. They didn't want to let him get a sex change so young, which in my opinion is the responsible thing, since he's still too young to know whether it's a phase or not, so they went the route of using medication to temporarily delay puberty in him, the idea being that this would allow him to figure himself out without allowing his mental issues to get worse by further widening the gap between his self-image and his physical body, while also not letting him make any lasting changes to his body he might regret later. Therapy would be used to help him come to terms with himself, then, when he had decided whether he wanted to be male or female, at an older age, he could either transition or just get off the medication and experience puberty normally with no side effects or issues down the road.

Somehow, this has been twisted into the lie that the parents are forcing and encouraging him to get a sex change. That's exactly what they AREN'T doing.
 

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The kid expressed the desire to be a girl- it was one of the first things he communicated to his parents when he learned to communicate. As he got older, it got worse. He started threatening to chop his dikk off. His parents didn't know what to do, so they took him to a psych specialist. They didn't want to let him get a sex change so young, which in my opinion is the responsible thing, so they went the route of using medication to temporarily delay puberty in him, the idea being that this would allow him to figure himself out without allowing his mental issues to get worse by further widening the gap between his self-image and his physical body, while also not letting him make any lasting changes to his body he might regret later. Therapy would be used to help him come to terms with himself, then, when he had decided whether he wanted to be male or female, at an older age, he could either transition or just get off the medication and experience puberty normally with no side effects or issues down the road.

Somehow, this has been twisted into the lie that the parents are forcing and encouraging him to get a sex change. That's exactly what they AREN'T doing.
That's what I thought from reading through, I just wanted to make sure before I changed anything. To be fair though, I doubt that it will change anyone's mind. I'm all for people for figuring out who they are and I don't even like using the term "tolerant' because you shouldn't have to tolerate someone for who they are. But even I am having that instinct vs. research debate looking at this shyt. Like I get the choice they made it right given the options, but it's just I don't know man...it just feels wrong. Maybe it's because the kid is 8.
 
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How does anybody know he's going to think when he's 12, 14, 16 years old? H'es 8 and in a fukked up family situation already, who knows what's going through his head. I'm sorry I just don't think he's been in the world long enough for them to start messing with his natural development so drastically...it's way too soon for all that.
Word even pop artist Macklemoore thought he was gay in the 3rd grade...
Not quite sure if he went down that path or not :patrice:, point is 8 too young too make such a bold decision.



At least wait til 12-13. When I was Jr. High around 7-8th grade is when kids started "coming" out.
 

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Word even pop artist Macklemoore thought he was gay in the 3rd grade...
Not quite sure if he went down that path or not :patrice:, point is 8 too young too make such a bold decision.




At least wait til 12-13. When I was Jr. High around 7-8th grade is when kids started "coming" out.
Don't ever quote Macklemore on thecoli again
 

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That's what I thought from reading through, I just wanted to make sure before I changed anything. To be fair though, I doubt that it will change anyone's mind. I'm all for people for figuring out who they are and I don't even like using the term "tolerant' because you shouldn't have to tolerate someone for who they are. But even I am having that instinct vs. research debate looking at this shyt. Like I get the choice they made it right given the options, but it's just I don't know man...it just feels wrong. Maybe it's because the kid is 8.

I also doubt it will change anyone's mind, but it disgusts me that people are taking a family struggling to do their best in an extremely difficult and unenviable situation that they didn't ask for and slandering them based on things that aren't even true, just to push an agenda (the newspaper itself is attempting to do that, too, being the UK version of Fox News.)

Personally, I know two trans people- both female-to-male, who both transitioned in college, with hormones, surgeries, the whole deal. Both are successful, mentally healthy, and have relationships with non-trans, born women. One is actually a very well-paid lawyer, in fact. You'd never know they weren't born men by looking at them. They're both good people, and interacting with them and realizing how insignificant their pasts were to me on the level of everyday interaction was what helped me get over the generally strange feeling I had about trans people earlier. As for kids, that's understandably uncomfortable because there's so much complication involved. If these parents were forcing or encouraging the kid to turn, I'd be criticizing them myself. Kids in general make everyone feel unsettled in situations like this.
 

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we can get it out the way that the foster system does far worse things than turning kids gay.

that said, i can see how people would be concerned about a gay couple's influence on a child that age. if parents aren't clarifying traditional gender roles/behavior by age 2 or 3 then a kid is going to grow up with some confusion.

now the damage is done and they're forced to control his problem via meds "to keep him from hurting himself." you have to ask yourself if this would happen if he were adopted into a hetero family, all else being equal. my gut tells me nope.

admittedly more the exception than the norm, but it does happen.
 
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On one hand I almost want to side with @Sensitive Blake Griffin @The Real and @Broletariat just because people are arguing off gut and not based on research, but :patrice: the West African side of fam running through my veins just won't let me co-sign this :huhldup:
Same here, I actually remember reading about this type of crap in one of my physiological pscycology classes, but the man inside of just can't come to terms with even trying to rationalize this for a second...

I'm not even against same sex couples, adopting / having kids, but this issue like some worst case scenario come true....

I think I also just realized kool g trap , blake and the real are far more too the left than I am....
 
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