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Thoughts on these "transgender" 5 year olds?
[b]Let me preface this by saying I am not disputing transgenderism.[/b] I do not loathe transgender people nor do I desire to stigmatize them. I don't understand it, but a lot of people don't understand my disorder so I have no right to talk.
However, I've seen more and more Facebook posts and news articles about these "wonderful" parents who accept their 5 year old transgender children. Here's the thing: it's not uncommon for children that age to claim they are the opposite gender. My sister use to pretend she was a man, but she's straight. My brother (though he denies it) went through a phase where he pretended he was a woman just to see what it was like.
Now I'm not denying the existence of the disorder, but I wonder how quickly parents are blowing this out of proportion? Aren't they taking their childrens' claims way too seriously? Claims of transgenderism seem like something that should only be taken at an older age, as in the teens. I don't know, it's a tricky issue. What are your thoughts?
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2 RepliesIt doesn't sit well with me because it seems inherently sexual. There are effeminate straight men and masculine straight women. At the age of five, the former trait in each of the previous examples is the only one the kid will exhibit. I have a straight male friend who prefers watching musicals to football. That doesn't mean he feels any desire to get a sex change. By attempting to "align" children with their sexuality before they even have it, you're equating personality with sexuality and effectively sexualising children. This crap is the result of parents who want to look "tolerant" and who want [i]their[/i] kid to be special. Treating it as anything else is a disservice to both children and transsexuals.
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1 Reply>people under 18 are not rational enough for sex >people at age 5 are rational enough to be transgender Hypocrisy is delicious.
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15 RepliesPenis = male Vagina=female Abomination=surgery Simple, now move on...
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2 RepliesImma just Necro this now
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Is it really even an issue? You say yourself that you had family members that for a time identified as the opposite sex. For me, it's various social media sites that tend to dramatise and over hype things that become overly easy to share with others which leads to 'a growing epidemic' which if anyone stood back for a second would see it as kids being kids.
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if you let your 5 yr old convince you he/she is the opposite gender you are a failure as a parent. kids are not capable of understanding the impact of their actions, hence the entire legal classification of 'minors'.
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8 RepliesParents should have the character, to tell the children that they are not. Too many people have this attitude of 'Spread Love", or "Let people be happy". It is that thought process that has ruined this society. People not standing up for what they know is right. just because it isn't liked by people.
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2 RepliesI think, everyone needs to chill the -blam!- out and go on a soul-searching journey. just -blam!-ing walk off into the woods and stay there for 5 months. then when they come back they'll stop, look around and come to the sudden realisation: "wait a minute, liberalism is -blam!-ing retarded!" and everything will be lovely once again.
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11 RepliesNo, if I met the parents of "transgender" 5 year old(s) I'd question their ability to be parents. There is no way in hell I'm letting my son think he's a girl or daughter think she is a boy.Normally I wouldn't say something like this, but if my child does go to the extreme I'm putting IT up for adoption.
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I would go with nurture + labeling theory. The child cannot possibly fathom these things at 5 years of age.
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Too young to know anything.
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1 ReplyThey're not old enough to know yet
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I wouldn't call it a disorder. I think if a child is a true trans gender, they know who they are, and that's who they will always be. If a kid is going through a phase, they will go through it. I will say I absolutely have no question in my mind you do not choose your sexual identity or orientation. I have a very good friend who attempted suicide when we were in our teens because of all the challenges he faced. We are in our late twenties now, and to this day he will tell people he wouldn't wish being gay on his worst enemy, if he could have changed, he would have so he could have been a "normal" teenager. But it's not a choice. And I'm disgusted that people who know nothing, believe it is, and think they have the right to judge.
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Stupid asf
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Let their angst flow out of them, and what's left is what they are.
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I was in kinder garden and tried to kiss a guy and I like girls now so yeah. BTW little kids do this kind of stuff. They'll say they're a girl if their a guy and vice versa and then they'll dress up in their sister's/brother's clothing. Their just little kids.
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When I was five, girls had cooties.
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When I was 5 I didn't even know what a girl was.
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Look at the parents. If you have two transgender parents holding up their child saying "look at our transgender child", then you would have to wonder whether or not the parents are allowing their biases to affect their child. Kids like to play pretend. They make up ridiculous crap simply because they can. Back close to 16 years ago, I used to pretend that I was a Saiyan and my little brother used to pretend that he was Superman. Just because we said it, didn't mean that it was true. I have nothing against trannies, but the LGBTQLMNOPIA+ community has become absolutely absurd now. They need to reel their shit in.
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3 RepliesMy thoughts are that I feel sorry for them. It's a terrible thing to be born in the wrong body. I can only imagine the hell they must be in.
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3 RepliesThis makes me not want to have kids anytime soon
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1 ReplyMessed up parents......
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Unnatural. Creepy. Should be taboo, as it is.
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They can off themselves for all I -blam!-ing care
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1 ReplyNoiselessPurse disagrees with you. She says she was smart enough to know what gender she felt like because she was really smart at a young age. Hence the reason why she is an atheist.
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Edited by Ghost of Reach: 4/25/2015 3:49:55 AMYes, because a girl that likes boy toys is transgender, and make the decision to surgically "change" them to a boy. It's stupid, those types of decision should come later in life when they can actually think for themselves.
