Five-year-old boy lives as girl in youngest case of Gender Identity Disorder

[Jazzy]

A little boy who decided he was a girl trapped in a boy's body has become one of the youngest-ever children to have his decision backed by the NHS - aged just four.

With his blonde pigtails and purple tutu, Zach Avery, now five, has been living as a girl for more than a year - after he first refused to live as a boy when he turned three.



Little Zach was just three when he began refusing to live as a boy, instead choosing to wear pink dresses and ribbons in his long, blonde hair - because he has Gender Identity Disorder (GID).



And the primary school he attends in Essex has even changed the kids' toilets to gender-neutral Unisex in support of Zach since his official diagnosis last year, aged four.



Zach is one of the youngest in Britain ever to be diagnosed with GID - meaning he feels like he's a girl trapped in a boy's body.



Mum Theresa Avery, 32, said Zach used to be a 'normal' little boy who loved Thomas the Tank Engine, but suddenly at the end of 2010, he decided he wanted to live as a girl.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...oungest-case-of-Gender-Identity-Disorder.html



What do you think about this (please vote in poll)

 

[Fatal Dawn]

I don't see a problem with it. I don't see why they try to make up all kinds of labels Gender Identity Disorder. He knows he was born a boy but he wants to be gendered as female



Sex and gender are not the same. Sex is biological and gender is a cultural construct. In other words sex is natural, gender is not natural because it is based societal conditioning. Was it Simone de Beauvoir who said that one is not born a woman but becomes one.

 

[Evil Eye]

I'm going to agree with Dawn here.

Let him be whatever he wants to be

 

[Jazzy]

There is no way a 5 year old is capable of making such a life changing decision. What if it's a phase he's going through?



What if this 5 year old decided he was really born a dog? Would the parents feed him dog food, put a collar and leash on him, and change his name to Fido?



These parents aren't fit to be parents!

 

[Cranos]

There is no way a 5 year old is capable of making such a life changing decision. What if it's a phase he's going through? Ever pretend when you were his age you were a super hero and wear capes and masks? Did that make you want to grow up and be a super hero? Hell no. What the hell is wrong with the parents allowing this to even happen?

Agreed, I have nothing against adults making the decision that they want a sex change, but kids aren't able to make that decision just yet.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

His parents thought it would be more traumatizing if he didn't change his sex. I'm sure the parents didn't want this to become an issue later on in life. He was already feeling low self-esteem and becoming masochistic in hurting himself. That leads to worse problems (socio-emotional problems, identity crisis, frustration, etc) down the road. Forced suppression is even more unhealthy.

 

[Jazzy]

Ever think that perhaps the parents wanted a girl not a boy?

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Ever think that perhaps the parents wanted a girl not a boy?

Who can tell for sure. But I personally think he was better off with the sex change operation. If he didn't do it, he'd feel suppressed his whole childhood. And that can't be good.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

As a matter of fact why I am I reading too much into this? I totally forgot why this was such a big deal. You’re acting as if the kid’s parents let him play in traffic or something.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Those who were trying to judge the parents because of them allowing the child to be what he wants. No one could say for sure what the parents' intention was. Whether if it was even parenting at all. But no one is judge and jury.



Personally, as I said, I disagree that it's harmful for him to experiment with his sexual identity. It would be harmful for him not to.