Parents Begin Hormone Therapy on 9-Year-Old ‘Transgender’ Boy
Yet another of these transgender stories involving a young child.
"It just comes down to love..it's as simple and as pure as that."
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Rhonda Robinson
April 29, 2014 - 4:00 pm
“It just comes down to love. I mean, if you love your child then you should do anything in the world for your child. And it’s as simple and as pure as that.”
This is not parental love. This is misguided, tragic indulgence. It’s as simple and pure as that. Parental love prepares a child for adulthood–momentary happiness has little to do with it.
Parental love sees beyond what a child currently wants, or thinks he wants, and gives him what he needs. What this child needs is unconditional love and a chance for his brain to mature and his body to fully develop.
It’s far beyond the comprehension of a child to see himself as an adult. To a child of nine, eighteen is a lifetime away. Neither Keat nor his parents can fathom what his life will be like as an adult. The physical and mental consequences of a chemically altered body through puberty cannot be fully understood and weighed.
What if Keat had Body Integrity Identity Disorder? The same feelings of being born wrong exist. A person with this disorder believes he or she would be happier without the appendages they were born with. Would these parents still be good parents by indulging this disorder with amputation before puberty?
pjmedia.com
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tolbert
Johns Hopkins ended sex reassignment surgery several years ago after concluding that the surgery was ineffective and that Gender Identity Disorder was best treated via psychiatric methods.
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ari w
oy. my mom was raising her second daughter as a boy. the girl went along with it to be loved. when her father and his second wife got custody of her, she reverted right back to wanting to be a girl. She's lovely.
children will do anything for love and survival.
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bobbcat
I recall my heart aching badly to be a boy (I was a tomboy) so that my 3 older brothers would accept me (I have no sisters). I even went through a phase where I referred to myself as a boy (during pre-school age). Natch, I grew out of it but woe be to me if my parents had taken the same approach as that of these morons.
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Nine-year-old boy with gender identity disorder has shock transformation to become a girl AMERICAN child Keat Rhodes looks just like any other little girl - but she was actually born male. Her adopted parents share her astonishing story...
By Sarah Barns/Published 24th April 2014
 TRANSGENDER: Keat Rhodes looks like any other little girl but she was actually born male [BARCROFT]
Keat Rhodes was only seven years old when she was diagnosed with gender identity disorder and began her transition from boy to girl.
Since then she has undergone an incredible transformation with the unwavering support of her adoptive parents Emily and Clint LeVan.
And over the next few years Keat, who has a younger brother, Blaine, seven, will undergo treatment to complete her full transition from male to female.
Today, Keat is the picture of happiness but it hasn't been easy and the family has endured a huge backlash from parents in their community.
Made the subject of a Facebook hate campaign, they were accused of child abuse. Some even suggested Emily was turning Keat in to a Barbie doll.
 DIFFERENT: Keat was diagnosed with gender identity disorder at a young age [BARCROFT]
But they have fought the bullies and are striving to give their daughter a normal life in Ohio, America.
"When Keat came in to our lives, he was a four-year-old boy called Keaton," says full-time mum Emily, 36.
"But we noticed very early on that he was different to his brother. While Blaine preferred playing with trucks and cars, Keat liked dolls. At school he liked playing dress up with the princess dresses.
"Clint and I weren't bothered by the toys either of the boys played with, as long as they were happy."
At a young age, Keat began drawing himself as a female and also confided in his parents, as well as school teachers, that he was a girl.
"At first we thought she was messing around. We thought it was a phase and we sort of laughed it off. But when she began talking about it with people outside the house we realised it was serious," said Emily.
"At the time I was a little scared for him because I didn't really know a lot about transgender people and I didn't know what would happen to him or us if he became a girl.
"We live in a very small town in one of the poorest counties in Ohio - no one in our community had probably ever heard of transgender people either. And a lot of people aren't that accepting of people who are different."
 GIRL: Keat has changed her name by dead poll and now wears more feminine clothes [BARCROFT]
Grocery store manager Clint, 41, and Emily took Keat to see their family doctor and were then referred to a therapist as well as a psychiatrist, who both diagnosed gender identity disorder.
"It seemed strange that a child so young would be so sure about something like this but all the experts said Keat was 'unwavering, consistent and persistent'.
"And after doing a lot of research we decided it was right to let him live socially as a girl."
Keat's transition began during a break for the summer holiday at school.
During the two-month break, Clint and Emily changed their son's name by deed poll and they took her shopping for more feminine clothes to wear.
"Keat was so happy in her skin but I dreaded that first day back at school where she would be going back to class with pigtails and a pink backpack. She was the first in the school district to have transitioned so I knew there would be some confusion.
"But the teachers were supportive, they explained everything to the pupils and, incredibly, they were very accepting.
"The backlash actually came from some family and friends. Clint's dad couldn't accept Keat and my mum struggled before she eventually came to terms with it."
 SUPPORT: Keat's adoptive parents are fully backing her decision [BARCROFT]
"We lost friends and we also started getting a lot of abuse on Facebook from parents in the community. People were saying it was child abuse. One dad even said he was going to 'beat the boy back in to Keat'.
"Some mums said I had a doll complex and I was trying to create a real life Barbie.
"I just sat in front of my computer and cried because I couldn't believe that these people were saying these hateful things."
Despite all the negative comments, Clint and Emily say they had support from their local church and an online community of parents with transgender children.
They were also inundated with messages from others telling them to fight on.
In November this year Keat will have her first appointment with an endocrinologist to discuss testosterone blockers, which she will begin when she starts puberty.
At 15, she will have counselling to determine if she is ready to start hormone therapy, which will allow her to develop breast tissue but will make her infertile. By the age of 18, she will be eligible for full gender reassignment surgery.
"Thinking of what lies ahead, I do have my fears," said Emily.
"I am worried she will be bullied and face prejudice. I also know there is a high suicide risk among transgender people. But I hope that with our love she will grow up to have a normal life.
"It just comes down to love and if you love your child then you should do anything in the world for them. It's a simple and pure as that."
dailystar.co.uk
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Body integrity identity disorder (BIID, also referred to as amputee identity disorder [1]) is a psychological disorder wherein sufferers feel they would be happier living as an amputee. It is related to xenomelia, "the oppressive feeling that one or more limbs of one's body do not belong to oneself". [2]
BIID is typically accompanied by the desire to amputate one or more healthy limbs to achieve that end. BIID can be associated with apotemnophilia, sexual arousal based on the image of one's self as an amputee. The cause of BIID is unknown. One theory states that the cause of BIID is a neurological failing of the brain's inner body mapping function (located in the right parietal lobe). According to this theory, the brain mapping does not incorporate the affected limb in its understanding of the body's physical form.[
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Often the obsession is with one specific limb. A patient might say, for example, that they "do not feel complete" while they still have a left leg. However, BIID does not simply involve amputation; it involves any wish to significantly alter body integrity. Some people suffer from the desire to become paralyzed, blind, deaf, use orthopedic appliances such as leg-braces, etc. Some people spend time pretending they are an amputee by using crutches and wheelchairs at home or in public; in the BIID community, this is called a "pretender". [10] The condition is usually treated as a psychiatric disorder.
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