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To: i-node who wrote (703896)	3/12/2013 2:00:13 AM
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Why Kids Are Getting Transgender Surgery MANY PARENTS, DOCTORS EMBRACE EARLY ACTION By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Mar 11, 2013 7:30 PM CDT (NEWSER) – As transgender rights gain greater attention, parents and doctors are embracing transgender surgery for children at younger ages—including kids in elementary school, writes Margaret Talbot in the New Yorker. The thinking: With early surgery and puberty-suppressing medication, kids will be better-looking and psychologically stronger as they make the gender transition. But some parents are straining under the pressure of making such a huge decision for a young child. "I wonder if I'm holding him back," says the father of a 3-year-old who seems transgender. "Like, should I be asking, 'Do you want to be called a he or she?'" Talbot's article looks at Skylar, a teenager in New Haven who began his FTM (that's female-to-male) transition at age 14. He went on testosterone, had his breasts removed, and won his school's "homecoming" with a lesbian date. What's more, his quiet confidence is supported by a culture of transgender support groups, YouTube videos, enthusiastic TV reporting, and a new diagnosis of "gender dysphoria"—more positive than the old "gender identity disorder." But some experts note the risks of early medical treatment, and a few parents are still nervous: "A lot of these kids are sad for a variety of reasons," says the mother of a FTM teen. "Maybe the gender feelings are the underlying cause, maybe not."