I agree. This should wait until the kid is old enough to make his own medical decisions. Otherwise, forcing him to participate in self-mutilation is pretty abusive. I suspect that just living under the same roof with this pair of "parents" is pretty castrating, all on its own.
There is no self mutilation- at least there was none 3 years ago when the article Silhouette cites was written.
If you want to read a more in depth discussion of the issue- read this article
A Boy s Life - The Atlantic
Agree or don't agree- the article is about parents struggling to find the best course for their children.
Like it, or not, forcing the child to take hormone inhibitors is self-mutilation. Not physically, but certainly chemically. Let him proceed naturally and allow him to make a decision when he reaches his majority.
Did you read the article?
I read it. I have researched and know a wee bit about the biological and chemical causes of gender confusion and sexual identity.
The fact is, when a person does not identify with their physiological sex organs, or when they are born attracted to the other sex, it is a form of physiological mental deformation. That is a medical fact. It happens during neonatal development.
Wow- thats is amazing.
You have discovered the cause of homosexuality- and somehow you haven't been recognized by the scientific community?
And you say that its a medical fact?
What prestigious medical or scientific publication is this published in?
I would really like to see this amazing yet oddly not recognized 'fact'.
Pssshhh
I sourced my research noob.
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