Okay. Didn’t Think That Last One Was Conveeeeeeeeeeenient? Try This One.
From an article in the National Enquirer about a 9-year-old MTF trans kid:
Some medical experts think parents should not let a child change gender roles at a young age.
Paul McHugh, a psychiatrist and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who studied sexual reassignment surgery in the 1970s, said a school’s decision to support a student’s transition could have long-term psychological consequences.
“They do not have a right to stop the child, but it’s different when they gather everyone around and say, ‘Johnnie is Jeanie,’ ” he said. Society, he added, should not support the decision of an immature person.
There is no evidence that the transition ultimately helps the person, he added.
McHugh said he reached his conclusions after studying the issue for 30 years, especially in the 1970s, when Hopkins was pioneering sexual-reassignment surgery.
“People came to us saying that if we changed them, we’d solve all their problems,” he said. “So we changed them, and their problems remained.”
Oh…
I’m sorry.
Did I say National Enquirer?
I meant Philadelphia Inquirer.
But, you can see how I could easily make such a mistake, right?
May 12, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Dr McHugh is an example of the worst kind of prejudice. Prejudice that hurts others by closing doors and growing hate. McHugh virtually shut down the gender transition program at Johns Hopkins - something he vowed to do if he got to be in charge. His religious presuppositions resulted in HBIGDA now WPATH moving away. He actually believes the BS he shovels.
Empirical evidence now shows that gender reassignment surgery is one of the most productive of all surgeries in the lives of the patients. The success rate is much higher than in any other plastic surgery.
Children grow up better if simply loved and allowed to be themselves. In the end 75% living and being happy with their natal sex. The ones we work on, trying to change their thinking or desires, end up with deeper and more complicated issues. So what I say is if a child wants to wear antlers and be called moose then that is okay, they will probably grow up to be a wonderful advocate for nature.