My Secret Self transgendered children Documentary notes Write 2 application style questions High rates of depression drug abuse violence suicide Grow to hate their bodies Jazz one of the youngest documentations of a child openly transitioning from one gender to another o Born a boy felt like a girl o At 2 y o he asked when the fairy will come to change his penis into a vagina Diagnostic criteria gender identity disorder jazz met all 4 criteria Fantasizing about being the opposite sex When the doctor accidently used the pronoun he Jazz corrected the doctor and said I m a she I m a girl Theory Hormone imbalance gives children the wrong gender imprint In public they kept Jazz s look gender neutral but at home she was allowed to wear dresses Dance recital turning point Jazz wasn t allowed to wear a tutu o Let Jazz become a girl o At 5y o he wore a one piece bathing suit moment she came out Most male female transgender children are Attracted to mermaids o Ambiguous genitalia tails o Breasts on the top and a tail at the bottom Riley 10 year old born a boy and lives as a girl Fraternal twins Alley and Richy Richard clingy quiet more passive gentle Refused to swim topless Gravitated towards pink cup demanded pink Jealous of his sisters clothes at 2y o 2 5 y o he wanted to clip his genitalia off parents noticed something was wrong parents encouraged him to do boy things and play with boy things He got boy presents and he was sad 3y o mom allowed him to dress up in his sisters clothes only when the father was out of sight Only the mom knew and allowed him went shopping for girl clothes difference between saying I want to be a girl and I AM a girl Richard had a panic attack in school principle asked why cant Richard come into school dressed as a girl Why not 7y o parents allowed him to transition to a girl Reggie riley Father accepted her and took her shopping for dresses Had to use the nurses bathroom Bullied Hiding from herself in the shower covering her genitalia with a wash cloth Parents plan provide hormone replacement when she goes through puberty to stop the testosterone and give estrogen shots Riley wants it Riley hates her sister because her sister is developing breasts and a female body that she wants estrogen redistribution of body fat to the hips Cant affect voice pitch in biological males doesn t affect adams apple o surery Rebecca Jeremy teen Fell into depression when he found that his mother still hoped for her daughter to return Wants to take testosterone Binds his breasts Anger towards himself cutting Began injecting testosterone Transgender rejected by families more likely to commit suicide
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