Would you accept a transgender child?

@laylomo (165)
United States
December 29, 2007 9:28pm CST
I watched a documentary regarding transgendered individuals. While many of the parents on the show were accepting, there were teenagers and young adults disowned by their parents. If you were in this situation, if you were the parent, what would you do? Would you support him/her? What if he/she wanted gender-altering surgery or hormone therapy?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
30 Dec 07
I would definitely support a transgender child. I know some transgender people who have had to suffer through families that either abused or abandoned them just for being themselves, and it's very sad. Among the transgender people I already know, I refer to them by whatever pronouns and names they tell me, and don't bother them about it. I have no less respect for them than any other human being. I do think that gender reassignment surgery is something that should wait until adulthood though. It's just not something I would want my kid to decide on that young. I know some people who are transgender and choose not to have the surgery, so I'd rather give them more time to make that choice. I suppose this is easier for me to say than for most people, since I think of myself as almost gender-neutral, though not transgender.
• United States
30 Dec 07
I think it is great that there are people who will take in a transgender child. I am not a parent and I never wanted to be. But if I were a parent I would accept my child whatever gender he/she wanted to be.