SHE should be allowed to use the restroom for HER gender. What does being in the first grade have to do with gender dysmprphia? It holds the same merit, some of you are trash.
In this case, it's understandable. The boy hasn't had surgery yet to change his gender to a female, so he still is a boy. Even if he 'acts' or believes he's a girl or not, he is still a boy without any surgical changes to his body.
And let's remember this is 1st grade as well....not that big of an issue. It would be different if the kid had surgery.
This seems to me like a confused boy. He's only in first grade......the credibility of a child of such young age knowing they're the opposite gender is non-existent. He's simply a confused child.
She is a girl. Stop calling her a boy.
Gender dysphoria is completely normal in children and has nothing to do with the child being confused.
1) SHE IS A GIRL. That is who SHE identifies as. It is not your right to label her as you see fit because it makes you more comfortable. Stop calling her a boy. Just ****ing STOP.
2) It is completely normal for young people this age to have gender dysphoria at this age. Do you honestly think the girl just went to her parents and said "I want to be a girl" and they took her up on her request? **** no. The article states that her passport and state ID list her as female. This sort of change would have went though only with the consultation of the proper specialists.
3) No one has made a life changing choice yet. It is likely that she will begin taking hormone blockers to offset the affects of testosterone and allow her to life happily as a girl until the time comes when she can decide for herself if she wants to get gender reassignment surgery.
4) Since she is a girl, she should be allowed to use the girls bathroom. Not a gender neutral bathroom, but a girls bathroom. It is your irrational feelings that put you off from this transgendered girl using a girls bathroom, and your irrational feelings are irrelevant.
Getting rid of the penis doesn't officiate anything. Many trans women opt to have only their breasts done while some don't get ANY surgery at all. It doesn't make their gender less authentic or that they aren't women.
I agree that he should be banned from the girls' room. It's not just about him. There are little girls that don't need to be confused by seeing a little boy in the girls' bathroom. Also, him being in the first grade makes me think that parents shouldn't encourage that kind of behavior. Like, he should be dressed in boy clothes until he's older and can make decisions on his own. Like wtf.
I don't understand the "the other girls will be confused or upset" thing. There are stalls in the bathroom so it's not like they'll see her penis. And she dresses like a girl, calls herself a girl, has longer hair like a girl...if they saw her they'd just think she was another girl, it's not like she still looks like a boy. Children aren't as stupid as we think they are, they're actually better at accepting and understanding people's differences then adults are.
I believe that such a thing is real, of course. But this young? No way. It seems to me like the parents wanted a girl so they treated him like one and now he feels like one tbh.
Of course I don't know the full story. But that's just the impression I got.
In this case, it's understandable. The boy hasn't had surgery yet to change his gender to a female, so he still is a boy. Even if he 'acts' or believes he's a girl or not, he is still a boy without any surgical changes to his body.
And let's remember this is 1st grade as well....not that big of an issue. It would be different if the kid had surgery.
This seems to me like a confused boy. He's only in first grade......the credibility of a child of such young age knowing they're the opposite gender is non-existent. He's simply a confused child.
This.
I had a transgender friend years back. S/he had to use the teachers bathroom to avoid stuff like this.
If the kid identified as a girl since she could express herself who the hell are you guys to say she's wrong?
If she goes to school as a girl why would it be "weird" for her to go into the girl's restrooms? I didn't realize trans people had big neon labels on their body.
Certainly people should only take consideration for matters that pertain to themselves and be insensitive asshats to everything else. I've noticed that trend in both the black & lgbt community unfortunately.