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Parents of 4-year old transgender child - This Morning interview.

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M0nica Tue 11-May-21 22:19:00

although in the future there will presumably be no gender specific names and no gender specific pronouns.

M0nica Tue 11-May-21 22:18:01

Do what they want. What's the problem?

trisher Tue 11-May-21 22:14:19

And if the child was upset when you referred to her belongings, wanted to have a boys name and wanted you to talk about him not her? What then?

M0nica Tue 11-May-21 22:11:14

Surely you would let them wear and do what they instinctively feel happiest doing and not stick labels on them. That way if they ever changed their mind, nobody would make an issue of it.

trisher Tue 11-May-21 22:05:09

So if your child born a girl insisted he was a boy what exactly would you do? Ignore him, insist he is a girl?

trisher Tue 11-May-21 22:03:53

I know of someone with a child who behaved exactly like this. It isn't easy for the parents. They seem to be doing their best for him. I hope they can all be happy.

EllanVannin Tue 11-May-21 22:02:44

Just plain no.

M0nica Tue 11-May-21 21:59:09

Surely if we are heading to total equality and acceptance, nobody will give a toss what anyone wears or does because it will all be unisex anyway. There will be no such thing as gender in appearance, pursuits or anything else.

Hithere Tue 11-May-21 21:49:24

Unless I am missing some context, from the video, I applaud the parents for respecting their son's decisions.

Why catalogue people by the gender they are born as? From clothes, activities, hair styles, ....
I cringe when I go to stores and I see everything by boy or girl since infanthood.
So constraining

FarNorth Tue 11-May-21 21:25:20

youtu.be/eaXobQFxb84

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