A SIX YEAR OLD TRANSGENDER- IS IT VICTORY OR CHILD ABUSE? JAMES HALLING
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4198/six_year_old_transgender_child_this_isn_t_a_victory_it_s_child_abuse
Six year old transgender child? This isn’t a “victory”, it’s child abuse
Consenting adults can do what they want. Like the Commentator, I am libertarian on such issues. But am I the only one to think that this story is not just weird, it’s sick and twisted too?
To be honest, the Daily Telegraph was guilty of just a bit of sensationalist hype in its headline: “Six year old in Argentina changes gender”. In fact, the six year old in question did not have anything cut off or added on as you might infer; rather s/he has had his/her gender changed on his/her identity documents.
Still, it’s pretty shocking, isn’t it? The child is six. Let me say that again: the child is six! SIX!!
The name is Lulu now that she has been accepted as a girl. She was born a boy called Manuel. It has become a famous case in Argentina after the child’s mother wrote to President Kirchner asking for help with the authorities on the matter.
The Telegraph reported that Homosexual Community Argentina has hailed the move as “historic”. The mother said: “By accepting that my son was not the son I gave birth to, but a girl, I accepted her identity and put myself at her side.” Manuel/Lulu had, the mother said, identified him/herself as a girl as soon as s/he started talking.
Now, we’re absolutely sure about all that are we? In most parents’ experience, when children start talking there’s more than a little confusion around. Though it seems unlikely that the first words out of a two-year old boy’s mouth would be: “Hey mum. I don’t feel comfortable with my gender; can I change it?”, most parents would presumably respond: “Well, you are two, so let’s wait until you’re an adult before doing anything drastic, shall we?” At least that’s how I remember it when I learned to speak.
But to me, this isn’t funny at all. It’s more like child abuse. What is this from the mother: “I accepted her identity and put myself at her side”. Children that age still believe in pixies. The law does not hold them responsible for their actions. Society accepts that they need guidance and support; not that they should have their whole lives sacrificed to some politically correct fad.
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