Transgendered children

[Regina]

I don't think it's really about what "real men" or "real women" do. I grew up gender non-conforming in the sense that, by society's standards anyway, I "behaved more like a girl than a boy". I never identified as a girl though. In my mind I've always been male, albeit not a typical alpha male.

It's not just about gender roles and expression, it comes down to identity. These people don't change their sex because they want to do things the opposite sex does without being judged, they change because they identify as the opposite gender they were labelled as at birth. There are, believe it or not, some transgender women who are butch lesbians. They still do a lot the gender roles we expect men to do, but they have transitioned because they identify as women.

It's all missing the point too that this is harmless. If someone wants to change their gender, it's their own decision. As I said before as well, a child is old enough to know. We have expected gender roles shoved down our throats from the moment we are born. You don't need a fully developed adult sense of self to notice if you don't identify with those gender expectations that are put on you.