Big decisions...
Is it just me or is everyone grateful for kids who just fight and refuse to clean their room?
Over the weekend, the Victorian family court granted a twelve year old girl the right to a sex change procedure.
A gaggle of experts testified that the girl, who can’t be identified for obvious reasons, suffers gender dysmorphia…that is, despite the fact she was born a girl she doesn’t identify herself as such, in any way.
Basically, when she looks in the mirror, she sees a boy. Simple as that.
And the family court agreed – granting the girl the right to a sex change operation, a new birth certificate, passport and medicare card.
Now I’m no expert, but I’ve known a couple of sexually re-assigned adults – and in my experience, the operation is no recipe for happiness. People who make that choice just exchange one type of limbo for another.
I'm not saying she wouldn't be better off re-assigned, just that it's unlikely to be everything she hopes.
For the record, the girl's father and his family intend to appeal the decision of the family court, saying that while they are not against gender changes and all of her family will stand by her no matter what…they don’t agree the treatment is warranted in this case.
I don’t know the girl – but I do know this – I am glad no-one asked me to decide my entire future at the age of 12.
Over the weekend, the Victorian family court granted a twelve year old girl the right to a sex change procedure.
A gaggle of experts testified that the girl, who can’t be identified for obvious reasons, suffers gender dysmorphia…that is, despite the fact she was born a girl she doesn’t identify herself as such, in any way.
Basically, when she looks in the mirror, she sees a boy. Simple as that.
And the family court agreed – granting the girl the right to a sex change operation, a new birth certificate, passport and medicare card.
Now I’m no expert, but I’ve known a couple of sexually re-assigned adults – and in my experience, the operation is no recipe for happiness. People who make that choice just exchange one type of limbo for another.
I'm not saying she wouldn't be better off re-assigned, just that it's unlikely to be everything she hopes.
For the record, the girl's father and his family intend to appeal the decision of the family court, saying that while they are not against gender changes and all of her family will stand by her no matter what…they don’t agree the treatment is warranted in this case.
I don’t know the girl – but I do know this – I am glad no-one asked me to decide my entire future at the age of 12.
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 9:59 AM
1 Comments:
I'm really pleased these stupid laws weren't around when my sister was a child. From the age of 3 until she was at least 13, she refused to be called by her name, she was TOM, plain and simple, a right tomboy, she wouldn't dress as a girl,would go to the toilet standing up (not an easy task if your born without the apparatus!!)and would tell everyone she was a boy, she wouldn't have long hair, it was a boyish hairstyle for her, I remember my parent's wondering where they had gone wrong. She used to get into trouble at school for using the boys toilets and wearing a uniform to school was a daily challenge for my parents.
Then shortly before her 13th birthday, her hormones must have kicked in, she then became such a girlie girl, wearing makeup, liked the boys, and started to wear short skirts and learnt to flirt!!
She's now 44, married with 4 children and still laughs at those days when she was Tom.
I cant believe what the courts have decided for this mixed up little girl and all i can say is SHAME on the mother for letting her take it this far. 12 yrs old is far too young to make such a life changing decision. AND she may be wrong!!!
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