‘Don’t call me a girl’: How some children transition early in life
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As Pride month celebrations continue across the country, many LGBTQ2 advocates are stressing the importance of gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
As Pride month celebrations continue across the country, many LGBTQ2 advocates are stressing the importance of gender-affirming care for transgender youth, especially as the rise of threats and protests against the community mounts.
A Toronto mother is hoping that her story about raising a transgender child can help Canadians gain a deeper understanding of gender and acceptance. Global News has agreed to conceal the identities of the mother and child due to safety concerns.
Her six-year-old child was born female, but last June told his parents he identified as a boy.
“It felt very overwhelming, I was really scared,” the mother told Global News. “There were a lot of family members I had to convince that my child was (a boy) and you can change pronouns and the world wasn’t going to end.”
Although her son disclosed his gender identity last year, his mother said the signs had been present since was a toddler.
“Retrospectively he’s been telling us for a long time,” she said.
For example, when her son was three years old, he screamed when she showed him the dress he was going to wear for Thanksgiving dinner. He was adamant about cutting his hair short, and said, “Don’t call me a girl. Call me a kid.”
“There was a photo of him on our wall, he wearing a white dress at 11 months old, it was a really beautiful photo and was a really beautiful dress,” the mother said. “And when he was two, he looked at the photo and said, ‘That’s not me.’ He was so adamant and he screamed until we took the photo off the wall.”
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