12 year old has sex change in UK.

[trashleg]

mrstickball said:

trashleg said:

nordlead said:

lolita said:
12 is way too young to take a decision like this... I agree with the post above.

uhh, I think any age is too young to make a decision like this. This is way beyond natural in any sense of the word and rather weird and disturbing.

i wish i could report you for this, it seems like quite a closed-minded thing to say, especially in a day and age when people are free to make decisions regarding their own bodies you might find it wrong for whatever reason but thats no ustification for you to term it "weird and disturbing" for anyone of any age to do it.

OT, i think 12 is definitely young, for physiological and emotional reasons. but the parents clearly know the maturity level of their own child, and if its something he'd been talking about for years it doesnt sound like he chose to do it on a whim. i believe the body is just a tool, to be looked after and used, and some people have the wrong gender of body assigned to them at birth. there's no reason why that shouldn't be corrected if it can be.

(i used to get weirded out by stuff like this, i thought it was disgusting too. then i grew up).

Intolerant of opinions, aren't you?

It's NOT a close minded thing to say. All have opinions and are entitled to them. Unless Nord is going to go cause problems for this family, he's entitled to believe whatever he wants to.

When I was 12, I told all my friends I wanted to be an astromer. I had told them for years. I never became an astronomer, because it ended up passing out of my system. Why and how should a 12 year old be able to make a decision that will affect them for life? I really don't see why this was and is a smart decision. Are the parents free to do this? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean that I shouldn't be free to say they are irresponsible for listening to the whims of their child.

I just hope that if this really takes place with the child, that this is what he really, really, really wants. Because if this isn't the case, it may ruin his life.

nonono, please dont think that.i think i just over-reacted.

sorry nordlead, i know you're entitled to your opinion i just dont think its right to call anyone's life choices "beyond natural, weird and disturbing". is it better for that child to grow up to be gay (not that there's anything wrong with that, either), dressing in women's clothing and always depressed/confused/in denial about his entire life? its clear that he (i sould probably call her "she") had the "inside" of a female, who was just crafted in the wrong body. when the foetus is developing in the womb there are substantial differences between female and male development other than just the physiological body, the shell of existence. iits not that this boy has the mnd of a girl, its that this girl was given the body of a boy.

and mrstickball, i also said 12 is too young. we are agreeing here, you don't need an analogy to illustrate your point to me.