That means she is a girl.
Why can't she just wear jeans and t-shirts, short hair and no makeup, and live her live as a female human?
If the kid is 17, they have less than a year and the parents will have no say in the matter.
If this person is “really” male, wouldn’t “he” have males’ hormones naturally, without needing “therapy”?
The judge should recuse him/herself from this case.
By labeling the decision as “A gut wrenching situation”, the Judge has already shown their potential for bias based on sentiment vs the law.
Seriously, I am medically AGAINST underage people changing their bodies for gender reasons (unless born with both external genitalia of course). But in 1 year this child will be an adult. I’d not waste lawyer fees on this. Love the child, understand their pain, tell them how you feel, and support them at this point. There is no sense in fighting.
Why aren’t they called transvestites any more?
Why aren’t they called transvestites any more?
There was a similar story on “The Good Doctor”. The autistic doc couldn’t understand why the patient with a penis wanted to be called a girl. Eventually, he came on board with the justification that “she” would commit suicide if not allowed to be a girl.
Some States have made it Illegal for Parents to put their “sexually confused” Children into Psychotherapy aimed at curing their obvious Mental Illness.
Mother Government knows best.
It's NOT a life or death situation.
Her survival does not literally depend on her receiving the hormone treatments.
It's not like it's dialysis that IS a life or death treatment.
Well, she's wrong.
Suicidal? What is the evidence that anything will change other than the plumbing? She needs mental help
Medical malpractice with a capital “M”.
We definitely have gone over the edge....
Go into a Sheetz (and I imagine others) and there is a sign on the pumps that must be 16 to pump gas...
Funny, your 14 yo daughter can get an abortion and YOU have ‘no say’ in it.
Funny, your 14 yo daughter and/or son can get birth control and YOU have ‘no say’ in it.
Funny, your 14 yo he/she or it, can declare what gender they feel like being today.
BUT your 14 yo he/she/ or it can’t pump gas in their grandfather/grandmothers car....
THATS the spirit and we wonder why when they get to be 18 they don’t know which end of a broom or shovel to use..
Life or death, eh? And when the kid ultimately kills herself, as she is very likely to do, it will no doubt be blamed entirely on the parents for resisting the efforts of the benign state to chop her up and pretend she is something she can never be.
Because filling up any adolescent with hormones is always a good idea. //sarc
Seriously, this is not a good idea period. Just based on the risks to the kids body.
Gender confusion is a treatable mental disorder. It is criminal to allow hormone treatments, do you not agree?
It is crazy to allow doctors to mutilate insane people.
When are we going to wake up?