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One of the sad ironies of this situation is that the "parents" Shanna and Nicole are STILL buying into the hated stereotypes of the "gender binary." In other words, they assume that if their son likes long hair, painted fingernails and make-up, their son must be a girl.

My two boys, way back at around ages 7-10, had pony tails, as did their dad, Don-o. They looked great in the long gold brocade vestments which, as Russian Orthodox acolytes, they wore at the altar.

Even my Ben (now a 2nd Lt. Marine Aviator in the USMC and "all guy") could have been described in some ways as a "sensitive" 10-year-old. But understand: he was a sensitive, long-haired, 10-year-old BOY. There was no reason to think he or his brother would have to be castrated to find their "true" selves!

It's the perversely narrow rigidity of the gender-binary stereotype that feeds right into this transgender hogwash.

A girl who likes to climb trees, doesn't mind putting a worm on a hook, and can out-run her older brother, is still a girl. A boy who likes glitter and sprays sweet-smelling stuff on his hair is still a boy.

These narrow, rigid pro-transgender "parents" ought to shed their biases and spare their son Conrad the irreversible trauma they have evidently planned for him. He doesn't need injectable hormonal confusion and genital mutilation. He needs to be understood as the boy he is.