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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 02:03 PM
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Transgender kids: Painful quest to be who they are
There is a very good video that goes with this.
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Berkeley, California (CNN) -- One of the first things Thomas Lobel told his parents was that they were wrong.

The 3-year-old had learned sign language because he had apraxia, a speech impediment that hindered his ability to talk. The toddler pointed to himself and signed, "I am a girl."

"Oh look, he's confused," his parents said. Maybe he mixed up the signs for boy and girl. So they signed back. "No, no. Thomas is a boy."

But the toddler shook his head. "I am a girl," he signed back emphatically.
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/health/transgender-kids/index.html

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