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TQueer child molestation news (what a surprise, the story is from here in Sodomy and Gonorrhea North!)...
Transgender kids show consistent gender identity across measures
Jan. 29, 2015
A study with 32 transgender children,
ages 5 to 12, indicates that the gender identity of these children is deeply held and is not the result of confusion about gender identity or pretense. The study, led by psychological scientist Kristina Olson of the University of Washington, is one of the first to explore gender identity in transgender children using implicit measures that operate outside conscious awareness and are, therefore, less susceptible to modification than self-report measures.
The findings will be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Olson started the research project, partly out of her interest in how children think about social groups, but also because she'd witnessed the challenges of a close friend with a transgender child.
"Seeing how little scientific information there was, basically nothing for parents, was hard to watch," Olson said. "Doctors were saying, 'We just don't know,' so the parents have to make these really big decisions: Should I let my kid go to school as a girl, or should I make my kid go to school as a boy? Should my child be in therapy to try to change what she says she is, or should she be supported?"
Read more:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-transgender-kids-gender-identity.html
I wonder if Kristina Olsen had the heart to tell these children who range in age from 3-12 years old that being injected with industrial strength silicone through cattle syringes lies ahead in their future as transsexuals?
