Comments on: This kid’s parents, especially the “dad” should be charged with child abuse http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/02/08/this-kids-parents-especially-the-dad-should-be-charged-with-child-abuse/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:31:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jenn Burleton http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/02/08/this-kids-parents-especially-the-dad-should-be-charged-with-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-73520 Jenn Burleton Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:38:30 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/02/08/this-kids-parents-especially-the-dad-should-be-charged-with-child-abuse/#comment-73520 You are wrong on several counts regarding what is and is not immutable. Do you even know what aspects of biology go into creating a human being who is predominantly male identified or female identified? Which aspect of "sex" are you referring to? The part related to a person's genitals or the part related to their chromosomes? Do you happen to know for certain what your chromosome make-up is? Do you know that there are more than 40 variations on the XX and XY configuration? XXY...XYY...XYX...Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome...Turner Syndrome...Klinefelter's Syndrome...and others? What if you were in an auto accident or developed testicular or penile cancer and had to have them removed? Would you still be "a man", or would that move you into some other gender category? Life is NOT a John Wayne movie. What this child is going through has NOTHING to do with morals, or agenda's or homosexuality or child abuse. What this is truly about is saving this child's life and quality of life. Forcing her to "be a man" has never worked for any other children like this and the only people who think it does are those who are more concerned about what others will think of THEM than they are concerned about their child's life. If you'd like real information (I created & designed many of the programs used by the group I founded, TransYouth Family Advocates), then please contact me. If you want to continue to just speak from blind ignorance and prejudice, then keep doing what you're doing. Which is, make no mistake about it, abusing this child and her family. Jenn Burleton Executive Director TransActive Education & Advocacy transeducate@comcast.net You are wrong on several counts regarding what is and is not immutable. Do you even know what aspects of biology go into creating a human being who is predominantly male identified or female identified?

Which aspect of “sex” are you referring to? The part related to a person’s genitals or the part related to their chromosomes? Do you happen to know for certain what your chromosome make-up is? Do you know that there are more than 40 variations on the XX and XY configuration? XXY…XYY…XYX…Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome…Turner Syndrome…Klinefelter’s Syndrome…and others? What if you were in an auto accident or developed testicular or penile cancer and had to have them removed? Would you still be “a man”, or would that move you into some other gender category?

Life is NOT a John Wayne movie. What this child is going through has NOTHING to do with morals, or agenda’s or homosexuality or child abuse. What this is truly about is saving this child’s life and quality of life.

Forcing her to “be a man” has never worked for any other children like this and the only people who think it does are those who are more concerned about what others will think of THEM than they are concerned about their child’s life.

If you’d like real information (I created & designed many of the programs used by the group I founded, TransYouth Family Advocates), then please contact me. If you want to continue to just speak from blind ignorance and prejudice, then keep doing what you’re doing. Which is, make no mistake about it, abusing this child and her family.

Jenn Burleton
Executive Director
TransActive Education & Advocacy
transeducate@comcast.net

]]> By: DavidL http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/02/08/this-kids-parents-especially-the-dad-should-be-charged-with-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-72346 DavidL Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:32:17 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/02/08/this-kids-parents-especially-the-dad-should-be-charged-with-child-abuse/#comment-72346 Basic biology, sex is immutbble. If you are born a male, you will die a male. Wearing dresses and squatting will not transform any male into a female. Basic biology, sex is immutbble. If you are born a male, you will die a male. Wearing dresses and squatting will not transform any male into a female.

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