12-year-old boy who transitioned to female changes his mind two years later

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This boy was formally diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and subjected to gender transition therapy. That diagnosis was clearly false, and the treatment completely unnecessary.

At just 12-years-old, Patrick Mitchell, begged with his mother to begin taking oestrogen hormones after doctors diagnosed him with gender dysphoria – a condition where a person experiences distress because there is a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity.

...After heeding advice from professionals who suggested that it was right choice, his mother was fully supportive and Mitchell began to transition.

He grew out his hair and started to take the hormones, which caused his body to grow breasts. But two years on, Mitchell had a change of heart.

In the beginning of 2017, teachers at school began to refer to him as a girl which triggered Mitchell to question if he had made the right decision.

“I began to realise I was actually comfortable in my body. Every day I just felt better,” he told Now To Love.

As a result, Mitchell confided in his mother and explained that he wanted to transition back into a boy.
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Western society needs a serious conversation about the madness currently being indulged under the banner of 'fixing' children who aren't broken in the first place.
 
Can I have a beer?

no, you're 12

Can I have a smoke?

no, you're 12

Can I drive a car?

no, you're 12

Can I buy a gun?

no, you're 12

How about fireworks?

no, you're 12

Can I at least work or be employed?

no, you're 12

Can I get a sex-change? I wanna be a girl.

oh sure thing honey, here's some hormones in pill and injection form, now let's go reserve you a time for snippy-snippy operation on your peepee
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Crazy liberal logic for you.
 
And this is why is should not be allowed before the age of 18.

Parents pushing this ridiculous gender crap onto their kids should be reported for child abuse
 
Of course kids go through a stage of potentially not feeling comfortable in their bodies. Tonnes of teens go through this, it's the norm. Now they think that they must be the opposite sex the moment they are a bit unsure :p:confused:
 
I guess one of the issue with waiting until the child is 18 is that they have already been through puberty at that point. Making the change before puberty might be more successful physically?

I still think they should wait until adults though as the risk of a wrong decision is too high in my view.
 
IronWarrior said:
Crazy liberal logic for you.
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Don't start grinding your 'damn liberals' axe. I'd consider myself a liberal and this kind of gender identity stuff is complete BS, and the doctors who enabled this kid to go through this at his age should have some very serious questions asked about their suitability.
 
i guess if they've only been taking hormones and they stop they'll slowly revert back? (medical citation needed there)

if nothing permanent has been acheived it's not so bad, although i agree that these things should really be a decision that should be made as an adult, at least when it comes to the business of actual bodily alteration.
 
Spunkey said:
and the doctors who enabled this kid to go through this at his age should have some very serious questions asked about their suitability.
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Yes, the doctors are also to blame for this too. Just like in the USA, their health care system is for profit, so it make sense for them to push this upon the kids and people since they will gain from it. Pharmaceutical industry is also to blame for that.
 
Spunkey said:
Don't start grinding your 'damn liberals' axe. I'd consider myself a liberal and this kind of gender identity stuff is complete BS, and the doctors who enabled this kid to go through this at his age should have some very serious questions asked about their suitability.
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Damn straight.
 
It's far too early.

Cut what you like off and pretend to be what ever you want to be... when you are old enough to make that considered choice.

It's no coincidence the more this kind of thing is pushed, the more kids who really don't know what's going on with themselves decide they want to be something else, and end up doing themselves physical and psychological harm

At 12 years old not knowing where you fit in to the world is normal, it's called being 12.
 
atpbx said:
It's far too early.

Cut what you like off and pretend to be what ever you want to be... when you are old enough to make that considered choice.

It's no coincidence the more this kind of thing is pushed, the more kids who really don't know what's going on with themselves decide they want to be something else, and end up doing themselves physical and psychological harm

At 12 years old not knowing where you fit in to the world is normal, it's called being 12.
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Exactly this. Kids looking for acceptance and their place in the world get told that their unhappiness stems from gender misalignment and take it as read that this is their route to being happy. Turns out years down the line they were just going through the same existential crisis that most people go through during their teenage years, the only difference now is that the option available for finding one's self are significantly more drastic. Back in the day you'd look for a clique and try new things to identify what makes you happy, now the assumption is that if you're not happy there must be something that needs fixing.

Obviously some kids will grow up and want gender realignment, but this isn't a decision to be made at a young age, and certainly not near/during puberty.
 
Hades said:
I guess one of the issue with waiting until the child is 18 is that they have already been through puberty at that point. Making the change before puberty might be more successful physically?

I still think they should wait until adults though as the risk of a wrong decision is too high in my view.
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I guess it depends on how common it is for this sort of early hormone therapy to later be regretted, vs how common it is for people to have to get to adulthood in a body that's the wrong sex: because I'm sure they would strongly consider that to be the wrong decision too. Should one case, or a handful of cases, of people changing their minds preclude everyone else from receiving early intervention?

Also: what's the downside of backing out of such therapy? I actually don't know, beyond having operations of excess breast tissue: are there serious long-term effects?
 
If I'd been a 14 year old boy with a pair of boobs, I'd never have left my room.
 
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