How should childhood transgender identity be responded to?

Fri, 04/18/2008 - 10:46pm — JennB

Discourage any cross-gender interests or behavior

0% (0 votes)

Wait as long as possible before responding to see if the child changes their mind

0% (0 votes)

Permit the child to behave or dress as they want, but only in the privacy of the home

25% (1 vote)

Support the child in their gender non-conforming expression, but don't allow a gender transition

0% (0 votes)

Support a gender transition at the earliest possible time, based upon the child's desire for such

75% (3 votes)

Total votes: 4

Comments

Tue, 04/22/2008 - 11:59am — Genderwarrior

I think that my answers for this would depend greatly on the age of the child... I would answer differently for different ages.