ABC News is exploring the lives of people struggling with sexual identity disorder, and how society is normalizing this mental health condition and even celebrating sexual mutilation, under the moniker "transgender."
It should be noted that a person's DNA cannot be changed; biologically, there's no such thing as a "sex change."
For background, read ABC's Good Morning America Recruits "Gay" Children
-- From "(Extra)Ordinary Family: Inside the Transgender World" posted at ABCNEWS.com 8/30/11
From a 10-year-old who has felt trapped in the wrong body for years to a "trans-regret," a man who is one of the few people in the world to have changed his gender from a man to a woman and back again, "Primetime Nightline" looks at the issues surrounding transgender.
Jackie is a 10-year-old from Ohio who was originally born as Jack. As a toddler, Jack was drawn to his sister's dolls and clothes, and enjoyed dressing up in tutus and ballerina outfits. At 10 years old, with tears in his eyes, he told his parents "I'm a girl and I can't do this anymore." Within months, with his parents help, Jack becomes Jackie.
She now attends school as a girl, wearing girl's clothing and makeup. We watch as Jackie navigates her transition and meets relatives for the first time as a girl. Soon Jackie will begin taking puberty blockers, a controversial treatment, which will prevent her from going through male puberty.
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Click headlines below to read previous articles:
More Than Two Genders, Kindergartners Taught
Teacher Requires Boys to Cross Dress for a Grade
Gay Agenda: Cross Dressing at School
Children Learn Transsexualism from Their School Janitor
Vermont Considers Encouraging Sexually Confused Children
New 12-year-old Girl in School WAS a Boy
PA School trains 8-year-olds in transgender transitioning
Suicidal Boy to Become Girl: Judge
Colorado 8-year-old boy supported by school as a girl
Children's Hospital Boston program for sex change of healthy children
Oprah featuring and supporting transgenderism for children
Court Favors Sexual Mutilation as Medical Treatment
Voluntary Sexual Mutilation Gains Legal Stature
Obama Appoints Transgender to Senior Post
Gender Not Biologically Fixed Says U.N. Report
Transgenderism is 'Delusion' Says Victim
Maine School Girls Locker Rooms Open to Men?
Girls Fear 51-year-old Dorm-mate 'Former Man'
Universal Health Care Leaves Patient Half Man, Half Woman
Surgical 'Miracle:' First Genderless Person
Scientists Can't Tell Difference Between a Man and a Woman
Video: Transgender Teen Prostitutes for Surgery - Vanessa (click to read story)
Video: From Male to Female and Back Again - Charles Kane Read more, what ABC doesn't tell (click here)
Video: At age 16, Kim Petras became the world's youngest transsexual.
Video: Princess Boy Loves to Wear Dresses
