14 year old boy demands a sex change

[Mint]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230140/Give-14-year-old-son-sex-change-treatment-NHS-demands-mother.html

It's like a month old and may of already been posted but I don't think so. If you read it, it says how he wanted to be a girl since the age of 2, asked if he could wear a girls uniform at school but they said no so he now wears make up and bangles. It's quite weird but also rather interesting. Personally I think he needs a reality check, perhaps he has some kind of mental problems?

[-:Undertaker:-]

The NHS should give NOBODY sex-changing treatment. It shouldn't even be a matter we are discussing right now.

[Accipiter]

i agree with under taker, he's a spoilt little idiot with an attention seeking disorder that has gone to far.

[Alkaz]

People get boob jobs and face jobs and other surgery on the NHS because they are 'depressed', if someone has been diagnosed with the disorder then I dont see why it should not be avaliable for them to get the treatment.

[Sammeth.]

give it to him, it'll be fun. That and also why shouldn't he get a sex change.

[Accipiter]

give it to him, it'll be fun. That and also why shouldn't he get a sex change.

cause getting rid of your balls in a way that is totally useless and won't even turn him into a full woman is just as ******ed as 14 year olds come these days.

[-:Undertaker:-]

People get boob jobs and face jobs and other surgery on the NHS because they are 'depressed', if someone has been diagnosed with the disorder then I dont see why it should not be avaliable for them to get the treatment.

We'd all like to look like Mitch Hewer/Brent Corrigan but that isn't realistic. They can have their surgery, as long as they pay for it on a private healthcare system. The only surgery the NHS should be carrying out which concerns cosmetics is that given to burns victims and so on, not people who are 'depressed' because their nose if off-centre.

[Wig44.]

Give it to him if he pays for it. If he isn't paying then he can **** himself.

[kuzkasate]

I saw this programme quite a while ago about children wanting sex changes & they had to give them pills and stuff so they would start puberty/periods/facial hair and it was basically about kids, at a young age wanting to be the opposite sex. It was quite scary because the kids got bullied quite a lot.
They pulled this guys (well not technically a guy) pants down and he had a vagina so he got bullied and everyone laughed at him.

[adaym]

People get boob jobs and face jobs and other surgery on the NHS because they are 'depressed', if someone has been diagnosed with the disorder then I dont see why it should not be avaliable for them to get the treatment.
Depression is part of life. I was medically depressed for about 6 months but I didn't have a boob job to make up for it. Unless it's causing medical harm - no one should be given boob jobs/plastic surgery/sex change etc etc.

[Mentor]

I'd disagree with doing anything until after puberty, primarily for the fact they probably get totally ****** up when only half there hormones start shooting off with nothing to counterbalance them along with a ton of physical changes which will probably involve another load of surgery assuming it doesn't kill them, but additionally prior to puberty your gender identity is almost entirely socialised, so any real affinity towards a sex has no physical basis at the sort of age..

Additionally, i don't really see it as worth wile use of NHS funds, i'd rather it focus's on saving lifes rather than performing what is essentially just plastic surgery. If they wana pay for it themselves, thats up to them, but plastic surgery without a medical need isnt a worthwhile expenditure for an organisation struggling to fund its basic services.

[Jordan:A]

So our moneys going on 14 year olds having sex changes!?!

[Hitman]

I'm echoing what others have said: if he wants it he should pay for it, not use the NHS. They say he's depressed or whatever, suffering, but so are people with no money yet they're not being handed loads of cash...

[Callum.]

Nothing should be allowed until they are responsible enough, 16 atleast.

And on the NHS? Never should it be allowed. Things like breast enlargement etc is a joke unless it's privately paid.

[Ardemax]

I guess there's more than one side of this debate.

Firstly if it's wrong or not. I'm thinking your chromosones can tell you this.

Secondly no, it should never ever be on the NHS, it isn't life-threatening and could easily be dealt with.

[WetFloor]

He should be allowed to have one done ONCE he reaches a certain age. I think he's too young right now to understand everything.

[Nixt]

I think it's fair enough to get it on the NHS but only where he is a lot older. I mean someone like that can get really, really down about things like that and I think it's only fair that the NHS do something to help them. If I was in that situation and I could not afford private healthcare then I would hope the NHS would make the right decision in regard to helping me - providing proper evaluation deems it a necessary action to take. I do agree that he is far too young, though.

[Misawa]

We'd all like to look like Mitch Hewer/Brent Corrigan but that isn't realistic. They can have their surgery, as long as they pay for it on a private healthcare system. The only surgery the NHS should be carrying out which concerns cosmetics is that given to burns victims and so on, not people who are 'depressed' because their nose if off-centre.

That's the second time I've seen you mention those names, so I Google image searched them. Disgusting.

[Nixt]

That's the second time I've seen you mention those names, so I Google image searched them. Disgusting.

Why are they disgusting? I am inclined to disagree.

[Misawa]

For a straight male, Google image searching Brent Corrigan is not a pleasant experience.

[Nixt]

For a straight male, Google image searching Brent Corrigan is not a pleasant experience.

Turn safe search on :P. If everyone in the world looked like them it would be perfect.

[Misawa]

It's reassuring to know that your vision of a perfect world consists of six billion TV actors and gay pornstars.

[Soy]

hope someone punch him in the face

[Mint]

I think it's fair enough to get it on the NHS but only where he is a lot older. I mean someone like that can get really, really down about things like that and I think it's only fair that the NHS do something to help them. If I was in that situation and I could not afford private healthcare then I would hope the NHS would make the right decision in regard to helping me - providing proper evaluation deems it a necessary action to take. I do agree that he is far too young, though.

The boy obviously isn't normal. Wanting to be the opposite sex is messed up. It's possible that he has turned so feminine because his father left him at the age of 2. I'm not suggesting that all people who lost their father at a young age turn feminine but at the first signs of him saying he wanted to be a girl, perhaps his mother accepted it and went a along with it. His father would of took none of it and the boy would of stopped saying "ooh I want to be a girl and love boys, I'm in the wrong body". It is common for boys to turn bad if they are brought up without a father. If the mother is too soft with the boy, the boy will start behaving badly and wanting his own way and know that he won't get in trouble for doing things, that's what dads are for. The NHS should not waste money on silly little boys like him, if he goes private then fine, if he doesn't have the money then that's just tough, perhaps his mother might have the cash to pay someone to sort his mind out though?

Why are they disgusting? I am inclined to disagree.

I did a quick google image search on brent, like Misawa said, for a straight male it is simply disgusting.

[FlyingJesus]

Depression is part of life. I was medically depressed for about 6 months but I didn't have a boob job to make up for it. Unless it's causing medical harm - no one should be given boob jobs/plastic surgery/sex change etc etc.

Depression isn't meant to be a part of life (not real depression anyway, obviously everyone gets down every now and then) but I do agree that expensive procedures like this are very very rarely necessary to have paid for by the NHS


The boy obviously isn't normal. Wanting to be the opposite sex is messed up. It's possible that he has turned so feminine because his father left him at the age of 2. I'm not suggesting that all people who lost their father at a young age turn feminine but at the first signs of him saying he wanted to be a girl, perhaps his mother accepted it and went a along with it. His father would of took none of it and the boy would of stopped saying "ooh I want to be a girl and love boys, I'm in the wrong body".

More likely he'd still feel that way but wouldn't be so open about it and would therefore be more depressed if his true sex and sexuality was made to be repressed from a young age.


It is common for boys to turn bad if they are brought up without a father. If the mother is to soft with the boy, the boy will start behaving badly and wanting his own way and know that he won't get in trouble for doing things, that's what dads are for. The NHS should not waste money on silly little boys like him, if he goes private then fine, if he doesn't have the money then that's just tough, perhaps his mother might have the cash to pay someone to sort his mind out though?

You seem to be suggesting that this is something this kid's asking for in the same way as wanting a PS3. I don't know if this is the case or not but often there is in a developing foetus a chance of it being either/or (as in a hermaphrodite: see Lady Gaga) and the parents then often pick which gender to bring the child up as, usually with the aid of the right hormones if this is done. With this, it's entirely possible for a child to be brought up as the "wrong" gender and not what they are by nature, so I wouldn't say that wanting such a massively life changing procedure to go ahead was him being a "silly little boy".

[Mint]

Depression isn't meant to be a part of life (not real depression anyway, obviously everyone gets down every now and then) but I do agree that expensive procedures like this are very very rarely necessary to have paid for by the NHS



More likely he'd still feel that way but wouldn't be so open about it and would therefore be more depressed if his true sex and sexuality was made to be repressed from a young age.



You seem to be suggesting that this is something this kid's asking for in the same way as wanting a PS3. I don't know if this is the case or not but often there is in a developing foetus a chance of it being either/or (as in a hermaphrodite: see Lady Gaga) and the parents then often pick which gender to bring the child up as, usually with the aid of the right hormones if this is done. With this, it's entirely possible for a child to be brought up as the "wrong" gender and not what they are by nature, so I wouldn't say that wanting such a massively life changing procedure to go ahead was him being a "silly little boy".

Oh I apologize, I didn't realise that he was a hermaphrodite, it would be understandable for him (or perhaps her in this case? :S) to want to be the opposite sex. I must of missed that bit in the news.

[Sharon]

Not a big deal. A boy had already had a sex change at 14 not a big deal. The first boy to get a change was ages ago :S The result as a girl was amaing, she looks stunning now and has a contract as a model now :)
His/Her name was previously Tim and now its Kim, see :)
Edit - They granted it to her to get a change because they realised she was actually serious about becoming a girl.

[HotelUser]

If it's been medically diagnosed then the government in Canada waves the green flag. I thought it was the same sort of deal in most places.

[Sunnily]

I remember that documentary on channel four about younger kids wanting sex changes. Obviously it's quite simular but they have time to grow into the opposite sex by taking treatment. I think that 14 is too young for a person to fully decide what they want.

[Hitman]

Not a big deal. A boy had already had a sex change at 14 not a big deal. The first boy to get a change was ages ago :S The result as a girl was amaing, she looks stunning now and has a contract as a model now :)
His/Her name was previously Tim and now its Kim, see :)
Edit - They granted it to her to get a change because they realised she was actually serious about becoming a girl.
I am pretty sure that was in Germany. My point being they don't have our NHS there, this is regarding the NHS in the UK.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1135724/From-Tim-Kim-German-pop-star-16-worlds-youngest-transsexual-sex-change-op.html

[-:Undertaker:-]

He should be allowed to have one done ONCE he reaches a certain age. I think he's too young right now to understand everything.

..and providing 'it' pays for it.


I think it's fair enough to get it on the NHS but only where he is a lot older. I mean someone like that can get really, really down about things like that and I think it's only fair that the NHS do something to help them. If I was in that situation and I could not afford private healthcare then I would hope the NHS would make the right decision in regard to helping me - providing proper evaluation deems it a necessary action to take. I do agree that he is far too young, though.

The NHS is not for people to make themselves look good, or for people to mutilate their bodies with chemicals/hormones and become what i'd consider a freak. The NHS is really struggling and the last thing it needs it to be tending to the needs of complete nutters when old people are dying due to poor care, and the hospitals are rampant with deadly viruses due to poor cleaning.


That's the second time I've seen you mention those names, so I Google image searched them. Disgusting.

You want it.


Turn safe search on :P. If everyone in the world looked like them it would be perfect.

(L)

[Cosmic]

Kind of an odd thing to want at his age, but each to his/her own I guess.

[FlyingJesus]

Oh I apologize, I didn't realise that he was a hermaphrodite, it would be understandable for him (or perhaps her in this case? :S) to want to be the opposite sex. I must of missed that bit in the news.

Banned now lol but just for anyone else reading, I don't want to give the (false) impression that this kid is a hermaphrodite so sorry for any confusion - he/she may well be but as far as I can see that hasn't been reported, I was just using it as an example of why transexuals are often so much happier after the ops and such.


Not a big deal. A boy had already had a sex change at 14 not a big deal. The first boy to get a change was ages ago :S The result as a girl was amaing, she looks stunning now and has a contract as a model now :)
His/Her name was previously Tim and now its Kim, see :)
Edit - They granted it to her to get a change because they realised she was actually serious about becoming a girl.

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/32/l_79416a1d4caf44e3b8702ac6dc6c709c.jpg

I would

[Stefy09]

I saw this programme quite a while ago about children wanting sex changes & they had to give them pills and stuff so they would start puberty/periods/facial hair and it was basically about kids, at a young age wanting to be the opposite sex. It was quite scary because the kids got bullied quite a lot.
They pulled this guys (well not technically a guy) pants down and he had a vagina so he got bullied and everyone laughed at him.

Lol who wouldn't laugh if you pulled a boys trousers down and saw a vagina

[Anamations]

There was a documentry on that recently on channel 4 called 8 and wanting a sex change ;P

[Richie]

The world gets weirder and weirder by the day, like cop on woman your child's male you can't go changing that, I don't agree that anyone should get a sex change, its completely wrong IMO.

[adaym]

It's simple really: he was born with a willy and he shall die with a willy barring some sort of willy accident.

[-K8T!E-]

He's too young to make such a huge decision, if he really wants it he should be made wait until he's 18 at least.

[Neil]

Some of you people do not understand, you say it's stupid that they expect NHS to do anything but the only reason this hit the news is his age, most of you have missed the point completely, being "in the wrong body" is actually a medical condition that has to be treated one way or another, it may not be a life threatening condition but nor is chlamydia, I'm sure you'd want the NHS to pay for you to get rid of that if you got it, the kid feels like he's in the wrong body, that is generally something that someone will always feel, he'll never be happy unless he becomes a girl so I see no reason why he shouldn't, the article actually says the mum wants the NHS to give him some medication to stop puberty, not actually have a the actual sex change.