Anonymous asked:

I heard some of a story on the radio about a child named Mia/Jacob whose parents say they knew she was trans by the age four and now she's "like any other boy" because she "plays in the mud" and "wears boys clothes". She is set to start treatment.

4thwavenow answered:

Yep. Mia/Jacob has gotten lots of press recently. How can people not see this is a cultural fad? I played in the mud, wore boys’ clothes, and hung out in tree houses with the neighbor boys when I was a kid. It wasn’t newsworthy back then and it still isn’t, but somebody needs to tell the journalists. The adults need to leave these kids alone and let them grow up without all this “intervention.” They don’t need a diagnosis. They need to be allowed to play. To just be.

Just google “Jacob Mia” and you’ll get a slew of stories like this. Who is benefiting from all this? Who will all the Jacob/Mias sue when they’re adults made infertile by blockers chased with cross-sex hormones?

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/04/23/parents-share-5-year-old-sons-transgender-journey/