ReligionBLog.DallasNews.com – Sam Hodges
Transgenderism and Religious Narratives – Melissa Conroy
National Public Radio recently aired a series on children who suffer from what some psychologists call a gender identity disorder, also known as transgenderism. The children believe they have been born into the wrong biological body. It is not that the child wants to “become” a boy or girl, but that the child is certain he or she is in the wrong physical body. Parents describe what it is like to raise a child with gender identity disorder. Along with tantrums and other behavioral problems, one describes a two year old son’s refusal to take off a dress; another explains their two year old son’s obsession with a tea towel used to simulate girl’s hair. As these children get older, they become more uncomfortable with “male” things and male friends.