Child given drugs to delay onset of puberty

[August]

Poor kid.

A lesbian couple in California who say their 11-year-old son Tommy may actually be a girl named Tammy are giving their child hormone blockers that delay the onset of puberty -- so that he can have more time to decide exactly who he, or she, is. The couple’s supporters say the Hormone Blocking Therapy has only minor side effects and is appropriate for a child who is unsure of his gender. "This is definitely a changing landscape for transgender youth," said Joel Baum, director of education and training for Gender Spectrum, a California-based non-profit group. "This is about giving kids and their families the opportunity to make the right decision."

But critics of the treatment say 11-year-olds are not old enough to make life-altering decisions about changing their gender, and parents should not be encouraging them. They say it’s too soon to tell what the side effects of the treatments may be, and they say Tommy’s parents, Pauline Moreno and Debra Lobel, are irresponsible for seeking them and allowing them to be administered.
"This is child abuse. It's like performing liposuction on an anorexic child," said Dr. Paul McHugh, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/17...#ixzz1b3dM9Ajr

[Gerald]

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

Poor kid.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/17...#ixzz1b3dM9Ajr

Not well up on US law but can't something be done under some child endangerment offence?

[August]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Not well up on US law but can't something be done under some child endangerment offence?

I would have thought so but this is California.

[mookiemookie]

Sick.

And I can only imagine that Fox is bringing us this news on the front page with a big screaming headline to make the point that all same sex parents all across the nation are abusers and unfit for parenting.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

I would have thought so but this is California.

Human Rights Act?

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Human Rights Act?

I imagine the child protective services agency in California is going to be looking into this. I seem to recall they did with the woman who was having cosmetic surgery procedures done on her child. This seems like it's along the same lines.

[AVGWarhawk]

California is really the Country of California. The country follows it's own rights and laws depending on the day it is or how everyone is feeling that day.

[Jimbuna]

There's a moral in there somewhere Chris.....Don't travel to or reside in California unless your an adult?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

There's a moral in there somewhere Chris.....Don't travel to or reside in California unless your an adult?

Some adults that reside in CA think like children.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Some adults that reside in CA think like children.

Not much different from some sections of society over here...unfortunately.

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Sick.

And I can only imagine that Fox is bringing us this news on the front page with a big screaming headline to make the point that all same sex parents all across the nation are abusers and unfit for parenting.

Is it on the front page? I don't normally read it.

But of course they MUST have an ulterior motive right?

[MH]

Crazy ...

"This is about giving kids and their families the opportunity to make the right decision."

....idiots.

[soopaman2]

I am appalled..Not at the story..But the spin put on it.

Is this some anti gay far rightwing Christian sharia stuff to make gay couples seem unfit for adoption? Some kind of pushback against gay marriage?

Seriously it reeks of religious antigay propaganda, think rationally about the tone of this.

Lunatics come in all shades and sizes, and sexual orientation. I can dig up thousands of stories of hetero couples abusing and even murdering their kids.

Don't buy into this divisive crap. (pardon my American)

This seems to focus on the gay factor of the parents...The act itself is disgusting though.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

Is it on the front page? I don't normally read it.

But of course they MUST have an ulterior motive right?

Just thought it was funny that it was headline, top of the page news when you go to www.foxnews.com. Why else would they do that?

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Lunatics come in all shades and sizes, and sexual orientation. I can dig up thousands of stories of hetero couples abusing and even murdering their kids.

Exactly right.