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| Coy Mathis became a trangender when she was 18months old (1 year six months) |
- Although she was biologically born a boy, Coy Mathis felt from the
very beginning she was a girl. At first, her parents Jeremy and Kathryn
Mathis didn’t think much of their son’s behavior. Coy took his sister’s
pink blanket, and shunned the car they gave him for Christmas. Then, Coy
told them he only wanted to wear girls’ clothes. At school, he became
upset when his teacher insisted he line up with the boys. He was
becoming depressed and withdrawn, telling his parents at one point he
wanted to get “fixed” by doctors.
When his parents learned he had gender identity disorder — a condition in which someone identifies as the opposite gender — they decided to help Coy live as a girl. And suddenly, she came out of her shell. Eventually, at 18 months, Coy became identified as a girl, officially dresses as a girl and is recognized as a female on her passport and state I.D. Defending their action, Coy's parents said:
“We could force her to be somebody she wasn’t, but it would end up being more damaging to her emotionally and to us because we would lose the relationship with her.
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| Cory and her parents |
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| Jazz |
- As a toddler, Jazz knew she wanted to be a girl, even though she was born a boy. She would unsnap her onsies to make it look like a dress. And if people called her a 'good boy' she would correct them, saying she was a good girl.
Eventually, by the time she was five, Jazz was diagnosed with Gender
Identity Disorder and she started her transition from being a male to
female, with the full support of her parents.
Jazz started dressing like a girl, had her ears pierced and underwent
hormone therapy that will prevent the growth of body hair and other male
sex characteristics.And help her instead develop into a woman.
During an interview, when Jazz was asked if she was worried about finding a boyfriend since she was attracted to just boys, she replied:
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| Jazz now |
'I am a little bit. But if any of the boys decline me because of my situation then I just know they’re not right for me at all.'
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| Wren with his family |
- In 2013, Wren Kauffman, came out to the public as a transgender boy. Wren's mother, Wen, explained her son, who was born as a girl, wanted to "express who he was" by the time he was 4. He wanted to wear boys clothes and would ask "when do I get to be a boy?"
His parents were still on the fence on how to handle his transition,
until his sister Ava said to them, "Wren wants to be a boy. He really
wants to be boy. He really is a boy."
The family went to a psychiatrist who told them to allow Wren to live as a boy. They did and he is a much happier child. He will undergo hormone therapy and, if he chooses, sex reassignment surgery later on.
The family went to a psychiatrist who told them to allow Wren to live as a boy. They did and he is a much happier child. He will undergo hormone therapy and, if he chooses, sex reassignment surgery later on.
Wren dreams of being a photographer or maybe a child psychologist to help kids like him. His advice?:
"Tell your parents. They may not be the most understanding at times, but they love you in the end, and everything's going to be OK."
