Cool Interview

Update 10/12/09.--The video has been removed by YouTube due to copyrights, so you'll have to find it elsewhere or snippets. So much for a cool interview. But it doesn't change the substance of the essay.

This is a cool interview with Kim Petras. I still think she shows how stupid psychologists and psychiatrists who believe in reparative therapy for young transgender people or believe children don't or can't understand let alone know their gender identity. There are many who believe the opposite and supporting changes in the DSM-IVTR and upcoming DSM-V. The APA would do well to just listen.


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I think her story shows just how far off therapists are who deny a child or teen's gender identity, expression and behavior are with their theories and rules regarding medical help to transistion when it's clearly diagnosed. She also show the professionals who are helping young transgender children and teens are working. The greatest harm with the transistion for any young person when it's clearly identified, is to delay it, especially past purberty. You can't undo puberty and transistioning begining at and during puberty, as Kim demonstrates, proves it works.

And while I realize Kim now is a very public (young) spokeswoman for transpeople, especially transchildren/teens, which she seems to be doing very well, she deserves a life, especially where her past was something long ago. We see her as she is, a terrific young woman, and it's time now to give her that, a life.

Thank you Kim and your loving parents and family.