World’s Youngest Transsexual: 16-Year-Old Undergoes Sex Change Operation
A German 16-year-old named Kim (born Tim) has become the youngest person to undergo a sex change operation.
Paid for by the German health service, psychologists stated he/she was “without doubt a girl in a boy’s body“. Since the age of 12, Kim has been undergoing hormone therapy.
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Dr Bernd Meyenburg, head of the Psychiatric Special Outpatient Clinic for Children and Adolescents with Identity Disorders at the University of Frankfurt Hospital explained
Very few youth psychiatrists have any experience with transsexual developments…I was always against such operations on children so young but after seeing how happy one of my patients was and how well adjusted after returning from having the operation abroad while still a teenager – I realised that in some cases it is the right decision…Kim is such a case – she always knew what she wanted.
I am not sure how I feel about this news. On one hand, I want to respect Kim and her decision. I am an open-minded person, at least I like to think I am. On the other hand, 16-years-old is awful young to be making life changing decisions. I can’t even remember what I wanted at 16, other than to drive a car and hang out with my friends while listening to music. I am not for elective, cosmetic surgery, but some may argue this is not cosmetic for Kim. I believe we should accept our natural bodies.
As a parent, I don’t know how I would react if my child wanted such a surgery. Kim’s father explains his feelings:
I suppose it took me longer than my wife to accept it, but Kim is a very persuasive girl, she knows what she wants and how to get it. I am very proud of what she has achieved, how she has managed to get there and how she sticks to her dreams no matter how hard and painful they are to follow.
One thing I do know, I can’t help but feel like I should move to Germany. My son is considered “uninsurable” because he has a congenital heart defect, and our government offers no support because we are not a low income family, yet Germany pays for a teenager’s sex change! I wish Kim and her family well, and I try to have compassion for her gender issues.
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No matter how many operations HE has HE will always be a HE. We can say legally He is a she, but the Genetics will never change. He can talk like a girl, walk like a girl, act like a girl and look like a girl, but Tim, will always be Tim. The ramifications of his mental state, being a “Girl” in a “Boy’s” can not be proven through scientific means. This is the opinion of others.
Tim should have the right to call himself what he wants, and when he is an Adult should of had the right to do what he wanted to his body, but to placate to the some kind of notion that Tim is now a “She” when the pure Genetics behind he says the opposite, is childish.
We should be able to live in the world were people can do what they want to themselves at an age of adulthood and not foolishly lie over what he is just to make them feel better. “Kim” as he calls himself is a he, there is nothing he can do to change this. IF he wants to look like a she that is fine, but he was born a he and die one… end of story.
i don’t get it why would u want to be a girl if u are a guy and the same for a girl i think it is just weird but that is just me but people can do what people want to do
To be honest I feel really bad those individuals who are transsexuals. I am a christian and because of my beliefs I think that homosexuality is an abomination, but from my secular perspective I don’t think people choose to either be a transsexual or homosexual. Do you honestly think these kind of people choose to be picked up, discriminated against, or beaten up (if not killed) for being who they are. I am probably one of the few sane people in this world who would see no problem dating transsexuals. Remember people fall in love with the person’s spirit, not what is between the legs. I find this teenager’s courage an inspiration. I wish her luck. God Bless everyone.
how weird!!
perfect thread material.