*I use apostrophes around the he and his not to make fun of Cameron, but because I want to make it clear that just because you were born a girl doesn't mean you were meant to.
It's always sad when someone dies, even more when a child passes. But when a child dies because of suicide its just terrible. A 10 year old 'boy' killed 'himself' after telling 'his' mother that 'he' was a girl. 'His' mother, Kelly McWilliams, found her 'son' hanging, with a black leather belt around 'his' neck, in 'his' half-sister's bedroom at the family home in Montrose Avenue, Intake, Doncaster.'His' mother said that she has bought her 'son' girls underwear to wear in private, but it wasn't enough for Cameron McWilliams who asked to wear make-up days before 'he' died. 'He' has been teased after 'he' was found wearing 'his' half-sister's underwear. 'He enjoyed 'normal' activities that are often played by girls of that age and has told 'his' mother a number of times that 'he' was a GIRL. Kelly thought that 'he' was just curious or confused.
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There are many stories of transgender children who believe that they were born in the wrong body, often trying to cut off the defining genitals. A child as young as 3, can define themselves as the other gender. I believe after researching and talking t multiple doctors that yes, a child can be born into the wrong body. When a fetus is being developed the brain can develop n a much different way than the body, which causes the feeling of being trapped. Imagine, waking up in the opposite sexes body having the same thoughts and likes as the day before. You'd feel lost, I know that I would. I think that when a child goes to the point of trying to make him a girl or make her a boy that it is not a phase, it is not something to be taken lightly. There are a lot of people who think that it's wrong, but driving a child to extremes, or even suicide, by MAKING them be who they are not is a lot worse than letting them be who they are and who they want to believe.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/gender-torment-of-10-year-old-cameron-1-233708
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-514627/Boy-10-hangs-telling-mother-I-want-girl.html
I believe that parents should not let their kids pick what gender they want. They were born a certain way and if they live their lives believing they are something that they're not it will only bring on more ridicule and they will live a worse life. Parents need to set a standard of rules from an early age, no 2 year old thinks he is a girl unless he is told that or learned that some way.
ReplyDeleteI think it's really sad that "his" mom did not accept him for who he wanted to be. 10 is really young for a suicide, and the loss is felt. I wish more people cared less about what we look like on the outside and more of what we look like on the inside. It's time for societal change.
ReplyDeleteA critical topic and one that is worth thinking about. Natural laws and people's right to choose are universal. It's unfortunate that just being different amounts to ending one's life on a number of occasions.
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