Born a Boy, Raised a Girl

When growing up my playmates were boys. Whether it would be at the ranch I grew up in, or the neighborhood I lived. They were boys. I was around 7 and I still didn’t want to pick up a Barbie to save my life. It was not my norm. I remember asking why was I not a boy, and praying that I would be one (What would Freud say about this?) But as I grew older my inner femme goddess showed and I gave birth to myself as a lady. 

Now let’s think of those little girls that want to be little boys and when they matured into teen girls, they STILL want to be boys? Are they “in a phase” or is it something else? What if they are trapped in the wrong body but due to the social stigma that we have, they can’t say anything? It is one thing to be physically a male or female but it is another to identify a gender. 

For a person to be diagnosed with gender identity disorder they have to meet the criteria of the DSM 5 reads as so:

For females

A. Strongly and persistently stated desire to be a boy, or insistence that she is a boy (not merely a desire for any perceived cultural advantages from being a boy)

B. Persistent repudiation of female anatomic structures, as manifested by at least one of the following repeated assertions

(1) that she will grow up to become a man (not merely in role)

(2) that she is biologically unable to become pregnant

(3) that she will not develop breasts

(4) that she has no vagina

(5) that she has, or will grow, a penis

C. Onset of the disturbance before puberty (For adults and adolescents, see Atypical Gender Identity Disorder.)

For males

A. Strongly and persistently stated desire to be a girl, or insistence that heis a girl

B. Either (1) or (2)

(1) persistent repudiation of male anatomic structures, as manifested by at least one of the following repeated assertions

(a) that he will grow up to become a woman (not merely in role)

(b) that his penis and testes are disgusting or will disappear

(c) that it would be better not to have a penis or testes

(2) preoccupation with female stereotypical activities as manifested by a preference for either cross-dressing or simulating female attire, or by a compelling desire to participate in the games and pastimes of girls

C. Onset of the disturbance before puberty. (For adults and adolescents, see Atypical Gender Identity Disorder.)

Let’s talk about David Reimer. If you are a psychology major you will know his famous story of having gender identity disorder. His parents went to take him to get a circumcision but they ended up cutting more than they should so they decided to make him a girl and rear her to be like one. She grew up confused until she found out she is really a he. Eventually he married but soon after committed suicide in 2004. This video will go more in depth with him and his disorder