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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Sometimes people are born a girl but they feel in their heart that they are really a boy. That’s how Uncle Larlo feels, and so we are going to treat him like he is a boy because we love and care about him. Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and respect, right?”[/quote]

To be clear, though, that's not what Uncle Largo probably believes.  He almost certainly believes that he was always a boy.

I'd say something more like.

Most babies with labias and vaginas grow up to be girls, so when Uncle Largo was born people thought he was a girl, and gave him a girl's name.  Now, he's told us that he's really a boy, and so he's using a new name.  He'd like you to please call him Uncle Largo.

And then do something that gives you and excuse to talk about Uncle Largo for a while, so the kid hears the new name and pronoun repeatedly.  For example, say "you know what I realize we haven't sent Uncle Largo a drawing for a while should we draw him a picture.  What picture should we draw for Uncle Largo.  What does he like do you know? I know he likes giraffes, we could draw a giraffe . . "[/quote]

Four year old boys know what labias are? What planet are you on?[/quote]

My two year old knows that most boys have penises and most girls have vulvas. [/quote]

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