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[quote=Anonymous]I find watching Jazz fascinating.  We get to see the other side of the argument that's often talked about, but not seen in public where the parents let their transgender child live as the correct gender from an early age, stop/delay puberty to prevent the development of the wrong gender, and look into reassignment surgery at a young age.

I can't imagine how hard it is being the parent of a transgender child and having to make these decisions.  I mean, I'm sure they thought what they were doing was correct, but now that she can't have reassignment surgery, was it the best choice?  What a weight to bare!

My good friend is transgender (MtF), but her parents and doctors didn't believe her (grew up in a small town), so other than wearing girl's clothes and playing with makeup in the privacy of her bedroom, she had to live life as a boy.  They kept telling her that she was gay, not transgender, which was just a bit less sinful in their eyes.  This was also in the mid-80s when transgender and drag queen were synonymous.

But her story was opposite of Jazz's because she developed fully as a male and didn't get to start taking hormones until college.  She then had to undergo several surgeries besides the gender reassignment surgery to correct her overtly male features.

Seeing both sides of the story, it just appears there's no really correct way.  Delay/prevent puberty and risk your child not being able to have gender reassignment surgery and never feeling sexual or making them go through puberty as the wrong gender and then face several surgeries later in life.

Watching I am Jazz also shows the struggles of the other siblings.  Her twin brothers are very over-looked, IMO.  I remember last season (I think) when the one was hurt and the other had a big game that the mom missed because of something going on with Jazz, and he broke down crying about how he always felt second to her.  It was just heartbreaking.  They seem like amazing brothers, but definitely got shafted by their parents.

It's been hard watching the end of last season and this season because she just seems so miserable and depressed.    [/quote]

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