WATCH: 8-YEAR-OLD TRANS BOY’S EPIC COMING-OUT RAP GOES VIRAL

[William769]

[TygrBright]

1. Something in my EYE, dammit... n/t

[desertdevil]

13. Happens every time

You've been so much more than Kind : )

[Joe Magarac]

2. Sorry folks. Some adult wrote this. The kid, trans or not, is a pawn.

And the video is child abuse.

There is no cause good enough to justify using children in this way.

Yes I know right wingers do it all the time. Is that supposed to make it OK?

[William769]

3. What the fuck are you talking about?

[sheshe2]

4. Excuse me!

WTF are you talking about? The child is a pawn?

He is in camp Aranu'tig that helps children know themselves and be themselves. You have so little faith in the ability of a child to have a mind of there own? To think feel and know who they are?

http://www.camparanutiq.org/about-us

If you have a problem with it then that is your problem, not the childs.

Give a child a chance to learn and grow. It is about them and damn well not about you.

[nomorenomore08]

7. "You have so little faith in the ability of a child to have a mind of their own? To think feel and

know who they are?"

So it would seem.

[sheshe2]

8. I don't think you meant that comment to me, nomorenomore08.

[nomorenomore08]

15. I was agreeing with you. That's why it was a response to your post.

Sorry for any confusion.

[sheshe2]

16. Thanks no more~

[rocktivity]

14. THIS is an example of video child abuse.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025158911


rocktivity

[Voice for Peace]

25. ugh.. I'm glad I missed that post but

now I've seen it I want to vomit.

[Kalidurga]

18. I caught the part where he said his mom helped him write the song

and you have a really weird idea about what child abuse is. Having actually been abused as a child I am quite certain this is not abuse. I am glad you said sorry. I accept your apology in advance.

[demigoddess]

21. you are an ignoramous

intelligent children are much more aware than you think. Unintelligent children are way ahead of you in understanding how things are. I have a severely retarded daughter who could teach you a few things. grow up.

[sheshe2]

5. I love Alex.

The true love and strength of his family is so incredibly awesome. You stifle a child, then they wither. You let them loose then then soar!

I so love this. He is who he should be~

Thank you Bill!

[William769]

6. Don't thank me, thank Alex.

He's the one that has the courage. When I was that age I would have been mortified. We've come a long way since then.

[sheshe2]

9. Courage...

As the times change, so does the courage of people like Alex and his mom. to them~

William

[sheshe2]

10. Alex. You are amazing!

[theHandpuppet]

11. What a fabulous (and talented) child!

Thanks, William!

[William769]

12. Couldn't agree more.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. that kid is awesome!!

And how perfect that he has parents who can love and support. And listen, and guide.

Since many would say he's lucky or blessed, I'll say--In Buddhist thinking, he planned and prepared over many lifetimes to be in this place now with these people and challenges ....how awesome!

[ebbie15644]

19. I don't believe ANY 8 year old knows

what sex they are interested in for sure at this point in their life. If he was older I'd be the first to say cool

[Skarbrowe]

20. I knew when I was 8 years old..but

I didn't actually know what it was I knew. All I did know was that I would get crushes on my brother's girlfriends ( he was 8 years older than me) and when not in school I told my mother to buy me nothing but boys jeans and boys t-shirts. I knew. From my body shape, I assumed I got cooked differently inside my mom's womb. Ha! I had narrow hips, muscular legs and very wide shoulders for a girl. So, by eight years old, it was obvious to me and all who were around me that I was more boy than girl. People just didn't discuss that stuff back then.

I did end up being as feminine as I could by the time I reached my teen age years. Also, I never, ever thought of becoming a man. Still don't. Suppose I'm of the age of a "nothing" now. Still get called "sir" all the time and I have medium length hair and I just bum around like a crazy Floridian. Pastel shirts and lose shorts and I'll still get called "sir".

I congratulate this kid and his ( did I get that right..he's F to M?) family and friends for being supportive. If you can start living the life you are destined to live as early as possible, that gives you so much more time to be as happy as life will allow you to be.

[Boomer]

22. This is not aboue sexual orientation

Children become aware of gender early, in the 4-6 year old range. Their identification as boy or girl is about their view of themselves. One of the hallmark signs of being transgendered is this early recognition that you're "in the wrong body."

So this child is right on schedule for recognizing his own gender. The wonder is that he felt loved enough to share that knowledge with adults; most transgendered individuals keep that to themselves, sometimes for decades, and many for the entirety of their lives.

ETA: keep in mind that no one is asking a kid to make a life-binding decision about their gender. Transitioning at that age is simply changing your name, the pronoun people reference you with and clothing/styling. None of those are permanent irreversible changes, they are just cosmetics. There's a good 10 years or more for this young boy to change his mind and proceed in life as a girl once more.

[William769]

23. And there are many more stories like this one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025249306

People that don't understand should really educate themselves.

[uppityperson]

24. This is about gender, not "what sex they are interested in" but who they are genderwise.

I knew I was a girl by then, when did you recognize you were a boy or girl?

[burrowowl]

27. I knew I was a Lesbian

since I was 5 years old.

[Voice for Peace]

26. wonderful!

That camp must be great, or the parents, or all of it.
That's a kid with really good self esteem.