Trans girl, 9, makes history on National Geographic cover

Hi folks. I don't intend or expect to sway anyone but I'll add a couple cents here. I am an openly serving trans person. That most people know. What many don't know is that I have been aware of my gender identity since I was 8 years old. I grew up with both of my parents. I grew up in a Christian family. I was closeted through my entire youth but the feelings never changed. Research is showing more and more that trans people often habe inclinations of who they are at an incredibly young age. Science is finding that gender identity is likely formed in the womb, between weeks 15-20 of pregnancy. What happens to people like myself is unclear. What we do know is that it's not something you can counsel, pray or zap out of a person. Prior to coming out and transitioning I had worked through counseling, both secular and within the church.
I know this young ladies family. They are incredibly supportive of their daughter, but it's her who is the outspoken activist. She cares for kids like herself who can't be themselves. She hurts at the hate our community faces and hopes that her visibility can change it. Of course she says it in a 9 year old way. It's the heart she has.

It's also about cowardly parents shirking their responsibility to guide their children through their confusing days, when Puberty begins. Only so.e sick adult would tell a child that they can be whatever sex they feel like. So what if God created you as a girl, if you feel like a boy, then be a boy. I feel so sorry for children today.

Bad taste in my mouth, using a kid like this, Keith. They couldn't have found an adult trans person? This smacks of manipulation and is just not fair to the kid.