Parents Lose Custody of Teen Girl because She Wanted to Transition to a Boy

Parents in Ohio lost custody of their 17-year-old teenage girl after a judge ruled that the girl should be allowed to transition to a boy.

The case is one of many that the U.S. could see, according to Ryan T. Anderson, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation and author of When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment.

“At stake are not only parental rights, but the well-being of children who suffer from gender dysphoria,” Anderson said.

Transgender activists say that when a child identifies as the opposite sex in a manner that is “consistent, persistent, and insistent,” those people around the child should support the new identification.

That support includes first, changing the child’s wardrobe and giving the child a new name. The next step, Anderson says, is to give the child puberty blockers that prevent the normal process of maturation.

Then, at about 16, the child can receive cross-sex hormones, i.e. estrogen for boys and testosterone for girls.

The final step is that at age 18 the child can undergo sex-reassignment surgery.

“But the ages for each phase are getting lower,” Anderson said.

In Wales, there have been reports of a doctor prescribing cross-sex hormones to children as young as 12.

In the U.S., there are no laws to prohibit the use of puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones for children. There…