Yet another story of a kid with such a strong sense of gender identity, that before she could "learn" who she was expected to be, she already knew who she was. That seems to scare onlookers when :"who she is" doesn't fit the status quo of who she should be. Why do adults believe that when a kid feels something so strongly that they (the adults) actually know better the internal feelings of the child?
I would argue that a child -- who has not yet had any social conditioning -- is better in touch with who they are than adults are. How many adults follow a life's path based on the expectations of others? They have passions as a child and teenager, and then are molded by parents, teachers, and/or peer groups to fulfill the agenda of someone else.
When I am out and about, I've had so many "straight" men tell me that they admired the freedom that I display in being who I am, or choose to be. Is there a component in our society that inhibits men from being open and pursuing what makes them happy?
The kid in question is being torn between parents, who divorced over the issue. But the father has gotten a court to commit the child, while the mother filed an appeal.
