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Odds are that the parents will not be happy unless the child proves to be transgender. I suspect they will openly encourage it and then be disappointed if the child asserts itself as the biological gender it was born as.
"I'm raising Searyl in such a way that until they have the sense of self and command of vocabulary to tell me who they are, I'm recognizing them as a baby and trying to give them all the love and support to be the most whole person that they can be outside of the restrictions that come with the boy box and the girl box," Doty said.
The mom isn't destroying the child. The baby will know which gender he/she is. Gender identity is innate. I believe it is stupid and wrong not to assign the baby a gender, but it's far from destroying the baby. I can think of far worse ways, like bringing a child up in a fundamentalist religious household, in which the kid is required to thank an invisible deity before eating.
Oh yeah, children saying grace is the worst thing imaginable.
As an individual, you have a right to "identify" as you wish, sexualize as you wish, dress as you wish, and pretend as you wish. But, you have no right to destroy the life of another. You only have the right to destroy yourself.
Hoping that you're one of the few in this forum who can have a reasoned discussion:
Note: I'm not stating my stance on this issue
It's probable the parents' belief that not disclosing the child's gender more freely allows the child to "identify" and "sexualize" as it wishes. As it is free from labeling from others
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