![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukikageCourtesy of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pink_happybunny:
Boy diagnosed as suffering gender disorder enrolled in elementary school as girl
KOBE -- In a rare move, a 7-year-old boy diagnosed as suffering a gender identity disorder has been enrolled in a public elementary school as a girl, the local board of education said Thursday.
The public elementary school situated in Hyogo Prefecture admitted the child as a girl in April last year at the request of the child's parents.
It is extremely rare that a lower-grade elementary school child has been officially recognized as a patient with gender identity disorder even though a special law enacted in 2004 allows adults with such a disorder to change their gender in their family registries.
The municipal board of education believes classmates are unaware of the child's physical gender. "When the child was enrolled in the school, all the teachers were informed of the situation, but we didn't report it to the prefectural board of education or the parents of other children. Classmates are apparently unaware of the child's physical gender," a board official said.
"We'd like to be fully prepared to respond if the child wants to return to his original physical gender in the future," the official added.
The child has apparently felt a strong identification with the opposite sex since his infancy, preferring to wear skirts and play with stuffed toy animals, according to the board of education. The child resisted when his parents attempted to persuade him to join his elder brother's baseball club, and was unable to eat for several days.
When the child's mother consulted a local hospital, a doctor in charge advised her to let the child do whatever he liked to do regardless of his gender. The child was happy after being allowed to dress as a girl when attending a nursery school and when wearing a bikini in a swimming pool.
To be enrolled in the elementary school as a girl, the child underwent an examination at an Osaka hospital where an expert officially diagnosed a gender identity disorder.
The parents then submitted to the school a medical certificate recognizing the child as a patient with a gender identity disorder. After the school and board met with the child's parents, the child was enrolled in the school as a girl.
The child uses restrooms for girls and undergoes medical checkups with girls, but has not caused any particular trouble. (Mainichi)
May 18, 2006
Unfortunately, my mind is reminded of Princess Princess. Bad Nastassja!
pink_happybunny:Boy diagnosed as suffering gender disorder enrolled in elementary school as girl
KOBE -- In a rare move, a 7-year-old boy diagnosed as suffering a gender identity disorder has been enrolled in a public elementary school as a girl, the local board of education said Thursday.
The public elementary school situated in Hyogo Prefecture admitted the child as a girl in April last year at the request of the child's parents.
It is extremely rare that a lower-grade elementary school child has been officially recognized as a patient with gender identity disorder even though a special law enacted in 2004 allows adults with such a disorder to change their gender in their family registries.
The municipal board of education believes classmates are unaware of the child's physical gender. "When the child was enrolled in the school, all the teachers were informed of the situation, but we didn't report it to the prefectural board of education or the parents of other children. Classmates are apparently unaware of the child's physical gender," a board official said.
"We'd like to be fully prepared to respond if the child wants to return to his original physical gender in the future," the official added.
The child has apparently felt a strong identification with the opposite sex since his infancy, preferring to wear skirts and play with stuffed toy animals, according to the board of education. The child resisted when his parents attempted to persuade him to join his elder brother's baseball club, and was unable to eat for several days.
When the child's mother consulted a local hospital, a doctor in charge advised her to let the child do whatever he liked to do regardless of his gender. The child was happy after being allowed to dress as a girl when attending a nursery school and when wearing a bikini in a swimming pool.
To be enrolled in the elementary school as a girl, the child underwent an examination at an Osaka hospital where an expert officially diagnosed a gender identity disorder.
The parents then submitted to the school a medical certificate recognizing the child as a patient with a gender identity disorder. After the school and board met with the child's parents, the child was enrolled in the school as a girl.
The child uses restrooms for girls and undergoes medical checkups with girls, but has not caused any particular trouble. (Mainichi)
May 18, 2006
Unfortunately, my mind is reminded of Princess Princess. Bad Nastassja!
