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2016-04-12 07:26 6013866 Anonymous My fourteen year old brother wants a sex change operation (1430582732492.png 399x300 75kB)
Okay /lgbt/. I'm writing this because I'm desperate. My brother has gone through alot of weird what I assumed were phases. Like flirting with boys as a twelve year old, crossing dressing, it was very embarrassing and made me a target of bullying at school. Trying to tell him to tone it down always got into trouble with our parents for "not being supportive enough". All this I could forget and forgive, but now he's gone too far. He's talking about having a sex change operation and I'm at a loss for how I put an end to this madness before he fucks up his life forever. He's not old enough to be making these decisions. What do I do? How do I convince him to AT LEAST wait until he's older?

11 min later 6013897 Anonymous
When I was younger, I wanted to dye parts of my hair red. My mom said "not until you're older" Then when I was older, I didn't want to dye my hair cause I thought it would look stupid. Your younger brother needs better parents is what I'm saying.

15 min later 6013907 Anonymous
>>6013866 He has to wait until he's older, at least until 18. No one is doing SRS on kids.

16 min later 6013912 Anonymous
Your brothers a faggot. Even if he is mtf >getting srs If he's trans support him, but don't let him cut off his junk until he's at least in his twenties.

24 min later 6013926 Anonymous
that girl needs to start hrt NOW dont let your sister turn into a hon

25 min later 6013932 Anonymous
>>6013866 Dude don't worry about it, as others have said, he won't be able to be operated on until he's 18+. If he really is a tranny then this is the only thing that'll let him live a comfortable life. If he's not a tranny, well, let him just fuck his life up from it then. You're there to continue your family line. Do you really think your brother should be passing on his genes? Besides, everything will be undoable for the most part, if he does get on the hormones. Save for a couple things. If he's not really a tranny then he'll figure it out and be able to detransition and live a relatively normal life as a relatively normal dude.

27 min later 6013934 Anonymous
The best possible couse of action is to get him to a gender therapist and, if he wants (which seems likely) get him on reversable puberty blockers. In the unlikely event that he changes his mind, no harm will be done, but if not then his life will be significantly better. He can wait until he's a responsible adult for more permanent changes.

29 min later 6013937 Some Mook from Boston
>>6013926 This

35 min later 6013961 Akaka
>>6013866 It's four years until anyone will operate on your little sister. Plenty of time to get used to it, while she takes hormones to make sure she grows up right.

38 min later 6013974 Anonymous
>>6013866 those arent different phases, its just the same thing progressing

59 min later 6014045 Anonymous
>>6013866 If he's been doing this shit since he was 12, it's probably not a phase, and you might want to consider being more supportive. You can't squash this out of him, and he can use all the support he can get. Love him as he is, don't try to change him. Still, no one is going to operate on your brother at 14, that will have to wait until he's full adult at 18. The most anyone would give a 14 year old would be hormone blockers. Those are exactly what they sound like and are completely reversible. Basically, they keep the permanent effects of puberty from happening until your brother is old enough to make a decision himself and to make sure it isn't a phase. If he decides he's not trans, he gets taken off the blockers and has a normal, albeit late, male puberty no problems. If decides he is trans, then you just made things 110% easier for him without the permanent effects of testosterone fucking his body up and also minimized his suicide risk.

1 hours later 6014113 Anonymous
>>6013866 Repeating >>6013926 and the other advice about SRS being legally unobtainable for her until she's legally an adult. Also the behavior you've noticed weren't a series of phases, but an expression of her gender identity. Meaning this isn't a phase either. The puberty blockers aren't permanent, so make sure she starts them very soon. Though I think this is bait because no one could be this dense.

3 hours later 6014903 Anonymous
>>6013866 >and I'm at a loss for how I put an end to this madness before he fucks up his life forever. If you try to stop her, it will fuck her up worse, and she may suicide. This desire to be a girl is hard coded in her brain. Sure you can do all sorts of nasty things to get her to not to express it, but the deep seated discord in her brain between her desire to be a woman, and societies enforcement of her acting only male will eventually shatter her mind. This is why there is government talk of an outright ban on conversion therapy on minors.

4 hours later 6014919 Anonymous
>>6013866 Been there done that, it's not a phase. At 14 all your sibling would be on is blockers to delay puberty, probably estrogen at 16, and srs likely not before 18-20 if she can even afford it then.

4 hours later 6014989 Anonymous
>>6013866 TROLL THREAD TROLL THREAD TROLL THREAD The reasonable thing to do in this situation would be to put him on puberty blockers to give him more time to develop his personality and decide when he's older. Trying to prevent this is likely to cause your brother to resent you later down the road. If you're really that concerned then put him on blockers and spend time with him, see if you can influence and inspire him to be masculine, just don't pressure him and give him space to decide for himself.

5 hours later 6015276 Anonymous
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6 hours later 6015651 Anonymous (1459058292710.jpg 1166x832 451kB)
>>6014989 >>6014045 >>6013934 >>6013932 This

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