When Boys Would Rather Not Be Boys - Maclean's
Transgenderism – the belief that you were born the wrong sex – can affect children and adolescents. The B.C. Transgender Care Group provides such youngsters with world-class hormonal, psychiatric and surgical care.
Excerpt: “Cormac recalls his epiphanic moment following a presentation by a peer-counselling group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth at Lord Byng Secondary School. ‘I always sort of knew I wanted to be a guy,’ says Cormac. ‘They explained to me what transgender was and, for the first time ever, I ‘got it’ and went home and told my mom.’ ”