BBC News 18 September 2016
Family First Comment: No – you\’re a biological female. A beautiful 10 year old girl. Celebrate your uniqueness! And don\’t let adults confuse and exploit you with mythical terms like \’non-binary\’ and \’gender identity\’.
Leo is 10 years old. For most of his life he\’s lived as a girl, but this summer he began to speak openly about his sense that this didn\’t feel quite right. With research help for his parents, he\’s decided he is non-binary – in his case, both masculine and feminine – though for the moment he dresses as a boy and has taken a male name. This is Leo\’s story in his own words.
I\’m not a boy.
I thought I was a boy, because I\’m not entirely a girl. We tried that for a bit, and I thought: \”No, this is not right.\”
Then we did some research and we found the word is gender non-binary… and it really works, it\’s just me.
I don\’t know what age I was when I identified that I wasn\’t feeling right.
Actually I told my teacher first. I got really frustrated because I asked why none of the girls got boys\’ parts in a play that we were doing. It wasn\’t right.
I pulled her over and said: \”I\’m not a girl.\”
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