A girl set to become Britain's youngest sex-change patient

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Originally Posted by hankhavelock

Let's have an executive summary :D

Summary:

17 year old Sarah Thornton is believed to be the youngest person
in the country awaiting a female-to-male sex change operation.
That means a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy and much more.

For a whole year, She has been living like a teenage BOY, often using a breast restrictor designed to flatten and hide her breasts! She doesnt want to be called Sarah, but Alex! Sarah expects the surgery within the next 12 months. This is the only way she can hope to live the rest of her life with any degree of sanity or happiness.
The Psychiatrist has given her parents a green signal.
The Cost will be: £106,000

Before coming to terms with her daughter's GID problems and accepting her sexuality, her mom felt like:
'All I could think was if you're not happy, change your hair, change your dress sense or, at the most, consider cosmetic surgery. To change something as drastic as your sex - well, it was beyond what I or my husband could understand.'

Sarah's state before : 'She wasn't living her life; she merely existed. She didn't have a job and had very few friends. She was depressed and spent most of her day in bed. If the answer lay in supporting her as she changed sex, well that would be what I, as her mother, had to do.'

God bless Alex.