I usually do not post or read this board. but recent developments in my personal life has me coming to read and post here.

short version in past posts I explained my daughter has a health issue that affects her. I dont usually go into detail about those issues because they were not relevent to the posts that I was replying to. but this forum fits her problem so i have been reading and recently posted here even though I am not trangendered.

my daughter was born with both and fully functioning male and female genitals. this causes her many confusions and health related problems and we have been working with her birth to figure out which gender she is supposed to be, sometimes she has to take medications to clear up a male related problem and medications to clear up a female related problem, these medications sometimes cause her to have hallucinations\delusions\mood swings and other problems. blood tests shows she is female. but we have not removed the male organs due to we felt and still feel her gender identity is for her to decide.

she is at an age where she is now noticing her differences from her siblings and friends and is conflicted as to whether she is a boy or girl. sometimes she feels she is a boy and sometimes she feels she is a girl. we will be waiting until she is older for her final decisions before we take any surgery action.

my point, just wanted to let you all know that though I am not transgendered my child is going through these similar problems that are posted in this board and is the reason why I have been in this board more recently. I most likely wont be posting much in this board but will be mostly reading, like any other member on psych central and non members alike can do with any of the forum boards.