Mum Shares Heartbreaking Moment Her Son Decided He Wanted to Be a Girl

A mother has shared the heart-wrenching moment she saw her then four-year-old son trying to cut off his penis with a knife after deciding he wanted to become a girl.

Parents Megan and David Hayes, of Caboolture, QLD always knew their then-son, Ronan, was different, choosing to play with feminine toys and dressing up as a girl, and goes by the name, Emma.

Now aged 12, Emma is a bubbly, intelligent young girl who will soon begin permanent hormone blocking treatment to become a woman.

Ms Hayes told 60 Minutes on Sunday that Emma has started high school and is learning about make-up, as well as attracting the attention of boys in her class. “She’s been extremely worried about her Adam’s apple. Obviously, nothing’s changed whatsoever but, in her head, it’s that obvious fear that, ‘Oh,my god, I’m turning into a man!'” Ms Hayes said.

She said that they decided on granting Emma’s wish of becoming a woman as Emma was put on puberty blockers, followed by hormone replacement therapy and then eventually sex reassignment surgery if she wants it. She added that starting the hormone treatment will prepare their daughter for what the future holds.

Ms Hayes said that the difficult decision came when she found her then-son attempting to cut off his penis as an upset toddler. 

“I found her in the room just with a knife and pants down, and she tried to cut off her own penis. [She] wanted to cut it off. She just didn’t want it there. She didn’t think it belonged there. She only ended up with a little scratch,” she said.

Emma was diagnosed with gender dysphoria – a condition where people don’t identify with their biological sex — at the tender age of eight.

Since then, her parents have shown their support by letting Emma enrol in school as a girl and taking her shopping for make-up and clothes as she adapted to her new identity.

“I think we did [make the right decision]. I couldn’t see a future for Emma if we had have forced her to be Ronan, I don’t think she would be here,” Mr Hayes said.

For her 18th birthday, Emma has already told her mother that she wants to go on a trip to Bangkok so she could get breast implants.

Source: Dailymail.co.uk