The Atlantic November 2008
Brandon Simms at age 5 in a Disney princess costume (Courtesy of the family) Since he could speak, Brandon, now 8, has insisted that he was meant to be a girl. This summer, his parents decided to let him grow up as one. His case, and a rising number of others like it, illuminates a heated scientific debate about the nature of gender—and raises troubling questions about whether the limits of child indulgence have stretched too far. A Boy's Life http... read more
