http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200811/transgender-children A Boy's Life by Hanna Rosin The Atlantic, November 2008 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. Brandon Simms... read more