Unnamed Former Patient

And yeah, everyone was like, yeah, in shock. But you felt, oh, it was so, yeah, that finally I looked, yeah, how I felt. And also the strong hand from my mother and very protected. It was a very, very special moment. But also the moment of, OK, we're out now and we're going for it. But when Manon first got to the gender clinic... In the beginning, they were very hands-off.

And yeah, everyone was like, yeah, in shock. But you felt, oh, it was so, yeah, that finally I looked, yeah, how I felt. And also the strong hand from my mother and very protected. It was a very, very special moment. But also the moment of, OK, we're out now and we're going for it. But when Manon first got to the gender clinic... In the beginning, they were very hands-off.

Because you were so young. So young. They said, OK, don't stimulate, don't force anything.

Because you were so young. So young. They said, OK, don't stimulate, don't force anything.

We see a lot of children who say it and later on they make a different decision.

We see a lot of children who say it and later on they make a different decision.

Yeah, and my mother, because we had such a strong interweb connection, she was like very, no, I know my child. And this is not something from yesterday. And we are not these parents who, yeah, prefer a daughter or something. No, it's not the case. So later on, we came at Honolulu.

Yeah, and my mother, because we had such a strong interweb connection, she was like very, no, I know my child. And this is not something from yesterday. And we are not these parents who, yeah, prefer a daughter or something. No, it's not the case. So later on, we came at Honolulu.

In the beginning, it was only questions, questions, questions.

In the beginning, it was only questions, questions, questions.

How do you feel? How are you at school?

How do you feel? How are you at school?

questions but my dad really can remember very well what really made impact on him a lot of children who are sexual abused like a small girl is abused they can also have these feelings that they prefer to be a boy with the feeling that oh if i were a boy the person did not abuse me or yeah

questions but my dad really can remember very well what really made impact on him a lot of children who are sexual abused like a small girl is abused they can also have these feelings that they prefer to be a boy with the feeling that oh if i were a boy the person did not abuse me or yeah

So, yeah, my dad really can remember that they asked me a few times different ways if I was all sexual abused, if my dad touched me strange or my granddad or... Yeah, and he thought that was really heavy. And also that he had meetings on his own together with my mother or my mother on her own. So... Yeah, he said sometimes it felt like an investigation on us as parents.

So, yeah, my dad really can remember that they asked me a few times different ways if I was all sexual abused, if my dad touched me strange or my granddad or... Yeah, and he thought that was really heavy. And also that he had meetings on his own together with my mother or my mother on her own. So... Yeah, he said sometimes it felt like an investigation on us as parents.

Yeah, I thought that was very, but worth it, of course. But I think it was, yeah, around one year that we, yeah, they got, we received like the diagnostization. The diagnosis? Yeah, the diagnosis, gender dysphoria. And then it was more like, okay, we just keep in touch. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I thought that was very, but worth it, of course. But I think it was, yeah, around one year that we, yeah, they got, we received like the diagnostization. The diagnosis? Yeah, the diagnosis, gender dysphoria. And then it was more like, okay, we just keep in touch. Mm-hmm.

And so, as she was nearing 12 years old, I can remember we went like in the next phase of the treatment.

And so, as she was nearing 12 years old, I can remember we went like in the next phase of the treatment.