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Lesbian: Thomas Lobel, who calls himself Tammy, is undergoing controversial hormone-blocking treatment in Berkeley, California, to stop him going through puberty as a boy.
His lesbian mothers, who adopted him aged two, said they had been criticised by friends and family, but insisted they had not forced their son to become a girl.
Debra Lobel and Pauline Moreno said one of the first things Thomas told them when he learnt sign language at three, because of a speech impediment, was, "I am a girl".Tammy, now 11, wears dresses and effectively lives as a girl.
Ms Moreno and Ms Lobel said their son, who they claimed was depressed at a younger age and threatened to
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The couple were married in 1990 by a rabbi, according to Ms Moreno's Facebook page, and have two older sons and grandchildren.
Ms Moreno said Thomas was shy and unhappy as a boy compared with his older, outgoing, athletic brothers.
He liked to read Wonder Woman comic books and play with dolls, and shunned baseball hats, preferring rhinestone hair accessories.
At seven, after Thomas threatened genital self-mutilation, therapists and psychiatrists diagnosed him with gender identity disorder.
A year later, his mothers allowed him to start the transition to becoming female by letting him wear bras and dresses.
"As soon as we let him put on a dress, his personality changed from a very sad kid who sat still, didn't do much of anything, to a very happy little girl who was thrilled to be alive," Ms Moreno told CNN.
This year Thomas started taking hormone-blocking drugs to postpone development of broad shoulders, deep voice and facial hair associated with puberty.
The diagnosis has been hard for Ms Moreno and Ms Lobel to accept, but they insisted their sexuality had nothing to do with it.
Ms Moreno said people had thought: "We're pushing her to do this. I'm a lesbian. My partner is a lesbian. That suddenly falls into the fold, 'Oh, you want her to be part of the lifestyle you guys live'."
The mothers said the hormone treatment would give Thomas time to decide whether to make the full transition to a female or go through puberty as a boy.
If he stopped taking the drugs, he would undergo male puberty at a later stage but his future fertility would not be affected.
To become an adult female, he could take female hormones, which would raise his voice, grow breasts and develop other feminine physical characteristics.
Ms Moreno and Ms Lobel have been married since 1990, when they were joined in a commitment ceremony by their rabbi.
San Francisco, right by Berkeley, is one of four cities in the United States with a hospital that has a program for transgender children.
The University of California San Francisco is home to the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health.
Children are seen at length by mental health professionals and then treated by pediatric endocrinologists.
His lesbian mothers, who adopted him aged two, said they had been criticised by friends and family, but insisted they had not forced their son to become a girl.
Debra Lobel and Pauline Moreno said one of the first things Thomas told them when he learnt sign language at three, because of a speech impediment, was, "I am a girl".Tammy, now 11, wears dresses and effectively lives as a girl.
Ms Moreno and Ms Lobel said their son, who they claimed was depressed at a younger age and threatened to
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.chop off his penis, was now much happier.
The couple were married in 1990 by a rabbi, according to Ms Moreno's Facebook page, and have two older sons and grandchildren.
Ms Moreno said Thomas was shy and unhappy as a boy compared with his older, outgoing, athletic brothers.
He liked to read Wonder Woman comic books and play with dolls, and shunned baseball hats, preferring rhinestone hair accessories.
At seven, after Thomas threatened genital self-mutilation, therapists and psychiatrists diagnosed him with gender identity disorder.
A year later, his mothers allowed him to start the transition to becoming female by letting him wear bras and dresses.
"As soon as we let him put on a dress, his personality changed from a very sad kid who sat still, didn't do much of anything, to a very happy little girl who was thrilled to be alive," Ms Moreno told CNN.
This year Thomas started taking hormone-blocking drugs to postpone development of broad shoulders, deep voice and facial hair associated with puberty.
The diagnosis has been hard for Ms Moreno and Ms Lobel to accept, but they insisted their sexuality had nothing to do with it.
Ms Moreno said people had thought: "We're pushing her to do this. I'm a lesbian. My partner is a lesbian. That suddenly falls into the fold, 'Oh, you want her to be part of the lifestyle you guys live'."
The mothers said the hormone treatment would give Thomas time to decide whether to make the full transition to a female or go through puberty as a boy.
If he stopped taking the drugs, he would undergo male puberty at a later stage but his future fertility would not be affected.
To become an adult female, he could take female hormones, which would raise his voice, grow breasts and develop other feminine physical characteristics.
Ms Moreno and Ms Lobel have been married since 1990, when they were joined in a commitment ceremony by their rabbi.
San Francisco, right by Berkeley, is one of four cities in the United States with a hospital that has a program for transgender children.
The University of California San Francisco is home to the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health.
Children are seen at length by mental health professionals and then treated by pediatric endocrinologists.
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