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I agree hormone therapy is the wrong medication here; it actually gets me pretty upset they'd do this to an eleven year old. I don't quite agree there's nothing to correct because there is a vast disparity between mental identity and physical identity. By no means do I think Jazz needs to be pushed toward masculinity, but I definitely believe mental conditioning is required for Jazz to better cope with her situation. Toward accepting herself as being quite different and understanding the world will look at her differently -- and being able to be okay with that. I absolutely do not believe hormone therapy will help with that. I don't think baldly revealing her status to other eleven year olds is very helpful either.
But, and this is the devil's advocate for me, again I have to give parents the benefit of the doubt because they're in the trenches. Maybe they know more and maybe they know without a shadow of a doubt this is the right course of action.
Agree 100% chief, and I hope the parents are doing what's right and best.