TIME FOR ACCEPTANCE
Astory of a six-year-old transgender girl called Time was widely shared among Thai netizens this month after her family posted on Facebook that Time, who lives in Germany with her Thai parents, has received a legal document acknowledging that she is a female and henceforth will be treated as one. According to her parents, Time — born a male — has expressed herself since the age of two that she is a girl, not a boy. They believe she was born in the wrong body.
“Time may not be able to make all of the decisions at this age. But the happiness and joy that she expressed were obvious for us to make a decision for her to be happy. It won’t be Time alone who feels happy with this change. We are also happy to see her happy, even though for her to continue being a boy would be the easiest thing to do in this society. But we believe that, for Time to receive this transition, she will be happy,” read a Valentine’s Day Facebook post by Time’s parents.
Her parents said one of the reasons they will allow their young daughter to change her gender is due to the open and accepting nature of Germany when it comes to gender diversity.
In another post made in October last year, her parents wrote: “No parents may want their kids to be a tood or katoey. But when that already happens, a parent’s job is to understand, accept and love their kids wholeheartedly just the same.”
The mum and dad are fully supportive of their daughter’s wishes and will be with the young girl in every step as she experiences the transition process later in life.