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When boys would rather not be boys Maclean's
Transgenderism – the belief you have been born the wrong sex – can affect children and adolescents. The B.C. Transgender Care Group provides such youngsters with world-class psychiatric, hormonal and surgical care.
Excerpt from article:“Cormac recalls his epiphanic moment following a presentation by a peer-counselling group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth at Lord Byng Secondary School. ‘I always sort of knew I wanted to be a guy,’ says Cormac. ‘They explained to me what transgender was and, for the first time ever, I ‘got it’ and went home and told my mom.’ ”