The boy's parents were previously accused of child abuse, but according to them, their son has been a girl since he was one and a half years old.
The youngest grand marshal in the 18-year history of the Pride event series was introduced: an 11-year-old transgender girl - that is, a boy - recently "wrote history" by becoming an ambassador for the Orlando Pride parade. Pink News LGBTQ portal wrote
His mother, Jaime Jara, said that Dempsey has been transgender since he was 18 months old, openly accepting his new gender: wearing girly clothes and growing long hair.
Her parents have previously been accused of child abuse, saying that confusing a developing child's gender identity can have fatal psychological consequences.
Nevertheless, in 2019, Dempsey's parents changed her birth certificate, making her officially a girl at just 7 years old. The question arises as to how a one-and-a-half-year-old boy can express his trans identity.
Even an 11-year-old doesn't have the foresight to make the life-changing decision to change their birth gender—and the LGBTQ community proudly displays it as a symbol.
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