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Children of a transsexual father: A successful intervention

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Following gender reassignment, transsexuals are often assessed in many different areas with regard to how they are functioning. However, there is little attention paid to the children they may have had prior to the operation and change in lifestyle. Children may present with problems related to the parents transsexualism, or with more generalised difficulties secondary to break-up of the family. A family of a transsexual father is described in which the children presented with difficulties and in which the intervention was successful.

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À la suite d'une réassignation de genre, les transsexuels sont souvent évalués dans des champs différents pour apprécier comment ils fonctionnent. Cependant, peu d'attention a été portée aux enfants qu'ils pouvaient avoir eu, avant l'opération, et leur changement dans le style de vie. Les enfants peuvent présenter des problèmes en relation avec le transsexualisme des parents ou avec des difficultés plus générales secondaires à la rupture de la famille. Il est décrit une famille avec un père transsexuel dans laquelle les enfants présentaient des difficultés et pour laquelle l'intervention fut un succès.

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Nach einer Geschlechtsumbestimmung werden Transsexuelle oft in vielerlei Hinsicht im Hinblick auf ihr Funktionsniveau untersucht. Jedoch ist bislang den Kindern wenig Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet worden, die sie vor der Operation und Veränderung des Lebensstils hatten. Kinder können Probleme aufweisen, die aus der Transsexualität des Elternteils resultieren oder allgemeinere Schwierigkeiten, die auf der Auflösung der Familie beruhen. Eine Familie eines transsexuellen Vaters wird beschrieben, in der die Kinder Schwierigkeiten aufwiesen und in der eine Intervention erfolgreich verlief.

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Sales, J. Children of a transsexual father: A successful intervention. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 4, 136–139 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01977741

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