Stuff.co 6 October 2013The parents of a seven-year-old girl are backing a decision for her to live as a boy and to medically stop puberty.In as little as two years the child, whom the Sunday Star-Times has chosen not to identify, could start a course of drugs dubbed puberty blockers.This is the first step toward hormone replacement treatment and possible surgery.It would mean the child, whose story is being told today with the support of his family, will never fully develop a woman’s body and its natural functions.However, if the injections, which are given once every three months, are stopped, the body would continue its normal development.http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9249148/Born-in-the-wrong-bodySeven ‘too young’ to decide to stop pubertyOne News 7 October 2013Seven is too young to make the decision to medically stop puberty, a medical ethics expert says.The parents of a seven-year-old who was born a girl are defending their decision to consider using puberty blockers in a few years time to stop the onset of female puberty to better enable the child’s transition into becoming a male.The parents say it was a biological mistake and they are already raising her as a boy.http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/seven-too-young-decide-stop-puberty-5605446
Born in the wrong body
September 27, 2020
BERN (Reuters) – UEFA is set to decide next week on how to conclude this season’s Champions League and Europa League competitions which have been put on hold since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, the European soccer body said Thursday.UEFA said in a statement that its executive committee would meet in a video conference on June 17 where the agenda would include “round of 16 onwards and related determinations” for both competitions.The Champions League final was originally scheduled to be played in Istanbul and the Europa League showpiece in Gdansk, Poland, however last month UEFA said “a variety of options” were being looked at for completing the two competitions.These could include playing the remaining stages of each competition in a single venue and reducing the quarter-final and semi-final ties to one leg instead of two.The second legs of four Champions League last-16 ties still need to be played, while Atletico Madrid, Paris St Germain, Atalanta and RB Leipzig have already booked their places in the last eight.In the Europa League, two round of 16 first leg ties still have to be played plus all the second legs.The mayor of Madrid said on Tuesday that the Spanish capital was in talks about hosting the Champions League final if it was moved from Istanbul.The meeting will also discuss the planned schedule and venues for the Euro 2020 tournament, which has been postponed until 2021, and the dates for the playoff ties which were due to be played in March.The 24-team competition will be held across 12 cities across the continent.