(OPINION) Faithwire – A clip for a new HBO documentary, “Transhood,” is causing quite a stir on social media, as it shows a group of adults leading a 4-year-old biological boy to publicly announce he prefers to identify as a little girl.
In the one-minute video, the boy, whose name is Phoenix, is seen dressed in a rainbow skirt as he’s ushered to the stage at a seemingly religious ceremony celebrating people who identify with a whole host of sexual descriptors. Phoenix is obviously very nervous about making any sort of public declaration.
So when handed a microphone, the nervous toddler says, “I’m a little shy.” “You’re a little shy?” asked the mother. “Do you want to tell everybody if you’re a boy or a girl?” In response, Phoenix said, “I just want to tell them that I’m a girl.” Ultimately, the child said, “I don’t want to do it.” “OK,” replied the mom.
Watch these adults push a toddler dressed in rainbow clothing to publicly announce that he is a girl named “Phoenix” who would “prefer she and her pronouns.”
“I’m a little shy,” the toddler says, when offered the microphone to make the announcement.pic.twitter.com/jfVHv7p7dT
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) November 23, 2020
“Phoenix would like you to know that she’s a girl and she prefers ‘she’ and ‘her’ pronouns.” At that, the young child was handed a pink flower and everyone gathered for the ceremony said together, “May you be well, safe, and whole. We honor you exactly as you are.”
According to a report from Time, Phoenix, who was 4 years old when HBO began filming the documentary series, first identified as a “girl-boy,” then chose to identify as a female, before returning to his biological identity as a male at 7 years old. Sharon Liese, director for the series, told the outlet it’s
“not unusual that kids know [that they are trans] when they are young.” “People ask me, ‘How do kids know when they are 4 years old?’” she said. “I quickly realized that is not the question. The question is, ‘How do you not believe them?’” READ MORE
