Articles Tagged: gender

The latest craze for parents-to-be: The Gender Reveal Party

By Keith Kendrick, May 2, 2012

First came baby showers, now the latest craze to cross the Pond from America is the Gender Reveal Party: a celebration occasion where mums-to-be reveal the sex of their baby to friends and family for the first time – and, in some cases, even themselves.

Hermaphrodite decides to become a woman - after 40 years living as an unhappy man

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Feb 28, 2012

A woman born with both male and female genitals has lived as a man for over 40 years because her mum and dad did not tell her she was born as a hermaphrodite until she was 19.

Boys should be able to wear skirts to school, says children's adviser

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 13, 2012

Family campaigners have reacted angrily to a children's adviser's call for boys to be allowed to wear skirts to school.

Please let's stop the tacky stereotypes for children

By Olivia Gordon, Feb 1, 2012

LEGO infuriated parents this new year by launching a 'Friends' range targeting girls which is set in some godawful Californian-style 'Heartlake City', featuring easy, unchallenging models to build and pinkified characters who are obsessed with accessories, cupcakes and getting 'styled and ready to go!!!' at the 'beauty shop'.

Gender-confused children to have puberty delaying jabs

By parentdish.co.uk, Jan 22, 2012

Six children in Britain will be given hormone injections to delay the onset of puberty because they are convinced they were born the wrong sex.

It's a boy! Parents reveal 'genderless' child's sex - after keeping it secret for five years

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 20, 2012

After five years of raising their child as an “it” a couple have finally revealed – “it’s a boy!”

Dad's pregnancy diary: A question of sex

By James Moore, Jan 17, 2012

There has only been one topic of discussion in our house this week – sex! Once upon a time it might have been about where or how to do it. These days conversations about sex are almost solely about whether our baby is going to be a boy or a girl.