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A retraction – Bogert
Mother takes out classified ad to celebrate birth of son who used to be her daughter
From Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/mother-takes-out-classified-ad-to-celebrate-birth-of-son-who-used-to-be-her-daughter-20141202-11yvwo.html[attachment=17]1417557051456.jpg[/attachment]
The ad placed in the Courier-Mail.
A mother’s heartfelt and humorous message of support for her child’s gender choice has gone viral after she took out a classified advertisement in a Queensland paper to retract the birth of her daughter and celebrate her new son.
Yolanda Bogert of Jimboomba, a suburb in Brisbane’s south-west, published a light-hearted birth retraction in The Courier Mail’s births section on December 2 which said: “In 1995 we announced the arrival of our sprogget, Elizabeth Anne, as a daughter. He informs us that we were mistaken. Oops! Our bad. We would now like to present, our wonderful son – Kai Bogert. Loving you is the easiest thing in the world. Tidy your room.”
Kai was known as Elizabeth Anne for the past 19 years but told his mother a few days ago that he no longer wanted to live as a girl.
Ms Bogert told The Courier Mail she had always known there was something different about Kai; there had been some small signs when he was younger and then more evident signs in later years, but they had never really been discussed openly.
Ms Bogert said she wanted to show her son she supported him.
Kai said he was shocked but happy about his mum’s reaction and that he’d made no decisions about any hormone treatment or gender reassignment surgery but “so far I have never been happier”
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I Saw this in Facebook last night, I thought it was wonderful. I can only imagine how Kai must feel in this circumstance.
Claire
