{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"20794435","dateCreated":"1267227385","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"superstarsouza","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/superstarsouza","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20794435"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Rori","description":"While reading this article i felt many different emotions. I at first felt bad for Rori because of all of the problems that he\/she had to face while only being 6 years old. I think it is great that from an early age this child already knows exactly who he is. What i dont understand is why other people think that they have the right to interfere and make this childs life their business. These people have absolutely no right to tell this child that the gender he wishes to be is right or wrong. Society is so against or afraid of anything that is different or not like what they are used to. I understand that everyone believes in different things and that everyone has their own opinion, but what they dont have is the right to tell make decisions for other people. This child is a minor and is under the guardianship of his legal parents. If his parents are okay with his life style choice and there are no problems why bother them and bring yourself into a situation that you do not belong in. This child and his parents are doing nothing wrong and are not bothering or harming other people, so leave them alone! You go girl!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20785261","dateCreated":"1267213612","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bchun3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bchun3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20785261"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Zack - Aurora - Rori","description":"
\nI think that Rori's parents are very supportive of him, in allowing him to change his name and tell people that he's another gender. I don't think it's wrong, especially since parents can't help the way their child is. So the parents were right in supporting Rori's needs. However, I dont think it was right for Rori's parents to expose him to the media. I think coming out is a very personal decision and experience, that no one can force, especially for a child that young. I think they should have let him decide what he wanted to do. Exposing their child to the media might have been due to a multitude of reasons. One, they might have wanted the attention, because the parents also suffered from bipolar disorders. Two, maybe they thought that by exposing Rori's case that would prompt other parents to be supportive of their children. Three, maybe they just weren't thinking about what they were doing. I'm a person who supports equality and human rights. Therefore I have no qualms against transgenders, or any other person that decides to do something against their gender. That's a personal decision and I dont think I have a right to impede on that decision.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20780809","dateCreated":"1267208938","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"brittzbarnes","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/brittzbarnes","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20780809"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Aurora :]","description":"Do you think that Aurora\/Zachary\u2019s parents were right in allowing him to change his name and tell people that he is a girl?
\n2. Do you think that it was right for Aurora\/Zachary\u2019s parents to expose their child to the media?
\n3. Did Zach\u2019s\/Aurora\u2019s parents think that they would gain support with their child\u2019s exposure to the media, and if not then why would they make the process so easy and why were they so open?
\n4. How do you feel about transgender people? Should they be allowed in society or not (since there are no current laws against them)?
\nOkay, so I found this article extremely interesting and totally fustrating, all at one time.
\nTo answer the question, "do you think Zach\/Rori's parents were right in letting him\/her change his\/her name," I'd say yes. According to my GG, who is a social worker, everything done by the parent should be in the best interest of the child. If Zach wants to change his name to Rori, I believe that there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The fact that that Aurora's parents supported him and his disease in an accepting manner, still loving there child whether he wanted to be male or female, came of as somewhat strong and heroic to me. It showed me that no matter what situation, disease or illness a family or family member has, you have to coupe with it, deal with and realize that in the end, you'll always be a family.
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\nNow the media. I don't think that it was such a great idea to expose their child to the media being that he\/she is going through a lot of issues at the moment. Being taken away from his\/her parents is devastating enough. The child does not need a camera in it face tourmenting him\/her. And on top of it all, Rori, probably doesn't even know what's gong on. Rori, doesn't know that anythings wrong with what he\/she's doing being that his parents just went with the flow of feeling that their child has had. According to him\/her, he's just fine, normal.
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\nAlthough I disagree with the way Rori's parents sought out help (through the media) I do believe that it was probably the quickest and easiest way to gain attention as well as guidance and help from transgender groups.
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\nMy feelings towards transgender people are the same as any other. Do what makes you happy. I believe that, like any other human being, transgender people should be allowed in society. I mean, why not?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20780123","dateCreated":"1267208010","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"gito20","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gito20","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20780123"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"BOYgirl","description":"This article was very interesting. I found it very interesting that Zach or Rori's parents were both troubled in their own way and i think that is the reason why this young boy is so troubled. I think that it was a good thing that they let their son be whatever he wants to be whether its being a boy or becoming a girl, but when they held it a secret for a while then decided to change his name legally i think they took this situation too far. I believe that its good that they supported their son by loving him eventhough he wanted to become a girl but i think that they should have left his name as Zach and let him decide when he wants to come out of the closet to the rest of the world instead of them doing it for him. By putting him in foster care i think that in a way it was a good idea but the reason they took him away was a bad reason. I think it was a good idea because his parents are mentally unstable to take care of him eventhough they love him a lot. With both parents beign bi polar and his father recently deciding to become a woman, i think his family is very disfunctional and he deserve the right to have a more stable family. But all in all I do feel that his parents love him and I am glad that they support his desicions because other children out all over the world are too afraid to tell their parents that they want to be the opposite gender because parents would usually freak out and punish the kid.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20779837","dateCreated":"1267207590","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mahina10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mahina10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20779837"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Rori:) ","description":"After reading this passage I was so sad for him. I didn't think it was right for the social workers to take Rori away because its not like they parents were doing anything illegal with him . They just changed his name and therefroe he gets taken away. Some how I find this very wrong and un just. I think that it's not his fault that he wants to be a girl and that we as the public sshould let him be what ever he wants to be. I think it is also probably the same case with his father. I don't think they can help it. I believe that it is just something they are born with. Therefore since they arn't hurting anyone Rori should be able to return to his family.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20760059","dateCreated":"1267175995","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"nitanoue","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/nitanoue","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20760059"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Aurora\/Zachary","description":"This article was very interesting because our gender identity is something that we all take for granted. We take for granted how lucky we are that we identify with the gender that we are biologically. I think that Aurora\/Zachary\u2019s parents were right in allowing him to change his name because if he feels inside that he is a girl and wants that name, I don\u2019t think they have the right to prevent this. However, I think that his parents should never have exposed him to the media because it puts undue pressure on a child who is simply trying to find who he really is. I feel that although his parents may have thought that by opening up the story to the media they would be gaining support, they should never have done this to the child. I think they were open about the problem because they thought that if they exposed everything, they would get sympathy for the issues they faced. I think that discretion should have been used with this issue. Personally, I think that it is fine to be a transgendered person because if it makes them happy to dress and act like the opposite sex, then it is perfectly fine. These people didn\u2019t have the choice to be put into the body of a sex that they didn\u2019t identify with. Transgendered people should definitely be allowed in society because we are all different and that is what makes the world so special.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20760027","dateCreated":"1267175839","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"yurieeeeee","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/yurieeeeee","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20760027"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Aurora","description":"I respect the parents for letting Zach be whoever he wants to be and I agree with them in that Zach should be able to express himself without shame. They are clearly not ashamed to have a son who tells his neighbors that he is a girl. Rather, they \u201ccame to believe that it was wrong not to let Aurora express her gender in public\u201d and decides to let him change his legal name. However, I was appalled at the fact that the court believes that Zack suffers from a mental illness. The article also mentions that the county saw nothing wrong with the dysfunctional family until the issue was made public. It seems that the people do not want unusual things happening in their county, and thus they try to cover up the blunder by saying the boy has medical problems and that he needs to be put under foster care. Doing so makes things worse because Zach will start to see that if he tries to be who he wants to be, he would be considered unacceptable to society.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20759975","dateCreated":"1267175635","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mahayash","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mahayash","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20759975"},"dateDigested":1532140596,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Aurora (:","description":"Rori\u2019s parents are doing the right thing. I don\u2019t understand why so many people are not accepting transgendered people. I thought that anything was accepted in America because this is a place for opportunity for many people. Where I came from, gay\/lesbian, and transgendered people are still shunned and they have to hide what they are. I strongly agree with Rori\u2019s parents, and how they accept the fact that their son is a girl stuck inside a boy\u2019s body. I don\u2019t believe that the parents are using Rori to gain attention from the media. Why do the parents who try to accept what their child is be punished? Just because kids are transgendered it doesn\u2019t mean that society has to ban them from acting however they want, or forcefully make them stick to their biological gender. The psychologists disappointed me by showing how close-minded they are, saying that these people have \u201cmental illness\u201d, or are \u201cgender-confused.\u201d I just wish that the nation would accept that fact that even transgendered people are normal and that they just happened to be born into the wrong body. They make an effort to be themselves and that shouldn\u2019t be stopped. I am definitely hoping Rori\u2019s parents are allowed to keep custody of him.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20759575","dateCreated":"1267172126","smartDate":"Feb 26, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"kananih92","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kananih92","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20759575"},"dateDigested":1532140597,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Go Aurora!!","description":"Truthfully, I was completely and utterly disgusted when I read this article. Any being should be able to pursue either gender if that's what makes them comfotable, and a six year old, who is biologically a male, is no exception. Just the idea of chastising a little boy\/girl who is trying to find her place in the world disheartens me. I thought our country was past all this controversy, but I guess you can't educate all the truly ignorant and bias people out there. His parents have my full support. Although they have their own problems, their issues are a part of their private life and should not be publicized. Every family has their own dsyfunctions, and no one has the right to classify whether their issues should be accepted in society or not. As for her foster "caregivers" they should be ashamed for damping the ideals of a child. I refuse to even associate these induviduals as parents, because if our main means of reassurance is not able to support our children and their decisions, then truthfully who will.I just feel so bad for Aurora because of what she has to go through at such a young age. Her innocence as a child was basically shattered and I can only hope that she perseveres through this hurdle in her life and will continue to live and thrive as a female.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"20758917","dateCreated":"1267167291","smartDate":"Feb 25, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"MaureenBarrientos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MaureenBarrientos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/20758917"},"dateDigested":1532140597,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Parents Punished for Accepting their Child???","description":"I deeply admire Aurora\u2019s (aka Zachery) parents for letting their child express what he believes is his true identity. It is disturbing that this has become a custody battle between social services and the parents. But what angers me the most is that psychologists diagnose transgender people with mental illnesses or label them as \u201cgender-confused\u201d. Transgenders do not just wake up one day and decide they want to switch sexes; they know from the beginning of their life who they want to be. By changing their son\u2019s name and letting him dress the way he likes, Paul and Sherry have spared their son the anxiety and terror of \u201ccoming out\u201d to the world. Although Paul and Sherry could not maintain a perfect living environment, due to they bipolar illness, they offered Rori true parenting: unconditional love and acceptance of his wishes.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}