El «mejor interés» del menor transexual

When a child is considered to have manifestations of gender dysphoria, parents are advised to begin the social transition to the new gender, and to provide the child with blockers of puberty and give cross-hormones at 16 years of age. Finally, when the age of majority comes, surgery is recommended. This protocol, which could be called official or politically correct, because of its support by different health professional associations, groups of people affected, and, in some cases, the legislation itself. These are all being discussed for various reasons, such as, for example, the low rates of persistence of transsexualism in the passage from childhood to maturity, and the side effects of treatments, etc. Given this situation, any decision making in this regard must be preceded by an act of prudence, aimed at guaranteeing the child's welfare. Within this framework it is important to ask what is really the best interest of the child.