A mother and daughter from Brazil have undergone gender transition to become father and son.
Raphael 38, and Gustavo Batista, 10, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, were born with female biological characteristics but now both identify as male.
Raphael, 38, stopped identifying as female last year and asked to be referred to as male in September 2024, Raphael posted a clip on Instagram in which he discussed gender identity.
The clip was captioned, translated from Portuguese “If I have dysphoria in my body? and the answer is Yes”.
Asked If his Gustavo influenced him, Raphael told GI, ‘”It didn’t have any influence, he (Gustavo) gave me strength and courage to face (the transition)”.
The parent and child shared their inspiring story with their nearly 250,000 Instagram followers and many are supporting them in their journey.
The father and son have previously spoken out against people using their “dead names” – the names they went by when they identified as women.
“Even though it is our right to have social name respected in practice, respect rarely happens infact, “the caption reads as translated into English. Gustavo, who is a student, also works as an actor and has prayed both transgender and cisgender characters films.
Gustavo is treated at the Transdisciplinary Outpatient Clinic for Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation at the Institute of Psychiatry and Pediatric Endoocrinology Unit at the Children’s Institute of the Hospital das Clinicas Sao Paulo.
In the UK, puberty blockers were banned indefinitely for children under-18 who think they are transgender in December because of safety concerns.
The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) published expert advice that there is “currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children”.
The Commission recommended indefinite restrictions while work is done to ensure the safety of the children and young people.
-9News Nigeria.
