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Parents reveal BOTH of their children are transgender after they decided to transition aged five and seven – and insist they’re happier than ever
The parents of two transgender children have told how they supported their kids unconditionally, after both revealed that they wanted to transition at an early age.
Ben and Sara Kaplan, from Berkeley, California, welcomed a biological daughter and then a biological son, to their family.
But at the age of eight, James Kaplan, now 11, who was born a biological girl, realized he had to transition from female to male.
And just a few years later a then-four-year-old Olivia Kaplan, now seven, who was born a biological boy, realized she wanted to transition from male to female. Their names at birth have not been revealed.
The family are now sharing their story in the hopes of breaking the taboo around trans children, after statistics revealed an alarming number of suicide among young transgender people whose families are not supportive.
Ben and Sara Kaplan, from Berkeley, California, have told how they supported James, now 11, second from right, and Olivia, now seven, second left, through their transition
The parents welcomed a biological daughter and then a biological son, to their family. James, left, and Olivia, right, are pictured with their mother Sara before they transitioned
Sara told Barcroft TV: ‘The reaction when people hear that we have two trans kids is shock and awe.
‘A lot of people think that it must be a copycat situation where the younger one is just mimicking the older one.’
James was eight years old when he told his parents he wanted to transition from female to male – he was in second grade.
Olivia was four when she said she was transgender – but didn’t begin socially transitioning and using female pronouns until she was five years old and entering kindergarten.
In reference to Olivia’s transition, Sara said: ‘It was less shocking because we had just had a child transition – we had educated ourselves about gender.
‘We were far more experienced in how to move through the transition as parents,’ added Ben.
When James was eight, he began socially transitioning. He had a haircut, shopped for boy’s clothes and asked his peers to use male pronouns.
Last year, he changed his name to James legally.
Olivia, now seven, was biologically born a boy but she realized at age four, pictured, that she wanted to transition from male to female
Olivia, now seven, is seen after she transitioned with the support of her parents and brother
James (left) and Olivia (right) are pictured before they transitioned
James (left) and Olivia (right) are pictured after they began their transitions
‘I have always been a boy,’ James said. ‘Before I transitioned, I had a piece missing and it didn’t feel right.
‘I was nervous to tell my parents, but when I did, they said they accepted me. I was happy because I know a lot of trans kids don’t have that, and that’s sad.’
Olivia added: ‘Being trans means you were born in the gender that you don’t feel in your heart – anyone can be whoever they want to be, and it doesn’t matter what your opinion is.’
When Olivia told James about her transition, he was very proud of how brave she had been.
However, like with most siblings, he admits there was the usual competitiveness.
‘I reacted to Olivia transitioning like most older siblings would – even though I’m trans,’ James explained. ‘I was a little confused at first and got a little defensive because I thought it was my thing.
‘But after like a day of that, I saw that Olivia is a girl and she always will be.’
For Olivia, having her big brother understand was key: ‘He was my first supporter and it made me feel very confident that I would have many more.’
A month ago, James started hormone blockers – an implant which prevents him beginning puberty, notably his menstruation cycle and breast development, which would be distressing.
The family, seen before the kids transitioned, are now sharing their story with the hope of breaking the taboo around trans children
Olivia and James both say that they feel much happier now with who they are, and both children have spoken out to praise their sibling for supporting them
Education: Ben (left) and Sara (right) explained that they want to show the world what it means to be parents to transgender children, insisting that it ‘is not that unique’
When discussing the decision, James said: ‘I’m a guy, and if any other guy thought about being a woman, that’s uncomfortable.’
James is now waiting to begin testosterone, which would be the first permanent action he takes towards transitioning as the process would affect his fertility.
Olivia, however, is too young to have any medical treatment for her transition yet.
Sara explained: ‘We have lots of time as she’s only seven – the first thing would be a hormone blocker and that’s not until she would hit the tanner stage two of puberty, so for now, we follow her lead.
‘And we parent, for those who think we just follow our children around doing nothing,’ quipped Ben.
Ben and Sara want to educate those who accuse them of imposing an agenda on their kids.
‘The reason that we chose to be public at this point is because having two transgender children is not that unique, but it’s very difficult to advocate for the second child without it looking like there’s a problem in the house,’ Sara explained.
‘It looks like there is an agenda,’ she said. ‘Like the mother is sick, and that’s not the case here.’
James, pictured left with Olivia before they transitioned, revealed, ‘Before I transitioned, I had a piece missing and it didn’t feel right’
Meanwhile Olivia, pictured back left with her brother before their transition, said that trans people should not be ‘treated better or worse’ than anyone else
Support system: Sara said that she and Ben will love and support their children no matter what, even if the two of them should ‘change their minds’ about their transition
Ben added: ‘It tends to fall on the mother, and I get feedback that I’m just complicit and just sitting here watching, which is untrue – I am a faithful father, and I love my children dearly.’
Naturally, there were times where the process wasn’t easy.
‘There was a grieving process for me when they transitioned, and it wasn’t because I didn’t love them anymore. It had to do with my own misunderstandings and my own biases. It had to do with navigating a world that I knew nothing about,’ Ben explained.
Ben and Sara, through learning and teaching others, are determined that their children live without stigma.
‘We are on the right side of history and we are not going to allow our kids to feel shame or fear based on other people – they deserve to feel loved and accepted.’
‘We are going about this because we are listening to our children and because are doing a lot of research, which has proven we are doing the right thing,’ Ben added.
The alarming statistics of suicide among trans children whose families are not supportive terrified Ben and Sara.
They knew the only thing their children should feel from them is love and acceptance.
Olivia and James are pictured with their mother Sara and father Ben before they transitioned
James and Olivia are pictured now, with James wearing an ‘advocate, celebrate ‘T-shirt
Sara and Ben check in with their children often, to see if they are happy and confident in the gender they are in, to rule out any kind of wavering.
‘We will love and accept them if they come to us tomorrow and say they’ve changed their mind,’ Sara said. ‘And we will love and accept them if they don’t.’
It is this familial environment that has enabled James and Olivia to feel confident with who they are and the decisions they make regarding their identity.
For James, being trans is one of the least extraordinary things about them: ‘Being trans is just a little part of me – there’s so much more to me than being trans.’
‘I would say we are not different,’ Olivia continued. ‘We shouldn’t be treated better or worse.’
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More proof that liberalism is a mental disorder.
In a more sane time that would be child abuse. This is not my country or world anymore. Everything is being inverter. Good is bad and bad is good. Truth are lies and lies are Truth.
I think George Orwell wrote something similar in his book 1984.
Scary how that book fore told the future.
I think we are 17 years in Afghanistan, longest war in US history.
BB I agree that it seems as if good is bad and bad is good, that Truth are lies and lies are Truth… but it only seems that way because a remarkable number of people want to undermine reality.
Good is still Good, Bad is still Bad, and Truth is still Truth.
Preach BB!!!!!!
Old farts(like me) probably remember the Bizarro comics which were a takeoff on Superman. Basically everything in the Bizarro world was backwards. We are there, sportsfans. Nothing seems real. Except Ar15s, 1911s, Glocks, &TC. This is the cruel reality we are facing. Over 90% of communist voters think we’ll have CW2 when Trump is re-elected. Take them seriously and prepare accordingly.
this is Munchausen by proxy, if you look at the photos, the mother figure is the “happiest” one in all shots where she is included.
I see a boat load of $$ spent on psychotherapy for these unfortunate children, born to a mad, insecure, overweight attention whore.
Obviously the mans gonads have been usurped by a power hungry momma bear.
There is no traditional “man” in the family and the woman – if she is one – is a lunatic.
Land whale.
Momma bear must watch a lot of TV for this kind of mentality.
Yep that pretty much sums up what I see. I have a relative that raised and fucked up three kids because she has MBP… And the most amazing thing is she works as a Director at a Women’s Shelter.. One would think she would be attune to mental health issues but not the case… she is the most destructive person I know… and that is saying something seeing as I worked with men who conspired to kill 26 others…
Anyways that woman is way too happy.
That man is too way too stunned.
Looking into their eyes one sees, the hollowness of the parents and aimless hopelessness of the kids.
They should be charged with child abuse…
Exactly. A mental disorder along with a seriously unhealthy need of attention.
This is why I have long said to the people who are ‘prepping’ for some future ‘collapse’ that they are missing the forest for the trees. This IS the collapse. Right here, and right now, we are living it.
Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
And still is…..
Lots a pictures!
I can see mental illness in everyone..
Indeed.
The freak show is always in California, New York or another hotbed of insanity. The mother is usually some overfed heifer while the father is a pussy.
When was the last time this happened where normal people live?
Are you transgender, Ivan?
Are you human?
Look, idiot. He mentioned California as one of the hotbeds of insanity, that’s enough for me to kick his ass, mmmkay?
I guess you didn’t get the memo. California IS a hotbed of freaks and degenerates.
Your momma is a hotbed of freaks and degenerates.
Wow. If you don’t see insanity in CA, you aren’t paying attention or are embedded in it.
The Land of Fruits & Nuts.
Your president is a nutty fruitcake, Harrington, let’s not be throwing rocks…
Look, asshole, I live in the Antelope Valley, I haven’t canvassed the entire state and don’t care to. Your generalization is unfair to the towns inland of the coastal creepshows. Not like Dallas is doing so great, you fucks lost your entire police force and had to scab from the El Paso and Juarez police forces.
EC, Obviously there are some normal people in California – just not enough of them, percentage-wise, which is why Gavin Irksome is the governor. And there’s a lot of extreme leftism, like Berkeley banning gas stoves last week – on the theory that they all should be electric and that there’ll be constant, dependable electricity from solar. Good luck with that. Also, Hollywood.
Are you a faggot?
Don’t hate, Dutch. I ask the questions that make people squirm but also look at themselves in a new light. Often, it helps clarify their positions, maybe they have been programmed, who knows?
I thought you reserved “Faggot” in the lexicon here.
EC: Stirred the shit and got a hornet’s nest too?
I consider it a great comment when I can do both at the same time. It keeps Admin on his toes when an article turns into a wildfire.
YAWN
Mental midgets do not cause me to squirm.
The questions that make you squirm, moron. Not me, why would I want to see you squirm? If I had a dollar for every time some idiot tried the old “mental midget” tactic. You just got here and already your a genius?
YAWN
Mental midget questioner.
Your not much of an intellectual weight either. Keep yawning and we’ll both be bored. Shit even BB can make an interesting comment from a grain of sand. You ain’t got shit. Go back to your country, Ilyich.
The word for which you grope is transvestite.
Transgender is a construct of the multicultural cult of political correctness and permanently offended designed to obfuscate the obvious sexual confusion and mental health problems of less than .08% of the population.
In answer to your question, no, I’m normal.
Have you ever been groped?
have you ever been a free chevy
That was weak.
Define “groped.”
He tried to help me phrase something and he came up with groped. I never grope for words, if I can’t remember a word, I change the sentence to use a handier one. HF I ain’t.
Ok, Ivan, you are trying too hard. Let’s use simpler words. Be nice to me, I’m an old man who can get lost in the shower and I don’t do complicated words. I understand them, don’t get me wrong but they are wrong, like overdressed guests at your hula party. Capisce?
Thanks for the reminder. I’ll try to remember to use “transvestite”. It’ll bother all the right people – like saying “oriental” instead of “Asian” or “colored people” instead of “people of color”. “Darkies” is probably too archaic.
Statistically, it has to be ‘nearly’ impossible to have 2 out of 2 transgender children. I truly question the parenting of these two adults. I suspect they themselves receive tremendous positive attention out there in Berkeley CA.
From Wikipedia….in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men.[1] A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender.[2]
“Having two transgendered children is not that unique” she says.
Sure, in Berkeley.
It would be good if North Korea actually did nuke the Bay Area. Some of you would be downwind, but I may be far enough north to be OK. We have our share of trannies in Minneapolis, but those could probably be handled by sharpshooters.
Let’s feed the Trannies to the Somali’s.
The children are being used as props to garner attention for Mommy. No toddler pushes for gender reassignment, they’re still learning to use the potty and how to speak. The entire trans push is a creation for the progressives to destroy society to make it easier when the Global reset happens. Perversions are what they promote so they can destroy the family, the bulwark of society and replace it with the state. It’s also handy to use transgender as a weapon, you against transgenders, why, you’re a racist nazi.
Bingo. Crazy bitch.
Her. Not you.
Vomitous.
Sick.
I wonder what their rabbi thinks about all that.
They’re probably atheists or reformed – which also means atheists. So if they have a rabbi, I’m sure she’s fine with it.
In my experience Reformed means their religion is practiced by being a Prog, not attending any worship service.
Their rabbi said if they sacrifice the next two unborn that should atone for the sins.
Here is the crux of the attention seeking matter quoted below – “it was my thing.” You can bet their life is filled with social media induced hysteria, demanding they carve out their supposed unique individuality from the masses online. They’ll likely be getting tattoos soon too. Sadly, the youngest is biologically incapable of even remembering her “decision” when he/she/it gets older.
However, like with most siblings, he admits there was the usual competitiveness.
‘I reacted to Olivia transitioning like most older siblings would – even though I’m trans,’ James explained. ‘I was a little confused at first and got a little defensive because I thought it was my thing.
I get that it’s Berkeley, so there’s social capital in having a trans child, two is like hitting the lottery.
That said, I find it a little troubling that parents all over the country are being threatened by the Waffen-SS troops of their respective Child Protective Services agencies for the horrific crimes of letting the kids play in the yard without supervision, or, G-d forbid, walking around the neighborhood alone, as these folks and plenty of others are demonstrating how woke they are by letting their kids make life-altering decisions at the age of 4, when the biggest decision they’re equipped to make is whether they want strawberry or grape jelly on their PB&J.
Everything in gut instinct says this is abnormal, and goes completely against the natural order of things.
It’s like the whole LGBT and all other shades of gray are proactively recruiting and promoting the trend, and it is gaining momentum, demanding to be accepted as a normal kind of change.
“I identify as _____… because now society and science allows me to change original creation, to a more preferable reality.”
A parallel segue is how medical science is screwing around and changing DNA, sequencing, etc.
Another disturbing one is Monsanto and their GMO crops that don’t allow regeneration from its own seeds, like heirloom seeds.
Humans are mucking with what our Creator designed, thinking they know better, and are improving on nature.
Modern day Dr. Frankensteins, they are. Monsters.
They are not to be trusted, IMHO.
They told us they weren’t after the kids. They lied.
“Barlett’s Quotations”material right there Iska.
and now USDA Opens the Door to New Untested, Unlabeled GMOs
This is what happens when you force the square peg in the round hole.
Monsters among us…..
What 4 year old considers anything sex related? It’s an abstraction at that age. The parents, especially mom, have an agenda and probably relish in the notoriety. Something is wrong in this family. Very wrong…
This is completely sick…. mentally, physically, emotionally, intellectually, and let’s not forget spiritually. There is and will never be any “normalcy” in these children’s lives. At what point do parents say “they’re very young to believe this is what they want, or to even understand transgender.” Obviously, this family is made up of FOUR children, each with mental disabilities.
BTW, how does a doctor even agree to begin injections and eventually operate on a child for this purpose???
The Medical Harms of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for Gender Dysphoric Children
Here below are some serious sober folks who lament the current fad of encouragement for children who believe in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy and support a child’s whimsical thoughts with surgical interventions and life long chemical assaults. I doubt many will watch it as it is not quite as “entertaining” as the trans circus people seem to celebrate. And promoted by Marxist agendas. I think I first saw this viddy on TBP. I post it again here.
It will enlighten you about why people go trans. And the false reasoning that leads most of early (or late) intervention victims to regret it. Which leads them to be more suicidal, not less so as postulated by supposed experts, using experimental and unproven false evidence as reason.
An important video… Thanks for reposting.
This anorexic man and his cackling obese wife are beyond despicable. I hope their kids kill them when they’re old enough to realize what’s been done to them.
I believe that has been done before.
By children.
Hasn’t it?
Lyle and Erik Menendez are the only ones that come immediately to mind.
Does physiognomy include a serious chicken-neck?
Im sure my 7yr old would seem ecstatic if i let him transition in to a superhero that could shoot web from his hands, but not sure how it would pan out in the long run.
Arrest them charged with child abuse, take away the kids. Munchausen Syndrome by proxy
Barf.
Something in the water? The kids will grow up confused and need help the rest of their lives. The parents are nuts.
Both deserve a life sentence for child abuse (and forced sterilization so they can never do it again).
Freaks
Lunatics ….. we are in deep stuff and it will keep on coming
If the (((Kaplans))) want to fuck up their (((peeps))), why should I object? So many questions …
Did the boy (the one who was a girl) get her brother’s dick?? Cuz that would we wrong. Or, did she get a dick from the outside world? Speaking of which, where does one find a dick for a 7 year old? Also, did they get a circumcised dick, or did they keep the tip? Also, these parents seem to be into being inclusive and diverse so, did they get a black dick?
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The boy (who was a girl): “Hey, sis, I wouldn’t fuck that ugly skank ho with your dick.”
Sis (who was a boy): “Hey, dumbass! Everything you fuck is with MY dick!!”
That is some sick shit.
What’s “sick” is the dynamic of denied reality with the onset of puberty.
Of course this will be suppressed with hormone treatments which will be fully supported by the parents. It will only fuel the insanity further as the kids get older and realize they were lied to.
Interesting idea – trading genitals between siblings. Hey, I’ll swap you a dick for a vag. It’s like recycling. Probably cuts their carbon footprint somehow.
Further supporting evidence for my theory of people that wear “Crocs” trend to the side of retardation. On top of that, all I needed to see was “Berkeley” in there and it said it all.
Why is it always da joos?? Last name of these morans is Kaplan, pretty sure they are jooish and this is another push the (((agenda))) article.
DEGENERATES!! REJECT NON-HUMAN THOUGHT!! CONDEMN (((THEIR))) NARRATIVE!!
“Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord!!”
Time for a house cleaning……….
Looks like the parents are a bit transgender, too. Dad is at least a low-t kind of guy.
Child abuse. They’re already screwing with the older girl’s hormones which does permanent damage to her physically. She’ll never be able to have children. She’ll grow up physically as something that is neither male nor female. Because of that she’ll have mental issues all her life. All because of a whim nurtured into full neurosis by a mentally deranged parent.
It is my deepest hope that someday I will sit on a jury in which one of these children, who has been encouraged by parents, counselors, doctors, etc. has gone on a mass killing spree and murdered everyone who encouraged them to destroy their body and their future in this manner. I will not only be voting for acquittal, but will be working diligently to encourage ALL of my fellow jurors to do the same.
Y’all realize this is basically self-applied eugenics? You have a pair of cackling insane mentally ill (((people))) sterilizing their offspring? I feel sorry for the offspring but this is basically just DIY eugenics, one generation removed from where it should have been done.
Also, remember that these people vote.
that entire family is fucked in the head.
kinda like my family, though. we have three transgenders and one is not sure yet, thinks it might be, heavens, cis-gender.
God’s messaging service: “Sodom and Gomorah called. They were both kvetching on and on about wanting an apology for the fire and brimstone.”
I clicked on the link to read HF’s article and no pictures loaded. Can’t see a thing. Do any atheists here need more proof that God actually exists and is good?
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet , and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5.20 NASB
But from the beginning of creation, God made them MALE and FEMALE. The LORD Jesus Christ Mark 10.6 NASB
sexchangeregret.com
I anticipate a lot of psychiatric treatment and/or suicide for both children in life.
I also think Mom should watch her back.
These two sick weirdos should be arrested immediately. As for the mother, her looks alone justify life in prison.
I give the odds at 100:1 that one or both of these kids do not suicide before age 30. And this entire scenario will likely self-destruct when the kids reach puberty, and realize they want what their body naturally says they want.
This was created by the parents. It will end poorly.
Sadly, yes.
If that story is true, then the comment I jave about ensuring no further reproduction by any one of these fur, under any circumstances, and using the most extreme and irreversible prejudice wuld likely be termed as hate speech, and lead t my arrest, trial, conviction and execution. And we can’t have that, can we?
57 years old, and not well. I really don’t want to live much longer. It is damned entertaining, but so depressing.
57? Your a spring chicken. The neighborhood teens had a blue ’57 Chevy, that mother was so loud when they raced the engine, you could hear it a mile away. Then Chevy toned the fins down until they got to the ’63 Chevy which was ugly back then yet today it is the classic lowrider, go figure. Of course the neighborhood teens back in ’67 (and even my buddy John) all had a ’63 Chevy – they left the ’57 to old dudes, I only saw old dudes driving them. It could be be because cars didn’t last that long back then; 100,000 miles was a rolling junkyard, hence the old guys driving them. El Cobra had a sign in the back window of his ’63: Thee Midnighters.