Transgender AND Transager: 52 Year-Old Father Lives as a 6 Year-Old Girl

[philosslayer]

Forget being transgender like Caitlyn Jenner or transracial like Rachel Dolezal, there’s a new “trans” frontier: people who are transage.

In an interview with the gay news site The Daily Xtra, Stefonknee (formerly Paul) Wolscht details his struggles with being a male-to-female transgender person.

The Daily Xtra video, however, glosses over a tiny bit of important information about Wolscht: he thinks he is actually a six year-old girl—not just a woman, but a six year-old girl—stuck in the body of a 50-something man.

http://www.mrctv.org/blog/52-year-old-father-lives-6-year-old-girl


A Transage person is not something I was familiar with. The Transgender project has however put together a full length documentary on Stefonknee. Interesting stuff.

http://www.thetransgenderproject.com/#!stefonknee-wolscht

[Archae]

1. This is just plain screwy.

As in mentally ill.

[beaglelover]

4. Agree totally....on the transage part.

[Archae]

13. Likewise.

In the comments, someone says the guy has a long record of arrests, court orders to stay away from his ex-wife and kids, etc.

The guy sounds like he's simply mentally ill.

[underahedgerow]

48. Yes, seriously mentally ill, and totally indulged. It's all part of the circus, Barnum & Bailey

strikes again, just another sideshow.

[951-Riverside]

28. There was a time when people said the same thing about gay people n/t

[philosslayer]

30. It really is remarkable

To see how people react when confronted with something they are not familiar with.

[pnwmom]

52. This is an ADULT with 7 children he is supposed to be responsible for -- not deserting

and mimicking.

[LiberalAndProud]

57. I'd like to be six again, too.

Once you parent children, that's no longer an option. Not.

[Lizzie Poppet]

75. And they were wrong. That doesn't mean that they're wrong about this person.

This person needs (and deserves) understanding...but they also need a psychiatrist.

[CreekDog]

91. You think you're smooth?

[Rex]

96. Really? People use to say gay folks can time travel?

There is a serious flaw in this man's logic and I will leave it to you to find it.

[Beacool]

116. Bad analogy.

Most gay people I know honor their obligations. This guy is evading his responsibilities by pretending to be a small child. What about his seven children? Don't they deserve a father???

[snooper2]

73. Why does she have boobs if she is a six year old would be my question

And she works as a snow ploy driver, at SIX!

Damn skills

[firebrand80]

2. Next up: Transspecies nt

[Xithras]

5. Already exists.

Look up Species dysphoria. Many of the people who have it self-identify as "otherkin" (related to a species other than human).

Yep. Seriously.

[firebrand80]

10. Well I'll be damn nt

[snooper2]

74. you weren't around for the great DU Furry battles I guess

I'm getting old LOL

[TipTok]

84. Look up tumblrinaction...

One of the many topics they discuss and lampoon...

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. This inclined plane appears particularly well lubricated

Oh well, at least he hasn't self-amputated any healthy limbs yet.

[EL34x4]

6. Stefonknee looks disturbingly like Chris Farley

from an old SNL skit.

I think they go chase these people down to make a mockery of the whole issue.

[AngryAmish]

17. So you are reduced to fat shaming and purposeful misgendering.

Sick. Delete.

[EL34x4]

21. Am I supposed to take this seriously?

I just don't know anymore.

[cali]

36. I hear you, but yes, I think you were supposed to take that seriously

[Shandris]

45. Don't make me Uncertainty-shame you, Cali.

Also, The Shandris (preferred pronoun none, proper noun only, "Revered Archcanoness of the Apocalypse&quot prefers not to hear about you 'thinking', as that is highly oppressive to those in a carboniferous-based plant matter state.

[linuxman]

7. Stunning and brave.

[philosslayer]

9. It is brave

I wish the little girl well.

[linuxman]

11. That's what I said, isn't it?

She's so adorable too! I hope my kids will be half as cute.

[Marr]

15. Are you serious?

I can't tell.

[uppityperson]

8. Huh, I had no idea. If it makes her happy and hurts no one, whatever.

[Bucky]

14. Quote from the article you should notice first

At age 46, Wolscht deserted his wife and his seven children to live his “true” life.

“There’s days I forget my past,” Wolscht says. “I can actually go a week without even thinking about what was before.”

“I can’t deny I was married. I can’t deny I have children,” Wolscht admits. “But I’ve moved forward now and I’ve gone back to being a child. I don’t want to be an adult right now and I just live my life like I couldn’t when I was in school.”

There's something seriously wrong with her thinker. I can sympathize with and support someone who chooses to reorient who they are to live their life more honestly. Abandoning her children isn't just embracing a more honest part of her being, it's fundamentally hurtful.

[AngryAmish]

16. She is just living her truth.

I just hope the educational system is not bigoted.

[philosslayer]

20. That was my thought too

Does she get to go to school?

[AngryAmish]

39. Only bigots would deny her an education.

So are we back to a point where women are not allowed in school. Welcome to 1740 I guess.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

54. Words fail me, so...

[jmowreader]

64. When your birth age is 52, you should already have the education the state provides

Come on folks...if she wanted to be 21 or 30, not a big problem; with proper makeup, hairstyling and maybe some injectables, a 52-year-old could conceivably pull off a credible young adult. But geeze...there aren't a hell of a lot of six-foot-tall six-year-olds running around out there.

[Rex]

97. Hard to say if you two are serious or not.

I would say not.

[snooper2]

76. I would hope so, just 20 years ago they let Billy Madison go back to school

[pnwmom]

61. He's got 6 younger children. He's abandoned at least some of them. nt

[BuelahWitch]

18. Sounds like a pedophile

She gets to "play" with "Mummy and Daddy's" real granddaughter.

[climber3986]

19. So what happens 7 years from now when she turns 13

And wants to start dating 13 year old boys?

[ileus]

113. According to many replies...that's going to be fine.

Or maybe since she's already changed from 8 to 6 she'll remain like lisa simpson.

[EL34x4]

114. I suppose then we'll be treated to her lamentations

over how transphobic 13-year old boys are.

[Squinch]

22. OK, come on.

[cwydro]

25. I'm with you.

"transage?"

This is just silly.

[philosslayer]

34. I remember, about 30 years ago, hearing that same sentiment,

"silly", when referring to Transgender people. Or gay marriage. Or a host of other social issues.

[cwydro]

35. Well, I'm gay. I have transgender friends.

Hey, I often feel like a 20 year old trapped in a "much older" body.

Many of us do, I suspect. But, a 40-plus man living as a 6 year old is just silly.

[deutsey]

104. +1

[Oneironaut]

42. Sorry, but the idea of being "trans-age" is just stupid.

I swear the only point of finding people like this is to try and and mock Transgender people with extreme and ridiculous examples. It's similar to Conservatives comparing gay marriage to marrying lamps, and stuff like that.

[LanternWaste]

78. Post hoc ergo prompter hoc.

I'd dig deeper in too were I attempting to conflate disparate issues by design.

[Rex]

98. So you are saying if someone feels like they should be 6...then that is what society should accept?

Ha...I knew you two were just joking.

[Squinch]

105. In 30 years, when a 52 year old guy wants to play with the 6 year olds on the playground, the

answer is still going to be, "no."

[Jester Messiah]

40. Seriously.

[AZ Progressive]

23. While this may be strange and weird to some at first, consider...

that so many transgender people that transitioned much later in life weren't able to have enjoyed life earlier in their correct gender. Thus, is it fair that a transgender woman that transitioned at age 50 never got to experience life as a little girl or a teenage girl or a young woman?

[philosslayer]

24. Excellent point

That many might be missing. This "young" lady is just figuring out who she really is, and what better place to start than at the beginning?

[3catwoman3]

31. Interesting, but how for does one take something like this.

I grew up in a very strict home, where opinions that differed form parental opinions were squelched. I never had a temper tantrum. Never mouthed off. Never rebelled. Good little straight arrow, all the way thru college. I am now 64, and my mom is 93. Should I go back and act like a little shit because I never got to do that when it would have been developmentally appropriate?

[AZ Progressive]

33. Was it a fundamental deprivation of your identity?

[3catwoman3]

38. Without delving too deeply into my childhood family dynamics, to a point, I think it was.

When you spend most of your developing years hearing variations of "Maggie, don't say that," or, "Maggie, you don't think that," it is very difficult to have confidence in your own opinions. When you don't get any practice standing up for yourself as a kid, it is a damn hard skill to learn as an adult. It makes things like disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating job expectations with a boss, really challenging.

(Not my real name, by the way, just in case my mom might see this - LOL. She does read DU sometimes.)

[AZ Progressive]

63. I'm not justifying what this person is doing, just giving some understanding

Abandoning a wife with seven children and not caring at all does seem to reek a serious lack of character.

[pnwmom]

60. He's got 7 children. He's an adult and should live up to his responsibilities. n/t

[romanic]

26. This is some creepy shit.

Sorry but not sorry.

[3catwoman3]

27. Stefonknee? Oh, please.

Years ago, I had a little patient whose mom spelled his name JEROME. She would get all pissed off when no one realized that she wanted it to be pronounced it Jeremy.

Not quite sure what to think about the transage thing. Seems kinda 3 Faces of Eve to me, rather than "living her truth."

[BlueJazz]

29. I don't have a problem with her. Maybe he wanted to be what he knew he always was.

More power to her.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

37. I think she's a performance artist....

And of course, two or three of DU's best performance artists are right here playing along.

[Oneironaut]

41. This woman has mental problems.

There is no such thing as "Trans-age." That's ridiculous.

[Greybnk48]

43. Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pie! n/t

[Initech]

47. Slow Donnie FTW!

[Quackers]

44. What a sick son-of-bitch

So the 56yo guy gets to play Doctor with the 9yo grand-daughter.


What the fucking fuck?!?!

[Initech]

46. Just when I think I have seen everything...

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

49. I strongly suggest NOT googling "Stefonknee"

You don't need the details of his new "home" life.

[cwydro]

90. Your post made me go and do just that.

The posters supporting her on this thread should do the same.

This is some seriously weird crap. But don't do it when you're eating, as I was.

Lost my appetite.

[snooper2]

93. My daughter stopped using a pacifier sometime while two LOL...

[cwydro]

112. Yeah, I noticed the binky too.

And wondered, wtf?

[DemocraticWing]

50. This is a link from a right-wing website (Brent Bozell's people)

And it's purposely designed to use this extreme example to make trans people appear bad. I get the case is difficult and people are going to have negative opinions about this specific person, but we need to be mindful of what's going on here.

[RandySF]

51. Ok, there is a point where we have to just say 'This is just wrong'

And I think this is the time for it.

[southerncrone]

53. This simply looks like an extreme ploy to run away from responsibilities. Note 7 children.

Having 7 children in this day & age would be more than stressful, not to mention irresponsible, IMHO.

How many of us haven't had a fleeting moment of "running away from it all". But this guy ran away while recruiting others to care for him. He's either mentally broken, or cunning.

[Ex Lurker]

55. Most of the replies on this thread have to be trolling.

They just have to be.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

56. I wouldn't bet on that

Some people just have to be on the ever evolving cutting edge of tolerance and others are terrified or not being perceived that way,

[Ford F-150]

58. Hell...I'm waiting for this thread to be hidden

[skypilot]

82. Charles Peguy quote:

“It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been committed for fear of not looking sufficiently progressive.”

[pnwmom]

62. How many 6 year old girls have developed breasts? n/t

[HockeyMom]

65. Bette Davis

"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" old movie. That was my first thought reading about this.

[LuvNewcastle]

68. "I've written a letter to daddy."

[Proud Liberal Dem]

66. Who are we exactly to judge this?

She is not harming anybody and broken no laws that anybody knows of.
As for all of the moral judgements about her parenthood, that's a matter between her and her ex-spouse and children. I thought we were supposed to be a more progressive community.

[Nye Bevan]

80. So you'd let her have a playdate with your 6-year old? (nt)

[ileus]

67. I guess we'll have to let her attend 1st grade like all normal 6 year olds.

[snooper2]

77. depends on the birthday, my daughter just turned six and is in Kindergarten

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

83. Yeah, I don't think so....

Not unless she can get the government to change her birth certificate to say she was born 6 years ago. Totally not ever happening.

[LuvNewcastle]

69. I'm just imagining if my dad did something like this.

Pretty funny thought. I suppose I would still drop by to play Candy Land with him on his birthday.

[frizzled]

70. This is creepy pedophilic BS and I want nothing to do with it as a gay man

Being associated with "LGBT" is just embarrassing. I resign.

[Captain Stern]

71. There's actually a clinical term for this.

It's "Seriously Fucked Up".

[Starry Messenger]

72. Uh huh.

[Nye Bevan]

79. Not creepy and disgusting.....must be politically correct......

sorry folks, can't do it.

[whatthehey]

81. Can it work the other way? Too late for me though

But I'm finally my proper age. I never liked kids even when I was one. Always hated being forced to play childish games and hang around munchkins who thought people farting and falling over were the height of wit (I'm still embarrassed for the people who haven't outgrown this). I learned far more on my own than in any confining and retarding classroom (perpetually poutraged offense seekers please note I used the latest verboten word as a verb and correctly) and wanted to stay up late not to play but to watch the evening news. I was the only 10 year old who yelled at adults to get off my lawn.

[BuelahWitch]

92. *prances around on whatthehey's lawn* Hee hee! n/t

[whatthehey]

94. Damn kids. See, they're everywhere.

[Nonhlanhla]

85. I'm gonna have to be judgmental here

I don't care if that marks me as insufficiently leftist. But this is just nuts. This is a grown up who has a family, and who clearly does not want to live a responsible life. And it sounds creepily pedophilia-related to me.

[B2G]

86. She 'plays' with her adoptive parents grandkids

This is just all kinds of icky.

WTF.

[Beacool]

117. I wonder what's wrong with the couple who "adopted" her.

This person has seven children, they deserve better than a daddy who is playing at being a little girl.

[Marrah_G]

87. I think this is just ammunition and makes things harder for Transgender people

This man has mental issues that need to be dealt with.

[Rex]

100. Agree 100%

He needs help, not people enabling the behavior. Sorry but people are getting inherent trait and behavior mixed up.

[steve2470]

108. agree 100% nt

[Beacool]

118. I agree.

Who hasn't wished to regress to childhood at some time or another? Being an adult sometimes can be overwhelming, but we all learn to cope. This person has seven children, who's supporting them?

What this person needs is psychological treatment.

[B2G]

88. Those poor kids

She says she previously lived as an eight-year-old girl, until the couple's granddaughter asked her to be the younger sister instead.

'A year ago I was eight and she was seven. And she said to me: "I want you to be the little sister, so I’ll be nine." I said: "Well, I don’t mind going to six." So I’ve been six ever since.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3356084/I-ve-gone-child-Husband-father-seven-52-leaves-wife-kids-live-transgender-SIX-YEAR-OLD-girl-named-Stefonknee.html#ixzz3uV5lwUNS
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[cwydro]

89. So she gets to stay at 6?

Wonder if she'll be the first six-year old to collect social security benefits in a few years.

[Rex]

95. Wouldn't we all like to skip back and forth in time?

Sounds like time travel. You cannot be something that you are not. People are born gay, they are not born 'being 6 forever' since they have to reach that age first.

Sorry, not buying it.

[ileus]

99. Can I be tansaged to 67 and retire?

I don't really want to be transgendered but I'll claim that if that's what it takes to get me SS approved.

[2naSalit]

101. I was expecting this to be from The Onion!

Looks like enabled mental illness to me.

Yeah, I wish I could be somebody's dependent for life too and that I could pretend that life is all birthday parties and frilly, girly stuff I never had as a child too. Come to think of it, I wish I was some billionaire's kid and never have to face reality or responsibility... if I can find one to support my fantasy, I'm on it!

I accept my transgender, gay and lesbian friends as they are but this is just bunk and probably a ruse to make the actual LGBT community look like they are just like this sicko.

[reflection]

102. Please tell me this is an elaborate trolling of some sort. n/t

[KamaAina]

103. Listen up, ladies. I am actually 25 and in my prime.

Don't let the 50-year-old appearance fool you. Remember, 17-year-old Holden Caulfield had gray hair.

[steve2470]

107. If you're rich, I'm sure some ladies would be willing to believe you! nt

[KamaAina]

109. Curses! Foiled again!

[NickB79]

106. 6-yr old children need to play with other children.

I see several caring adults in her life, but what about other children? A child's life without other children to play with would be a lonely life indeed. And I fear there aren't many parents out there that would be comfortable allowing their young children to play with 6-yr old girl in a 52-yr old's body.

[d_r]

110. I'm transgivingashit

[Beacool]

115. This guy needs psychological treatment, not praise.

The transgender part is not the issue, he is not the first nor last person to be transgender. The transager issue is a whole different story. This is a person who has a wife and seven children. Who is supporting his children while she plays at being a six year old girl???

A transgender father who left her family to be a six-year-old girl says that she cannot be an adult and "uses child’s play to escape adult life".

The uncut version of an interview by Daily Xtra with Stefonknee Wolscht explains how she makes life a game and how living as a six-year-old girl enabled her to escape from depression and suicidal thoughts.

“It’s called play therapy, no medication, no suicide thoughts and I just get to play,” she says.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transgender-father-stefonknee-wolscht-who-left-family-to-be-a-six-year-old-girl-uses-childs-play-to-a6775051.html

[AZ Progressive]

119. You think this is extreme?

You haven't gone around the internet enough then...