This Morning's Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield had a candid discussion with Charlie and Louise Draven about the process of switching genders. The couple discussed the emotionally draining process, as well as their four-year-old son Star's sweet reaction when he discovered that his mother, Louise, who is his biological father, would be going into surgery. "He has always known Louise is mum, the only little difference is mum now has to go to The bathroom for half an hour three times a day and he knows she is doing something she needs to do," Charlie explained, per <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/parents-who-switched-genders-explain-22699226" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Mirror</a>. <img class="size-full wp-image-12611525" src="https://img.vt.co/2020/09/e1421e88-screen-shot-2020-09-17-at-14.55.15.png" alt="" width="639" height="354" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: ITV / Screenshot]] "We haven't told him the ins and outs because he is only seven," Charlie added. "He knows the doctors helped mummy to be who she should have been, he accepts that." "The first thing he said when she told him she was going for her operation was, 'Will she bring me something back because she is going so far away?' When we said she would, he said, 'Well as long as mummy is happy, I am happy'." The interview, conducted today (September 17), marked five weeks since Louise's gender reassignment surgery. However, the process was not exactly what Louise, who has waited 10 years for the surgery, expected it to be. Instead of having a "Julie Andrews moment," as she thought, Louise described it as a feeling of "everything feeling right," at long last. "It's been a really good time, it's been emotional, there has been ups and downs," she explained. "Everything has fallen into place comfortably, I feel more comfortable in myself." Despite experiencing a significant amount of pain, "everything felt good, everything felt the place it should be. This is the full definition of who I am and my life." <img class="size-full wp-image-12611528" src="https://img.vt.co/2020/09/af72bb37-screen-shot-2020-09-17-at-14.58.24.png" alt="" width="626" height="353" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: ITV / Screenshot]] Charlie, on the other hand - who was born a woman - is currently awaiting surgery, having been on the waiting list for his first consultation for 26 months. He also disclosed that he disagreed with the British Medical Association, who have said that people should be able to change their gender without a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from two separate medical professionals like they have to at the moment. Charlie said that transgender people should have to be medically diagnosed, but that the waiting lists are too long: "They should work on the waiting lists rather than the gender reform," he said. "Being on the list for so long, it's emotionally draining."

Parents who switched genders explain seven-year-old son's sweet reaction

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