Ryland's parents, Jeff and Hillary Whittington, encouraged their biological female child to identify as a male from around the age of 5, with an informal transition. Fox reported that a year later – at around 6 years of age – the child had a "coming out" to family, classmates and others. Shortly after the Fox report aired, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro slammed Fox for airing the pro-transgender segment as a "complete betrayal." "The report states that this biologically female child was choosing her gender before she could speak. "Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer when my conservative news outlets don't encourage parents to trans their little children," he said.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2022 00:45 UTC