"You are not doing much to convince me that I want something like this to happen," Thomas said, shaking his head and holding up both hands like that might be able to stave off the possibility of him becoming a girl at some point in the future.

"I bet I could get close to screaming nonstop for a week," he retorted with another laugh. "If I got tired of screaming, there's always hiding in my apartment with the door locked and the shades drawn. "I don't think girls want me joining their gender even for a week. Even for a day. I'd be terrible and...exploration would not be my top priority."