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Moved to https://t.co/9ElDm1GfP8 - Mum of 16 yr old trans daughter
Joined September 2021
I’m leaving. Finally. Joining a place with better skies.
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My trans daughter is 15 and has creepy older men staring at her on her way from school. Misogyny does not discriminate. But transphobes do.
Yousaf: Trans women will be protected by misogyny law
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My daughter transitioned in yr 5 & has happily been using the girls toilets and changing rooms. She’s now in yr 9 and a parent has complained. This is what we are dealing with. An onslaught of transphobic bigotry in the government and media is trickling down. #TransGirlsAreGirls.
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My trans daughter suffers from the same misogyny as all women. There’s no such thing as ‘gender critical’. The truth is that those who claim they are fighting for women’s spaces are enabling right-wing fascists to take away ALL our rights. Feminism is inclusive of trans women.
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My daughter and ourselves had our first appointment in the new gender services set up as a result of the Cass Review outlined here Here are my reflections: 1/12.
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Abhorrent. Luckily my daughter is more concerned by school homework and the perfume she wants to buy. I’m the one that will make sure that’s all she worries about by sourcing her medication wherever I can.
🚨 NEW: Labour plans to permanently keep the Tories' ban on puberty blockers for under 18's . [@Telegraph].
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Truly unbelievable that the judge could read the witness statements from dozens of families including mine, and come to this conclusion. Transphobia is rampant in the UK.
The judge has now given her ruling in the legal challenge against the puberty blocker ban. She has ruled that the ex Secretary of State did not ban blockers unlawfully. We are taking advice about the next steps in challenging the ban.
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We spoke to her on Zoom. She heard how happy my daughter was with social transitioning at 9, she saw how happy she was getting puberty blockers. She’s actively ignoring the majority of trans kids who need proper trans healthcare.
Dr Hilary Cass says young people spoken to during her review of gender services said they had "wished they had known there were more ways to be trans than just a binary medical transition". "Their advice to their younger self would be it's not urgent, you don't have to rush."
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So sad. I’ve always voted Labour but now if I do, and my daughter needs hospital treatment, they will put her in a mens ward?.
🚨 BREAKING: Labour will ban trans women from female hospital wards, confirms Keir Starmer. Starmer told ITV today he agrees with NHS reforms that would ban trans people from single-sex wards. When asked if trans women should be allowed on women's wards, he said: "I disagree".
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My child is on puberty blockers and hormones. She knows what she wants. She knows who she is. #CassReport #CassReview is not going to stop her continuing her happy normal life. And I’m right behind her 💪 🏳️⚧️.
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It started with monitoring the account of a Lincoln transphobe which I first noticed a few weeks back then two days ago it seemed she was definitely coming so I started spreading the word. Within two days, the Lincoln trans and non-binary community along with other LGBTQI+ 1/4
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Thanks transphobes, you created a more cohesive community, made money for local charities who support trans kids, made everyone aware of the amazing safe spaces in local businesses and started a party! You achieved all that. 👏🏼♥️👏🏼 4/4
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We are left now waiting for the discussion about our daughter at the MDT meeting and a letter outlining what support they can offer her. Very little, I suspect 🤷🏻♀️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights and #TransKidsExist 12/12.
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I love seeing Emma Watson trending because I can tell my trans daughter that one of her favourite actors is speaking up for her again #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids
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I have never been so proud of my city 🏳️⚧️💕🏳️🌈 3/4
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gone through male puberty? Our presence contradicted the whole philosophy behind the new gender services. We could have input into the service by volunteering to be part of parent advisory groups but would that change anything when we were not listened to up to this point? 11/12.
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My trans daughter is 15 tomorrow. I did her a #StrangerThings cake. She’s a normal teen and guess what!? She socially transitioned at primary school and she’s still trans now! #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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We drove for 3 hours to get to the location of the northern service. When we got there it was CAMHS. Nothing in the waiting room trans related. In the old Leeds GIDS they had info & support orgs. This waiting room screamed ‘your gender issues are a a mental health problem!’ 2/12.
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I asked whether we would be reported to SS for going private but they didn’t have any safeguarding concerns. They did seem to respect our decision without approving it in an official capacity. How can you look at a happy 15 year old girl and still think they should have 10/12.
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I told them how if she hadn’t had blockers when she did, she would have refused to go to school, her mental health would have deteriorated and I feared for what might have happened. I told them that school and family have all supported her. She’s been lucky and part of that 5/12.
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luck is the realisation that she wasn’t going to get what she needed from the NHS. That the reason that we still attended this new appointment was to make sure she was still on their books & that she didn’t become a lost statistic or ‘desisted’. I wanted them to SEE her. 6/12.
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My eldest daughter just said “that would destroy her” about her kid sister. Puberty blockers save lives and I’m angry and upset that our government would do this to these kids.
The fucking Tories just banned puberty blockers - incl. via private prescription!. For context, GenderGP has approx 1.2k young people as the ONLY way to get blockers. As of 2/6/24 ALL of them are going to be forcibly medically detransitioned! 😤😠😡🤬.
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Several times it was reiterated to us that there isn’t enough evidence for the use of puberty blockers. I disagreed. We continued the appointment and they spoke to our daughter alone (she answered ‘don’t know’ 😆 again). Because of this they wondered if she was autistic 🙄. 7/12.
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We met a Psychologist & therapist. Both seemed like nice people but their remit was pretty clear. It was what I was expecting but my husband isn’t on Twitter & doesn’t engage in ‘trans-activism’ but in this situation he felt anger. Anger at the NHS offering to our daughter. 3/12.
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@ThisisDavina @BuckAngel @TheFP @meganphelps @jk_rowling @bariweiss Davina, if you’re got Graham Linehan and Posie Parker approving this you really must investigate and get a better insight by talking to the trans community and allies. The ‘interesting and balanced’ is what they want you to think but actually it’s dangerous.
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My daughter hardly answered the questions. ‘Don’t know’ was a favourite response. She really didn’t want to be there. To be scrutinised. They had her notes so they knew we had gone with Gender GP & they reminded us that they didn’t advise this. I told them how happy she is. 4/12.
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The day my daughter went to school as herself:- & today is the day; You shed the skin that they all see; Impressive strength in someone so small; You stand up tall & ready to face the outside; & your core is visible like the truth of you; Open, beautiful; My daughter; You r you.
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The first two, I filled in but the last two were completely not applicable to us in any way. It would be nonsense to fill them in. The emphasis on exploratory therapy and watching and waiting were obviously the key aims of the service. 9/12.
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So you are saying Rishi, that my daughter doesn’t exist? Gender identity is not ‘contested’. We all have a gender identity. Mine and my daughter’s gender identity is the same actually. I’m cis, she’s trans but we share womanhood.
Under no circumstances should parents be blocked from seeing the content taught in their own children’s lessons. Nor should it be controversial to teach our children that biological sex is a fact. Today we're taking action to change this.
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I’m blocked by @jk_rowling and it really proves that she only cares about some kids. It proves she doesn’t believe trans kids exist and it proves she has zero empathy. I’m just a normal parent trying to do the best for my daughter. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Mermaids
@jk_rowling @Annie30365678 Someone attempted to groom my trans daughter via snapchat. Do you not care about her?.
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Arrest me because this is something I would be willing to be arrested for. I won’t let my daughter down.
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While she was alone with them, we had to fill in some questionnaires. One was Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire, one was another mental health one, one was an anxiety related one and the fourth was aimed at parents coping with their child’s mental health problems. 8/12.
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Hey @NHSEngland why do I need to declare my trans daughter’s ‘sex at birth’ when she’s simply getting her booster jabs? She’s now been outed to the whole class as ‘male’ on an appointment schedule! #NHSFail I won’t be declaring it again. Keep trans kids safe!.
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siblings and allies galvanised into action. We really don’t want this hate in our city. University students, families, ‘middle aged mums’, drag queens from @TheSceneLincoln all pulled together 200 strong 💪 counter protesting against two faux ‘feminists’ and a known nazi. 2/4
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TikTok is where Brianna was best known. This is where my daughter found out about her murder. My daughter is shocked that this girl who she can totally relate to, is now dead. She is more frightened than she was yesterday. I’m so sorry Brianna’s family. It shouldn’t be this way.
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I make NO APOLOGIES for supporting my trans daughter because I love her and accept her unconditionally. She has zero negative impact on anyone else’s child. They accept her. She is developing in line with her peers and SHE IS A GIRL. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransKidsExist.
My daughter transitioned in yr 5 & has happily been using the girls toilets and changing rooms. She’s now in yr 9 and a parent has complained. This is what we are dealing with. An onslaught of transphobic bigotry in the government and media is trickling down. #TransGirlsAreGirls.
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Don't all these outraged people in my mentions realise that there are lots of trans school kids using the facilities of their choice and the world hasn't collapsed? Concentrate on real concerns like cis male rapists and domestic abusers!.
My daughter transitioned in yr 5 & has happily been using the girls toilets and changing rooms. She’s now in yr 9 and a parent has complained. This is what we are dealing with. An onslaught of transphobic bigotry in the government and media is trickling down. #TransGirlsAreGirls.
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All these ignorant people congratulating themselves on being tomboys and not being ‘transed’. For goodness sake, my oldest daughter was a tomboy and I didn’t ‘trans’ her. My youngest daughter is trans. These arguments are meaningless.
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I’m standing up as an #OutAndProudParentsDay parent to a trans daughter. Always be proud and support your kids. Why would you do anything else? 💕🏳️⚧️💕
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It wasn't until my daughter came out as trans that I realised how skewed the UK media is.
NHS to close England's only dedicated gender identity clinic for children and young people
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@bbcquestiontime Well done @IndiaWilloughby - you shouldn't have to sit and justify your existence but thank you for doing that on mainstream TV 🏳️⚧️for my daughter especially. This vilification of trans people & trans women in particular must stop. I can't protect my daughter from this forever.
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@ToniaAntoniazzi I have a daughter who happens to be trans. She uses the women’s toilet as I do. No one is ‘giving away’ same sex toilets. They have been used for years by trans women. You have probably used the same facilities as a trans woman or girl. Nothing happened when you did.
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Thank you for trying to help trans kids including my own daughter plus many other families I know x.
The case on the blocker ban has been heard. The judge appears to have understood the seriousness of the case & we trust that she will be careful in coming to her judgement. We now await a ruling which, we hope, will be handed down before the end of July.
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“Regardless of what Dr. Cass’ intentions may or may not have been, the Cass Review process itself intentionally and explicitly excluded any oversight from patients and their families and trans healthcare experts, and its content is not supported by a robust methodology.”.
Remarkable statement by @wpath on the Cass Review.
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@mimmymum Reminds me of when me and my trans daughter were at a canoeing event and my trans daughter went into the girls changing room no problem; but a cis girl with short hair got challenged. Policing toilets and changing rooms benefits no one.
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When will there be any consequences for @jk_rowling’s behaviour? She is inciting violence and endangering all trans people. She is hateful, obsessed and increasingly unhinged. What is her beef exactly? What happened in her life to make her so bitter towards a minority group?
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Lots of messages from people calling me an abuser and that I’m ‘sick’ for supporting my trans daughter. Looking at their profiles and they are anti-vac too 🤔 block and move on….
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Nearly the start of year 10 for my trans daughter - just getting on with her life, being at school like any other kid, starting GCSEs, no issue about her being transgender, no drama, no fear. Just a respect for her to live her best life. #TransRightsAreHumanRights.
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@AidanCTweets It’s a massive waste of money that could be better spent fighting the genocide of children in Palestine.
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My daughter has her appt at the Northern GIDS soon. The 1st appt since the Bell case. We got a letter & turned down a referral to CAMHS. We are not going to pretend that we didn’t go private & we will not allow them to detransition her. That’s called conversion therapy.
“It's reasonable to describe this as an attempt to force people to detransition.”. Yesterday I spent the day on and off the phone with @NHSEngland who finally confirmed leaked documents from @GoodLawProject are real - and in use. My latest for the @WeAreQueerAF newsletter 🧵
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I just showed the article (by me) to my daughter & she read it out loud & got emotional with happiness. "You should make this into a book" she said. It's her story made possible and happy with family and school support.🏳️⚧️
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I've never engaged with him, but I'm automatically blocked by @andrewdoyle_com because he doesn't want to see or listen to the truth around trans kids. Not interested.
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@speakoutsister The child doesn’t even use the girls toilets and they are still complaining. They just object to the child’s entire existence. 😠.
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Yippee 🙌🏳️⚧️ and guess what, you actually get to speak to a doctor and it’s amazing 🤩 Well done all involved!
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@VictoriaAtkins Is this a joke? You haven’t even spoken to any of these ‘children and young people’ or their loving families. The gender identity service can’t offer us anything! Because my daughter has been HAPPY on blockers.
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My daughter hasn’t had a passport since she was 9. Her new one just arrived! Her name and correct gender. No more humiliating experiences at passport control!
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Fed up of stupid replies so switched them off. At the end of the day, I know I’m right with the support and affirmation I have provided to my daughter & the ignorance and bigotry isn’t going to go away easily. However trans people exist & the fight for their rights continues 🏳️⚧️.
My daughter transitioned in yr 5 & has happily been using the girls toilets and changing rooms. She’s now in yr 9 and a parent has complained. This is what we are dealing with. An onslaught of transphobic bigotry in the government and media is trickling down. #TransGirlsAreGirls.
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I’m blocked by JK but I can still see her misinformation and bigotry. Yes, puberty blockers do lead to life changing consequences for the better. They are life saving and gender affirming. Thank goodness for science.
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Tell @wesstreeting because conversion therapy includes forcibly detransitioning trans kids including my 15 year old daughter who is happy and thriving.
📢 We welcome the UK Government’s commitment to #BanConversionTherapy in the #KingsSpeech. It’s been years of relentless campaigning, delays, and broken promises. Now, we need a fully inclusive bill with no loopholes, that protects all LGBTQ+ people from abuse.
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@TheFamousArtBR You and your transphobic friends will never stop trans people being trans. That includes trans kids. No one will forcibly detransition my daughter.
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@jk_rowling @Annie30365678 Someone attempted to groom my trans daughter via snapchat. Do you not care about her?.
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@MelAndTheWhale If you read the article pinned on my profile you can understand our particular story and this is similar to many other families I know.
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The Lincoln vigil for #BriannaGhey was disrupted by a gang of teenage cis boys. One boy was arrested for exposing himself to the vigil attendees after being caught on camera. Who do we exactly need to be scared of? Certainly not #trans people.
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Hey guess what. Timely medical intervention for trans kids is imperative. The grin on my daughter’s face is priceless because she’s going through the puberty that matches who she is 😊.
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I'm so glad my daughter is at her school; the worst that happens is she gets a uniform mark for rolling up her skirt (remember that?). She can use the toilet and changing facilities she chooses. I'm shocked that other trans kids in different schools are not treated like mine.
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@LGBTrexx @benphillips76 I’ve both transed my child AND affirmed her left-handedness. I’m the worst parent.
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I’ve had to switch off replies from right wing transphobic fascists again as the replies are boring and repetitive and I’ve heard it all before 🥱.
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It’s so ridiculous and infuriating that some people feel my daughter is a threat. She has been incredibly anxious about her best friend inviting her to hang out and go in her hot tub. All she has worried about is how to wear a swimsuit and we have been rushing around trying to. .
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I got angry filling this in. LGB Alliance have had advertisements in the press, given charity status plus welcomed to the conservative conference. They are an organisation who categorically DO NOT THINK MY DAUGHTER EXISTS. This is state sanctioned conversion therapy.
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“Dr Cass was known by colleagues to oppose medical transition when she was appointed to the review, after all.” That’s enough for anyone to understand that the Cass Review was flawed from day one.
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Just received this letter from GIDS. 1st, my daughter has NOT been having support from you for 2 years. No one has been in contact & now we will have to opt out because we don’t agree with your new policies which, if followed, would push her into male puberty and make her ill.
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The Tavistock v Bell case has had a devastating effect on trans kids. But the GCs and anti-trans brigade have not got what they wanted. Their efforts can’t stop trans kids existing and lots more families are giving up on the NHS and seeking private routes (if they can afford it).
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Solidarity to all my fellow supportive parents of trans kids. You are loved. Our kids are loved. The trans community is strong and we will carry on loving and supporting our kids whatever it takes 🏳️⚧️.
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If only this was an #AprilFoolsDay joke. Because it is a joke. The government is a joke. #LGBWithTheT #LGBT #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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@freespeech5657 @hamishsteele What parent would talk about their child like that? She’s better off without you. Your views are all about yourself, no one else. I don’t believe you were a good parent even when you thought you had a son.
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We told our clinician that we can't wait anymore and we are starting the process with @GenderGP. The atmosphere in the room changed and it was more a feeling of relief all round. She told us if she were a parent in my position, she would do the same thing. .
@Quibilah1 Going to ask our clinician at Leeds GIDS for an update from her perspective. Also going to tell her my daughter can’t wait anymore.
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My daughter and I watched this tonight and when she realised Ace was trans, she was overjoyed and ran up to the TV in excitement and made sure she followed her on Instagram. Representation in the media matters.
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@mushycrouton She blocked me when I mentioned someone tried to groom my trans daughter online. She doesn’t care about kids.
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My daughter 🏳️⚧️💕.Knew she was trans as an infant (but we didn’t know).Knew she was trans in Primary school (and found the language to explain).Knows she’s trans at secondary school .Will be trans forever.
I knew I was trans in Primary School. I knew I was trans in Secondary School. I knew I was trans in College. I knew I was trans during my first job. I knew at 19 I was trans when I came out, I just never had the words to use to express what I was feeling.
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Why are you not covering this @BBCPanorama?.
2. In an article by guest writer @MiraLazine, Whistleblowers at the NHS allege that 16 trans youth suicides occurred among those on waitlists after the Tavistock v. Bell ruling, compared with only 1 in the 7 years before the ruling. Full article here:.
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I reassured my trans daughter this morning before she sees all the headlines. I will protect you, your community will protect you, your school will protect you. We will fight. #CisWithTheT #NotInMyName #TransRightsAreHumanRights.
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@jessphillips Thank you and ignore these vile comments. Brianna’s death had a massive impact on my daughter. To see her remembered as the girl she was is how it should be. She was a victim of misogyny.
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My trans daughter is way smaller than the cis girls. They are much stronger and she already has very little confidence in PE. I thought we were meant to be trying to get all kids active? I’m so sad that this government wants to ‘other’ her completely 😞.
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Excellent article by @FierceMum and I remember this well. It will stay with me forever. #trans kids matter ❤️
New article “Euphoria”: Trans children & experiences of prepubertal social transition, in the journal of Family Relations. Listen to Trans children themselves reinforce the importance of social transition as critical to their happiness & well-being.
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Voices: Attacking transgender rights and banning abortion are part of the same theocratic worldview
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Yes, this has to be the worst experience I’ve personally had on Twitter.
Some of the awful transphobia thats been directed @TransKidsRule for sharing how their daughter has expericened pushback from a parent with noting better to do.
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@slutriarch My 17 year old daughter has a boyfriend and we are very open about talking about sex. She trusts me - I went with her to get contraception. They spend a lot of time in her room & she asks me anything. I don’t want her to be ashamed about her sexual feelings.
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My daughter is a trans girl and she’s just the same as her friends. The fact she has a penis does not make her a threat. I’m so sick of seeing the stupid TERF comments because it’s transphobia and transmisogyny that is making my daughter unsafe.
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@LGBTLabour @wesstreeting This doesn’t help at all. My daughter is with the NHS and isn’t able to participate in the clinical trial because we were forced to go private after the Bell case. Also it’s only for over 16 year olds which is too late!.
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It’s #TransgenderDayOfVisibility and I wish all trans people could feel safe to be themselves without being vilified or attacked for their identity. I’m a visible ally in my everyday life and I’ll fight for my trans daughter until I die. #translivesmatter
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To all the people who don’t believe that Brianna was a girl. Who would call her a “trans-identified boy”. Who would say her parents “transed” her. Who say I & other parents are abusers. Who would deny her dignity in death. DO NOT say how sad her death is. How dare you. STOP ✋.
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Agreed. There are many families scared and not know what to do. These families are kind and loving. They are fiercely fighting for the best healthcare they can get. The government and Cass and NHS are pandering to transphobic culture wars. We refuse to surrender.
The last two days have been the worst in 6 years of sustained state violence against trans people in the UK. There are families in crisis all over the country with nowhere to turn. These are young people who should be enjoying half term, not being denied life saving medication.
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Waiting for the transphobes to jump on the latest news story to vilify the whole transgender community.
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My daughter has discovered some side effects from the puberty blockers she’s taking: 🏳️⚧️a calming reassurance for now 🏳️⚧️ and some hope and excitement for the future.
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“The decisions I am taking will always be based on evidence, rather than politics or political pressure.” You are not following the evidence. You are bowing to political pressure instigated by the Tories.
Puberty Blockers. A 🧵 . Children’s healthcare must always be led by evidence. Medicine given to children must always be proven safe and effective first. I know there’s lots of fear and anxiety. Let me explain why this decision was taken. 1/9.
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