I was allowed to transition at 18 without question – but I regretted it
2 years, 9 months ago

I was allowed to transition at 18 without question – but I regretted it

The Telegraph  

The debate about trans identities and gender dysphoria has become very polarised – even for those of us who have lived through it. The GP didn’t attempt to explore the possible causes of my gender dysphoria, such as my mental health problems or my difficulties fitting in socially. After my parents divorced when I was 11, I spent a lot of time with my dad because my mum used to work three jobs. Male friendships were just so much easier: we’d fall out, we’d fight, we’d make up, we’d forget about it the next day. On Tumblr and YouTube, I discovered trans people who argued that some people who are meant to be male are accidentally born female.

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I found out my daughter had changed gender when teachers called her ‘he’ at parents’ evening
9 months, 1 week ago

I found out my daughter had changed gender when teachers called her ‘he’ at parents’ evening

The Telegraph  

A mother has told how she only discovered that her daughter had been allowed to change gender at school when teachers called her “he” at a parents’ evening. “The school started affirming her behind my back and I only found out that the teachers were using male pronouns during a parents’ evening, when she was being referred to as a …

‘Trans guidance for schools should not punish teachers for objecting to the use of different pronouns’
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Trans guidance for schools should not punish teachers for objecting to the use of different pronouns’

The Telegraph  

I will never forget the moment I opened my classroom door to find a 13-year-old trans-identifying student cutting herself with a razor blade she had smuggled into school. Or the sight of a painfully anxious 15-year-old boy – stick-thin due to an eating disorder – arriving at school one day wearing a skirt. They really believed that overnight a feminine …

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