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Yesterday I felt physically sick hearing that NHS England may be about to threaten supportive parents of trans children with ‘safeguarding protocols’ if they go outside the NHS for gender care. 1/14
We love our teen to bits. This is not what parents want for their children, constant despair that they may struggle to live their life. They tell us & demonstrate clearly every day that this is what they NEED. 2/14
Families often hold off affirming their child (6 years in our case) Yes, they worry it could be a phase & reassure them they’re perfect as they are but continuing to do this leads to distress & depression. It’s harmful & cruel to deny them their identity 3/14
I don't know who needs to hear this today, there are literally thousands of happy children & young people in the UK who happen to be transgender. They're loved by families & friends. They're supported to be who they are in school, university & work & they're doing amazing.
This is not to dismiss the inequalities that exist for trans people. Things can seem bleak when our media & our Government are determined to spread fear & mistrust, However they cant stop trans people who are changing the world, simply by living their best lives. #transkidsliving
This generation of trans youth have representation & role models. Trans people are living & thriving as writers, artists, helicopter pilots, tube drivers, academics, actors, archeologists, doctors, scientists, lawyers, social workers, teachers, racing car drivers, parents.
Very important question on which my Guess Who reigning champion crown rests. Does Alfred From 'Guess Who' (pictured) own a snake? Survey below #TransKidsLiving 
Does Alfred From popular board game 'Guess Who', own a snake?
Guess Who can be fun! cookiesandsangria.com/2013/08/07/gue…
Those attacking and abusing trans young men for proudly showing topless pictures post surgery has the same energy & intent as the abuse that women have faced throughout history for the clothes they wear, or do not wear, or the way they look. It is raw misogyny. Trans men are men.
The trolls are angry because in these photos the world sees happy, smiling faces, bodies standing straight & proud, Only a person without empathy can see this & objectify, sexualise & belittle such pride & body confidence.
I'm fortunate to have met many trans masc youth before & after top surgery and to a man the positive change in their entire being, their holding, confidence & ability to interact with the world is profound & moving. They are rightfully proud of their journey & I am proud of them.
We're often told we 'made our child trans' because it's 'trendy'. 1) I can't make my kids eat broccoli let alone perform gender 2) I think we'd have picked something that doesn't risk our kid having their head kicked in. 1/
I've met & spoken to hundreds of families with trans kids, both in the UK & around the world. I have yet to meet a single parent who had any awareness of trans kids before their child came out. I know it is hard for people to understand because it was hard for us too. 2/
We were woefully unaware of trans folk, safe in a privilaged happy cocoon. The growing realisation that our child was trans disrupted our ignorance. I'm not going to lie, it was frightening. We took a long time to figure out what was going on with our kid & learn to accept her 3/
I just pulled out my notes from a GIDS event I attended in 2016. In one highly controlled moderated session, there was a Q&A with a panel of trans youth. Asked about what they could do better one of them said: "until I left GIDS I'd never met a trans adult". I was shocked. 1/
This young woman had been through years of sessions at GIDS, without meeting a single trans adult. No opportunities to ask questions, no support or community. Complete segregation. This is the experience of many trans youth & could so easily have been that of our family. 2/
Until we attended a @Mermaids_Gender residential, our child thought they were the only person in the world to feel the way they did. They felt utterly alone. We were determined they would grow up with positive representation, with role models of trans adults living full lives. 3/
