How long have the @bbcnews @BBCNewsbeat @cbbc been promoting the concept of a trans child, and both social & medical transition for very young children?
What role did the @cbbc documentary ”I Am Leo" play in all this?
A 🧵 spanning 2014-2017
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June 2014
@BBCNewsbeat - 'I am six and I'm a transgender kid. I am a cool kid'
"When the family dies, I will cut my hair so I can be a boy"
Girls can obviously have short hair. @BBCNewsbeat's remit is to provide news tailored for young people.
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Nov 2014
@cbbc broadcasts "I am Leo". Aimed at children, it peddles the incoherent, unscientific myth that you can be born in the wrong body, and that some girls, like Leo, have boy brains.
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Jan 2015
Transgender 13-year-old Zoey having therapy
"I'm going to lose this kid before we have enough data to say 'yes this is a safe intervention on 12 and 13 year olds,' the kid might kill himself"
Threats of suicide are weaponised without shame
4/26bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
Feb 2015
BBC News - Families facing gender change challenges
The article describes a 12-year-old boy who now identifies as a girl, and is on puberty blockers to stunt his development.
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March 2015
#BBCtrending: Meet my transgender kid
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BBC reposts a video about Milla, a transgender child from New Zealand, which also includes an american mum who claims her son transitioned at 3 years old.
The video uses "sex assigned at birth" language.
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Jenny Kermode from Trans Media Watch insists that it's all healthy and normal. Also includes Jay Stewart from @Genderintell.
Who are these people, and what is their expertise when it comes to children? Where are the paediatricians?
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April 2015
@louistheroux "Transgender Kids" documentary airs...
9/26
In this clip, a supposed expert claims that some three year old girls are definitely boys. This is clearly madness.
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April 2015
Two boys, 6 and 8, who are friends, are now "Lily and Jessica".
The story of two transgender children
11/26bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-…
The article directs parents to the controversial @cbbc documentary "I Am Leo", clearly a tool of propaganda for trans activists seeking to attract children to this bizarre political movement.
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It should be noted that the link to "I am Leo" no longer works, and the film isn't on BBC iPlayer, but is easy to find on YouTube.
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April 2016
BBC News - Single-sex schools 'must adapt for transgender pupils'
The teacher talks about special needs children coming out as trans.
Schools will have a public sector duty to promote gender equality, including for transgender people.
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This is despite the fact that trans rights conflict with sex equality. These are single sex schools!
Nowhere does it reveal which groups have lobbied the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.
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May 2016
Transgender children: 'I don't want to grow a beard' - this follows up the April 2015 story.
The article reveals that Ella has left her husband for a woman, who is now transitioning. What are the chances of 3 trans people in one family?
16/26bbc.com/news/magazine-…
In a now familiar manoeuvre, the article directs readers to Mermaids, and the "I am Leo" documentary again. How many children and parents have been unduly influenced by this propaganda?
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May 2016
Child gender identity referrals on the rise in Yorkshire
Olivia, 7 - not her real name - started dressing up as a female when he was 18 months old. His name was changed by deed poll at six. That is aggressive affirmation.
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Oct 2016
Transgender teens: Born in the wrong body
"I cried because I had to wear a school skirt. I thought it was girly - it just wasn't me."
Girls have always been able to wear trousers to school. What is going on here?
19/26bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…
Dec 2016
BBC News - Transgender child: The boy putting his female puberty on hold
20/26bbc.co.uk/news/health-38…
The mum cites "I am Leo" as an influence. How many parents and children were misled by this programme? The story gets worse...
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The mum wasn't willing to wait for GIDS, so instead went private to block her son's puberty. This is an experimental treatment that is lacking in evidence.
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Jan 2017
BBC News - South Yorkshire transgender child on her transition
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Is this really the face of a happy child?
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There's far more where this came from, more threads to follow.
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Jan 2017
Ciera Taylor: 'I'm happy and proud to be trans'
Ciera & Paris Lees talk about homophobic abuse before realising they were trans.
Lees: "People would call me a 'poofter' and just shout abuse at me in the streets.
Ciara: "I thought I might be gay," she says.
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May 2017
BBC News - Child, five, referred to trans clinic over gender identity
Jamie Pallas from @Genderintell assures the public that it's entirely normal for five year olds to want a sex change.
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@Genderintell Aug 2017
Transgender children: Preparing for puberty
Follow up to April 2015 story.
Bizarrely, it's revealed that the Jen's partner is now Jessica's stepfather "Alex" - who transitioned from living as female to male. What are the chances of that?
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@Genderintell Sept 2017
Transgender pupils 'leaving schools over rights breaches'
BBC claims children have a right to invade opposite sex spaces and demand opposite sex pronouns.
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March 2018
Essex school changes transgender toilet policy
Trans activist Gina Denham of Transpire destroys girls single sex spaces in a school, and says it's unnecessary segregation. The head teacher wrongly puts the change down to the equality act, despite the single sex exemptions.
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June 2018
How should schools support transgender pupils?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
The article claims "transgender youngsters are becoming more confident about their identity", and reaches out to James Morton of the @ScottishTrans, and an unnamed spokesman for LGBT Youth Scotland.
The article frames guidance written by LGBT Youth Scotland and @ScottishTrans as best practice.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans March 2019
BBC News - Raising a transgender child: 'Don't you think Autumn is happier?'
A nine year old boy is really a girl.
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Sept 2019
BBC News - Transgender waiting lists 'putting people at risk'
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
@ScottishTrans are given the privilege of pushing the "transition or suicide" ultimatum at the front of centre of the article.
James Morton from the STA also claims kids are getting hate crimed because they haven't physically transitioned. "Looking after a trans person's health and prescribing them hormones isn't rocket science". Morton isn't qualified to say this.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans Nov 2020
BBC News - Trans teen in legal action over gender clinic wait
The Good Law Project, which is acting for the teenager, says the NHS has a legal obligation to provide specialist care to all patients within 18 weeks, or provide an alternative.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans December 2020
Puberty blockers: Parents' warning as ruling challenged
A complaint about the use of suicidal threats in this article was upheld.
Puberty blockers are now banned for gender related distress in children.
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March 2021
BBC News - Mississippi bans trans girls from girls' school sports
Trans activist Chase Strangio makes the bizarre claim that the bill, which enforces the right to single sex sports in schools (title IX) , was "very vague and seemingly unenforceable".
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans Sept 2021
BBC Radio Four Lights out documentary "Kaleidoscope" features a trans activist taking to a child who not only wants a sex change, but wants to be a sex change surgeon in the future.
An odd and disturbing documentary.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans Feb 2022
BBC News - 'I was worried I'd start growing an Adam's apple'
The article details a private clinic that was set up by a woman with her own trans child, Gill Baird, who aims to offer genital surgery in the future.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans March 2022
BBC News - Transgender children in Wales need more help - campaigners
The campaigners themselves are mysteriously not named.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans March 2019
BBCs Gender and Identity reporter Megha Mohan reports from a school in Chile where children are relentlessly affirmed as trans. Notice how this pupil simply wanted short hair and not to wear dresses, but has concluded she must be trans.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans August 2021
Storyville runs Petite Fille, a documentary about a seven year old boy who they describe as "assigned male at birth", who told his mum he wanted to wear a dress, completely out of the blue.
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@Genderintell @ScottishTrans November 2018
@BBCnireland air documentary "Transgender Teens". During the documentary, they interview disgraced @GenderGP head @HelenWebberley, who reels off the bizarre myth of children reaching the "wrong puberty".
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December 2014
@BBCRadio4 airs "Just a Girl", a five part programme that promotes puberty blocking treatment for children. Susie Green of disgraced charity @Mermaids_Gender is thanked in the credits. It's still available to stream.
(Credit to @VicIsherwood for finding this)
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April 2024
BBC News - "Cass gender care review disappointing, says trans man"
BBC Wales piece platforms a set of angry teenagers who insist that they're more knowledgeable than senior pediatrician Dr Hilary Cass OBE.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
April 2024
@BBCRadioScot platforms a father who claims his daughter was trans before she could even speak. He goes on to dismiss @thecassreview, and reveals that he's going to use a private clinic to obtain puberty blockers, despite the clear lack of clinical evidence.
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Sept 2019
@BBC_Teach releases a video where children are told there are over a hundred gender identities, and a trans identified female celebrates her mastectomy.
@BBC_Teach In response to a barrage of criticism and complaints, @BBC_Teach eventually withdrew the video, whilst complaining that it was being "willfully misrepresented".
@BBC_Teach May 2024
BBC World Service - Dear Daughter, My daughter, who I thought was my son.
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@BBC_Teach July 2024
Adult drag queen refers to children as "transgender youngsters".
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