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10 Oct, 6 tweets, 1 min read
What's happening in the UK right now surrounding the fight against medical supports for transgender children is not only terrifying, but completely illogical, and very few people seem to be picking up on that.

Pull back with me a second and let's look at this.
There is an active campaign against allowing medical professionals to provide scientifically-supported, life-affirming, internationally recognized treatment to transgender youth who need it.

And the people leading the charge are:
- not trans 🤷‍♀️
- not trans medical specialists 🤷‍♀️
In fact, most "experts" given large platforms to voice their "concerns" over trans kids getting the support they need are:
- children's authors
- opinion columnists
- actors
- non-medical uni profs
- anti-trans org/group founders

And 99.9% of them are cisgender, not trans.
When it comes to what trans people need, cis people (including me, even as a mom/partner to trans people) do NOT know what's best.

We do not.
We cannot.
It's impossible.

We need to listen to trans people, including trans kids, to know what THEY need for THEIR own wellbeing.
One of the UK's biggest issues is that it continues to pit women's rights against trans rights, which somehow means that women who aren't trans/don't have trans kids/aren't medical doctors are considered experts on trans issues and can talk about this stuff with clout. Big yikes.
Think about that with me and shake your head, because that's a big problem.

And then find some trans people to listen to on this stuff. And some affirming parents whose trans kids could lose their vital medical support.

And stop reading those awful "concern" pieces. Thanks.

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