“I have yet to hear a single parent say anything bigoted” says #Quillette author about anti-trans parents at the 600-word mark of article that is very liberally spiced with bigotry. 
If you encourage me, I will write more about how bigoted, exactly. Not right now, though, Twitter, not right now. 🙃
OK. Here we go.
Brace yourselves, please. This #Quillette article is one in a series by a pseudonymous academic who has no expertise in this area of study and will publish three more pieces like it. 3/
Brace yourselves, please. This #Quillette article is one in a series by a pseudonymous academic who has no expertise in this area of study and will publish three more pieces like it. 3/
The sole reason that this series will exist is that there are children who are trans or non-binary or gender-nonconforming, and that they have parents who resist their self-determination and gender exploration. That is the premise. 4/
Yet, these children are given no independent consideration. Their desires about how they might like to be referenced are aggressively ignored. They are, I strongly suspect, persistently misgendered throughout the piece. CW for likely misgendering in the upcoming screenshots. 5/
The key aspects of bigotry in this pseudonymous academic’s writing that I will highlight are: 1) Talking and talking about trans youth without talking to or with them. 2) Favouring anti-trans parents’ negative descriptions over those of the youth or those of adult trans folk. 6/
I’ve colour-coded my screen shots, cause that’s my thing. Purple are the phrases the author chooses to describe the parents. Orange the phrases to describe the youth (via the parents’ words). It reveals a familiar and very lopsided pattern. 7/
The parents, they have been harassed, we are told. They are afraid and wary. They worry they might lose their jobs.
They are also described as a delightfully diverse bunch who support each other, hunt around the internet to do necessary research, and diligently share notes. 8/
They are also described as a delightfully diverse bunch who support each other, hunt around the internet to do necessary research, and diligently share notes. 8/
At lease some parents hold onto obviously anti-trans ideas—not described as anti-trans in this article, of course, that’s my word choice.
Parents are working on getting their kids into care or schools they would prefer—e.g., emphasis on diagnoses other than gender dysphoria. 9/
Parents are working on getting their kids into care or schools they would prefer—e.g., emphasis on diagnoses other than gender dysphoria. 9/
And here are the children and youth.
As I said, CW: misgendering.
Please take care of yourselves. This is very callous stuff. 10/
As I said, CW: misgendering.
Please take care of yourselves. This is very callous stuff. 10/
Please imagine yourself a young teenager, sharing your sexual thoughts with your parents so you can access health care. And your parents joining a group for the key purpose of spilling those details—in the worst possible light—with other parents & and a #Quillette writer. 11/
FUCK.
And, “Fuck you!”
Would be my thoughts.
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And, “Fuck you!”
Would be my thoughts.
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I find such betrayal very hard to stomach.
Back to the parents, our #Quillette writer goes. Hey, some of them even have a trans coworker! Surely, that little tidbit will vouch for these transgressions against their children’s confidences.
“Transsexuals.” Ugh.
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Back to the parents, our #Quillette writer goes. Hey, some of them even have a trans coworker! Surely, that little tidbit will vouch for these transgressions against their children’s confidences.
“Transsexuals.” Ugh.
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Remember the author’s emphasis on how these parents are “not playing around”? Finding stuff on the web, taking notes, collating, sharing, collaborating, in their study group.
When their children do it? Suspiciously forming community & falling for probably false adulation! 14/
When their children do it? Suspiciously forming community & falling for probably false adulation! 14/
Worse still, the same dissonance is exhibited around suicidal ideation.
When a pseudonymous #Quillette author reports on an anti-trans parent group: sympathy for parents.
When there’s peer-reviewed research with ethical oversight: a questionable justification. 15/
When a pseudonymous #Quillette author reports on an anti-trans parent group: sympathy for parents.
When there’s peer-reviewed research with ethical oversight: a questionable justification. 15/
The article’s bigotry is really that blatant. 16/
I’m not exaggerating at all.
Parents in their anti-trans huddle: vilified, frightened, wary, “victimized by this mania.”
Their trans/enby kids who weren’t even asked for consent: insecure, wavering, intransigent, “led astray,” fell for “unconscionable sense of narcissism.” 17/
Parents in their anti-trans huddle: vilified, frightened, wary, “victimized by this mania.”
Their trans/enby kids who weren’t even asked for consent: insecure, wavering, intransigent, “led astray,” fell for “unconscionable sense of narcissism.” 17/
This level of bigotry is fucking abhorrent.
To the children in this story: We see you. We love you. You are beautiful. Stay strong.
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To the children in this story: We see you. We love you. You are beautiful. Stay strong.
END.
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(Please excuse all the typos.) 19/
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