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4 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
How Ellie came to terms with her transgender identity at age 7- Australia ABC News: “I was 4, I was watching Barbie and the Pink Shoes and was like 'I want to be a ballet dancer…Then when I started ballet, that's when I was like, 'I want to be a girl'.” abc.net.au/news/2022-01-0…
“one shopping trip…changed things. It was time to buy some winter clothes for an upcoming trip. Mum was going to the boy's aisle when I started crying and begging her to go to the girl's aisle…I had a really bad breakdown…it was a catalyst.”
“When Ellie thinks about her identity, she sums it up by saying, ‘If people ask me if I'm transgender, I say 'Yeah, I am' … but I normally just want to think that I'm a girl.’”
It is extremely frightening to many of the parents we represent that this form of faulty reasoning enjoys such widespread acceptance. But we're not going to stop blowing the whistle!

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