I don't have much time for parents as a demographic. They generally seem like the very last people who should be allowed to take care of children.
I don't have much time for parents as a demographic. They generally seem like the very last people who should be allowed to take care of children.
Presumably that's why around half of young LGBTQ people who become homeless were afraid to tell their family that they were LGBTQ.For sure there’s abusive parents but I’d like to think most do have the best interests of their child at heart.
So the answer is to remove all children from their parents and place them into the care of SpookyFrank?Presumably that's why around half of young LGBTQ people who become homeless were afraid to tell their family that they were LGBTQ.
We could start knocking on the doors of Muslim families first. They tend to be much more socially conservative around women and LGBT issues.View attachment 383615
This relevant? (43% of trans and non-binary people apparently experience abuse from a family member, 89% of this is from a parent).
We could start knocking on the doors of Muslim families first. They tend to be much more socially conservative around women and LGBT issues.
Trans issues make an interesting and difficult pathway for parents to walk.Don’t play on the train tracks or motorways etc?
For sure there’s abusive parents but I’d like to think most do have the best interests of their child at heart.
Which parents did Frank mean then and what did he mean about not looking after their kids?Nobody's talking about "knocking on doors" apart from you.
I’d support my child through whatever.
But I’d hate to think that teachers felt they were better placed to have these conversations. Unlikely as I’m very close to my kid, but still…
Almost like a Christian conviction that the Lord knows what’s best. Which I doubt you’d agree with but your beliefs reflect.
Which parents did Frank mean then and what did he mean about not looking after their kids?
Which parents did Frank mean then and what did he mean about not looking after their kids?
I’d support my child through whatever. But I’d hate to think that teachers felt they were better placed to have these conversations. Unlikely as I’m very close to my kid, but still…
Why did you make such a blanket statement then? And why is the ideology you support the winning one for children?We're talking about situations where the child feels able to identify as trans or non-binary at school, but not at home. That's where Badenoch wants to stick her oar in. Situations where kids can't trust their parents.
Why did you make such a blanket statement then? And why is the ideology you support the winning one for children?
We did used to have a system in our healthcare service that assessed kids and made a diagnosis, suggested treatments, etc. until the TERFs destroyed it. It wasn't perfect as it only provided care to a tiny minority of kids, but with funding it could have been expanded out to provide a decent nationwide service. But instead the media and transphobes got together and sabotaged it.Trans issues make an interesting and difficult pathway for parents to walk.
My other half was quite alarmed when our (non-binary) child announced they'd like to wear a binder and also when they casually dropped that they're happy to use they or he as pronouns a few weeks later, and even my ears pricked up a bit then. As my husband said he feels the pressure between the parent he is and the parent he wants to be at times like this and I understand that. As it is, Robin has been very clear they don't want the binder because of dysphoria issues, they just would like to be able to control more how they are perceived (or not perceived) gender wise sometimes, and it's not something they'd wear every day. They (or he) also joked that they were on the 'she/they - they/them - they/him - he/him' pathway but then said they don't reckon they'll go for 'he/him' and I think both gsv and I admit we worry a bit about that although at the same time we would support them in what they want as frankly they are doing really well at school and in music performance and have lovely friends, so clearly this gender stuff is not doing them harm, quite the opposite, they are delighting in being who they want to be.
I think the media puts about this myth that the parents of trans children either decide/are brainwashed into going 'Yay, my child is trans, I am such a cool parent, I'm going to get him a double mastectomy and male hormones right now!' Whereas I expect even the parents of the child or young person for whom medical intervention seems pretty clearly a positive and who are totally supportive I am sure still worry a lot about whether this is the right thing and have they helped them come to the right decision. I am sure many caring parents of deeply unhappy trans teens worry is this dysphoria or could it be the reflection of some other unhappinesss that is projected through the lens of gender and intervention offering their child a way to be someone else? Or could it be 'ordinary' teenage body ick that might yet be grown out of.... I honestly am not sure how one tells. The one thing I do know is that actually trans teens and their parents, of whom I know a few, are in the vast, vast majority just wanting social transition at this stage and the media-led image of kids all being rushed to fucking surgery is just a total moral panic.
The kind where you’re better. Christians think the same btw. Anyway I’m off to bed. Have a good one.What ideology is that?
What ideology is that?
medicine, science and humane treatment.What ideology is that?
That's just an excuse and a useful lever to rope in the transphobic masses. The real aim is the same one its always been - to eliminate LGBT+ from society.The whole 'we must tell the parents' things seems to rely on this fear that all these kids are running off for gender affirming surgery - when even if they wanted it, they can't have any such intervention without parental approval pre-18 anyway, IIRC.
Was it that TERFs destroyed it? I thought GIDS/Tavistock was stopped because an independent review found it was not fit for purpose.We did used to have a system in our healthcare service that assessed kids and made a diagnosis, suggested treatments, etc. until the TERFs destroyed it. It wasn't perfect as it only provided care to a tiny minority of kids, but with funding it could have been expanded out to provide a decent nationwide service. But instead the media and transphobes got together and sabotaged it.
The woke ideology?
Obligatory "How come we can convince them to change gender but can't convince them to revise for their tests?" post.