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As someone supported by Mermaids for years, I& #39;ve never seen anyone & #39;told& #39; that they are "in the wrong body". I& #39;ve never seen a child told that they may be trans for liking dresses or playing football. The criticism itself is grounded in not only transphobia but sexism. 1/
My daughter, who happens to be trans, rarely wears dresses & loves playing football. She has not grown up ashamed of her body. Her body is not & #39;wrong& #39;, it is hers & we will support her autonomy in choosing what if any medications she may need to live her life to the fullest 2/
If you want to learn more, @FierceMum wrote a blog two years ago addressing most of the common stereotypes levelled by gender critical types & enforced by the media.
Trans kids, & trans people in general are the ones tearing down the gender boundaries. https://growinguptransgender.com/2018/02/06/on-gender-stereotypes/">https://growinguptransgender.com/2018/02/0...
Trans kids, & trans people in general are the ones tearing down the gender boundaries. https://growinguptransgender.com/2018/02/06/on-gender-stereotypes/">https://growinguptransgender.com/2018/02/0...
It says everything about the & #39;Gender Critical& #39; movement that a key area of potential common ground with trans people - the need to allow people to express their gender without stigma, is instead denied & a false narrative built claiming that trans kids enforce stereotypes.
The & #39;wrong body& #39; trope, is most often used as shorthand by cis people to explain a trans experience to other cis people. Yes, of course it is also sometimes used by trans people but holding this as a single phrase symbolic of the trans experience is a straw man fallacy.
And on body autonomy, I have never seen a trans person speak out against right to choose or abortion, the same is not true of key & #39;gender critical& #39; voices many of whom are either actively campaigning against access to abortion, or working with groups opposing reforms.
Call me old fashioned but I still believe in a society where a adolescent at risk of pregnancy should have the right to body autonomy & access to birth control. I also believe trans adolescents should have the right to body autonomy & to impact decisions on the right health care.
