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I thought I was a liberal mother, then my daughter came out as trans

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IwantToRetire · 16/05/2023 02:12

This is the title of an article in the Telegraph that isn't behind a paywall.

The article is very similar to some that have been posted on FWR (but maybe had somesort of editing as parts read quite oddly).

Unfortunately the comments posted suggest that despite the number of articles the Telegraph has published about trans issues it certainly hasn't educate all of their readers. More interested in blaming the mother, and the fact that she wasn't upset that her daughter had said she was a lesbian, but was that she said she was trans.

Makes me doubt that having right wing papers published gender critical aware articles isn't actually achieveing much.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/liberal-mother-daughter-came-out-trans/

I thought I was a liberal mother, then my daughter came out as trans

One mother describes how her young daughter’s gender decisions are a wake-up call for families

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/liberal-mother-daughter-came-out-trans

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 16/05/2023 07:56

I can see hundreds of supportive comments from readers sympathetic to the mother. There are numerous comments about the dangers that Mermaids and Stonewall pose to children , critical of the GP & Social Services involvement in the case & aware of the one way path that some children end up on to drugs & surgery. There are posts critical of the mother's "trendy lefty " position and no doubt some wedging in Brexit given this is the Telegraph 🙄

Just a shame this wasn't published in the Guardian 😁

cornflakesandtea · 16/05/2023 06:37

GrabbyGabby · 16/05/2023 06:30

If you click thw link then quickly go on airplane mode that should do the trick

That is brilliant. I didn't realise that would work!

GrabbyGabby · 16/05/2023 06:30

If you click thw link then quickly go on airplane mode that should do the trick

SD1978 · 16/05/2023 06:16

Paywall here too. Unfortunate, would be interesting to read

DysonSpheres · 16/05/2023 06:11

It seems to be behind a paywall now.