Columbine copycat in Edinburgh - what does 'transgender' mean in reporting?

The times article (to me) seemed to indicate ASD, (at the least) but obviously a very troubled individual. Hope she gets the care and support she needs.

Esther Ghey has been the model of dignity.

The inquest into Briannas death flagged all kinds of issues with on line activity including the risk of sexual exploitation. It strikes me that Esther sees the harms, she lived it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y53ry921zo

I agree, the article is literally littered with the word 'boy' in a way that makes the writing style a bit odd.

I agree. I plan to buy Esther Ghey’s book based on that article.

TRAs are not happy that Esther Ghey is campaigning for internet restrictions for children and for mindfulness in schools rather than using her (tragic) platform to promote sex changes for minors a la Susie Green.

I don't think it's clear from the article whether there was any clinical involvement, except for the eating disorder.

A very moving piece.

It's a really good, truthful article.

I read it that way too.

any bereaved mother deserves grace, I was shocked by messages she must have seen.

That is a heartbreaking article.

'Brett had so many issues, she says – body dysmorphia and dysphoria, asthma, ADHD, appalling eyesight, autism (then undiagnosed). There were times when he couldn’t face school and was a non-attender. At the age of 14, Brett explained that he wanted to transition. Ghey took it in her stride. In the book, she writes: “When the transition happened for Brianna it was perhaps one of the easiest parts of her short life.”'

It seems that 'transition' is presented as a cure-all to a variety of very difficult and complex issues.

True. I read the interview of Esther Ghey, why was her child’s issues not addressed? Why would anyone think an eating disorder or adhd would be managed with cross sex hormones?

it’s negligence and it’s criminal.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/22/esther-ghey-murder-daughter-brianna-transgender

Not just teachers. HCPs are missing comorbidities at the mention of 'trans'. Mental health issues are going untreated.

the report suggests this girl was showing symptoms of violence and intrusive thoughts.

Teachers are not psychiatrists - which is why affirmation in school is such a terrible idea. Mental illnesses are being missed, and that can be dangerous.

A vulnerable and mentally disturbed girl pumped full of testosterone is my guess. The health professionals facilitating this should hang their heads in shame.

Edinburgh city council is hugely captured, which has influences the schools which are also captured.

I wonder whether this case will be discussed as a “near miss” by councillors and the healthcare professionals at gender clinics.

I wondered whether that was code for “this is really a mentally ill girl, but I can’t say so, so that needs to be taken into account when deciding on custody arrangements”.

It's a phase because it's possible to get through it whenever the person wants to (or feels able to). It's called 'detransitioning' but it's just the end of a non-logical idea.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints

https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/data-protection-and-journalism/complaining-to-ofcom/#:~:text=If%20you%20wish%20to%20complain,Textphone%20number%2018001%2001925%20650744

It's either a mental disorder or not, they can't have it both ways.

Can they?

What terrible reporting by the BBC, call in the individual not just “he” but “a boy”.

akin to when they called the male murderer Scarlet Blake “a woman” with no prefix either

Yes, and awful as that statement sounds, doesn't it it equally then concede that a trans identity is some kind of psychopathy, an illness, that should be taken into account?

@Areolaborealis Unfortunately the SNP brought in a failed (under a section 33 order upheld in crt) rights of the child bill that enshrines amongst many other ridiculous things the right to an education (one of the few rights under the bill that i agreed with though am now sceptical about it) for everyone under 19, and much like the failed grr bill the SNP have carried on as if it was law. So even though this child was under suspicion of planning a school shooting and he/she was over the school leaving age and age of legal emancipation (16 in Scotland) he/she had to be educated with a college being deemed the most appropriate/least dangerous, as most students would be adults so not his/her chosen targets, or so the risk assessment will say (plausible denighability for the inevitable headlines if it goes wrong).
Whilst I know that I sound a bit like a conspiracy nut once you see the pattern of politics and policy under the SNP you can't miss it everywhere (look at the named person act (ended by judicial review)) add to that the fact that under the SNP they shut parents out of decisions about anything medical, trans and even sexual assault/abuse on the say so of the child (or if they just cant be bothered to contact you as the whole system including flu vaccine consent cuts you out) from 14 onwards due to presumed gillikic competency (even when you have a cognitive assessment by the NHS that says otherwise) which doesn't even work the way they imply it does and you've had to start crt proceedings against your child's school/education department because their presumed gillikic competency almost killed your child for them to agree to keep you in the loop, you can't unsee it.

Sorry about the rant but I've just had it with the fucking SNP bullshit. I do hope it will open some eyes and suggest that anyone interested look up @rogd on X (I think she's on here) and you can see how far this SNP overreach has gone

This! I heard the statement on R4 news and thought is this lawyer saying that being trans means you get special treatment when you threaten to go on a killing spree??

It's impossible discern sex when reporting is gender based. A 'transgender' identity could mean 'non binary', or 'cake gender ' or anything the fuck at all.

It would be more honest to not use any words to describe sex/gender.

This fudge is deliberately misleading.

Sadly, that the BBC for you, these days, OP. And ITV no better.

Not watertight, as you say, in this world as it currently is. Unfortunately.