To be gobsmacked by this advert on my Facebook newsfeed?

[IndianaMoleWoman]

I just can’t believe that a company who presumably make money out of people changing their children’s gender are blatantly advertising like this. Is it me? This is a huge, medical decision made in conjunction with extensive specialist advice, not something you do based on a Facebook ad.

Doesn’t look like the ad posted:

Fucking hell that's bad!! Talking about cashing in on a trend!

Exactly @Throckmorton !!! A horrible trend

It just doesn’t sit right with me at all.

Err doesn't it say that they've seen an increase in requests for this service? And now they're offering a private and confidential way for individuals to manage it? How is that a bad thing?

It's a service that exists, I suppose it could market along the lines of 'binning your kids dad or got them a new one?' they'd probably get more business.

TBH anything that allows people easier access to facilitate their rights is ok by me. I wonder how long the anti-transers will take to pop up?

They charge for this, and are advertising a service - a service which many people are requesting because of the shit ton of pressure on kids to conform to gender stereotypes means that many decide they must be the opposite sex just because they don't conform to gender stereotypes. See also homophobia that means some lesbian girls find it easier to present as a boy than as a gay girl. I guess there's technically nothing wrong with advertising where you see a market, but the market is a bloody toxic one.

anti-transers - ooh, I've not seen that slur before. I'm not anti-trans, I have no problem with people transitioning if they want to. I AM against TRAs trying to infringe on women's rights and I am against anyone being pressured to conform to gender stereotypes

😳 how awful.

Throckmorton I think I’m finding it particularly disturbing because it’s Pride weekend where we live (Manchester) and it seems all the more sinister that they might be trying to piggyback on straight parents who don’t understand that their children might just be gay and not trans.

IndianaMoleWoman - absolutely - how people don't see the inherent homophobia in a lot of this trend is beyond me. This is a fab article relating to this subject:

www.ihmistenkirjo.net/blog/tonje?fbclid=IwAR3tTG3V1WE0Q0B6kGwSORlGiIWBYo0YQpfF_ajsfieE_E3OmOb_7CVE1mU

I agree with throck

Exactly @Throckmorton I thought the exact same

Nope don’t see a problem with it.