Hi, so unfortunately in March my daughter was raped. It was at a party that I didn't even know she was at. She's 14. Before this she was happy and confident and doing well but since then she's a lot more withdrawn and unfortunately spends most of her time in her room not wanting to interact with anyone. Obviously this is understandable as she went through something that noone should have to. This weekend she told me that she thinks she's trans. I am fairly liberal and generally accepting of LGBT people but I am very sceptical of her being trans. Prior to this happening, she showed no signs of being trans and I think a lot of this can be explained by what happened. I think she thinks basically had she been a boy then this wouldn't have happened, which is true, and so she wishes she was and she feels uncomfortable with her body because of it. I think she kind of wants a fresh start and new identity and something to blame her problems on. I don't know if this makes sense. She wants us to affirm her as trans but I don't think she is and I worry that doing so will make it hard for her to change her mind. She has been having counselling and she is keen to go to these sessions but she doesn't want to talk about them after, and she says her counsellor has agreed that she is trans. I messaged Mermaids about this earlier and the person I talked to was quite dismissive of this. They said that lots of trans people have trauma from the past that makes people doubt that they are, but that they are almost always trans and it's almost always unrelated just makes people doubt them. Tbh I seemed very unsure about this and have done quite a lot of research since about things like the Cass report and her situation sounds similar to some others who didn't turn out to be trans. Also, I read that this might be a good place to ask? Just basically want advice on what I should do to try and help her and what you all think about the situation?