Remove this inappropriate and unsafe book from the Waterstones Children's book award

[Vebrithien]

Waterstones have shortlisted a cartoon book that encourages pubescent girls to hate on their bodies, describing breasts as 'fatty lumps that need removing' onto to their prestigious 2023 Children's book award.

The book is called 'my trans teen misadventure' and as well as validating teen anxiety, the book also openly promotes the use of puberty blockers for children, even though they have been banned in several countries on the grounds of safety. The book even has an adult content advisory warning discreetly tucked away on the back, so it's anyone's guess why Waterstones think this is suitable for children.

What gets me about this is that because Waterstones have put it on their shortlist, the book will feature on sales displays that will be placed in areas with a high footfall of children and is likely to be picked up and browsed by them, especially because the story is in cartoon form.

It raises massive safeguarding concerns, as is promoting lifelong medical treatment to young and vunerable children.

Please sign, to ask Waterstones to remove this from their shortlist and stop pushing gender ideology at children:

SIGN HERE citizengo.org/en-gb/fm/210382-waterstones-stop-pushing-dangerous-gender-ideology-children?utm_source=wa&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EN_GB-2023-03-13-Local-NA-CFA-210382-Waterstones_childrens_book.06_AA_RL_2_Retargeting&utm_content=typage

Tha bandwagon jumping on this is frightening. Hundreds of people who haven’t read it pearl clutching and claiming it’s disgusting. Exactly the kind of reaction that a book on homosexuality would have elicited in the past. Critical thinking people!

@GromblesofGrimbledon @Grammarnut Your posts are so well said.

@Mommymoments I'm still a 'tomboy'. Half my clothes are from the men's department, barber haircut, don't own makeup. I shudder to think of what could have happened if I was born 20 years later as well.

@Notellinganyone One of my DC is gay. There is a world of difference between being gay and being a young teenager who isn't sure what's what and lopping off bits of their anatomy. Especially given that so much of trans ideology involves women and girls being and looking a certain way which bears no relation to the actual reality of being a girl or a woman.

@whatevrrrr never a truer word spoken. I feel very for the gay community the way the trans groups tagged themselves onto the lgb with their tq. They are worlds apart & it's very upsetting for the gay community.

That's what my friends constantly say. And add social media into the frame also..

Disgusting have sighed op.

NOT

this is mysogynistic crap. Not band wagon jumping unless of course you are mysogynistic in which case you probably would describe breasts as fatty lumps! Hateful speech

Totally agree with you,Okunevo. Tomboys or anyone not conforming to gender stereotypes is up for grabs by the trans lobby. Pernicious. Like the book.