Canada's national public broadcaster CBC pull BBC trans kids documentary from its schedule after online complaints

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Apparently it includes 'problematic experts'. Possibly the kind of pesky experts who believe in science and evidence-based decision-making.

www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2017/12/12/cbc-pulls-harmful-transgender-kids-documentary-from-schedule-after-online-complaints.html

Wow.

Kool aid country indeed.

They've now decided it is never going to be aired and have instead promised just to show completely one-sided pro-child-transing "documentaries" in future:

twitter.com/cbcdocs/status/940683172240592896

Not exactly getting a lot of support for that decision on twitter are they.

I am (extremely optimistically) hoping that this was actually a quite calculated switcheroo, in support of women.

They put out that statement and pulled it, which generated a lot of interest, including a lot of "WTF, this has gone too far" from people who never would have cared about the trans agenda. And they left it available to watch and download somewhere on the Internet, so a lot of people were able to watch it and then comment about how factual and sensible a documentary it was, which gave a fair platform to each side.

Which has done no harm whatsoever to the anti-trans kids position.

So, I wonder...

Canada is a different country and if this program isn’t what it’s population want then so be it.
I’m not aware of a strong trans kids issue there btw and I live there...

You should watch it too Chris.

I work with youth in Canada and there is a massive issue here. Absolutely massive.

In what respect MrsTP? That lots are identifying as trans?

I watched it and it was very very interesting. The two young women who were talking one whose parents did not support them becoming trans and kept telling her that she was a girl. They had 6 years of battles with her over that but she finally accepted that in fact she was just a girl who liked to play differently to the feminine Norm. She is now a completely happy young woman. There was another girl who wanted to become a boy whose parents completely supported her decision. She cut her breasts off and now has a beard and is completely unhappy with herself. She also gave the warning to just let girls go and get muddy and do things that typical girls don't normally do. That really resonated with me. I think everybody should watch the documentary.

@BamburyFuriou3 in my small social circle; I know a young lesbian whose friend at school is being bullied and told she's transphobic because she is a lesbian who wears masculine clothes and therefore is a boy according to her peers. She doesn't want to transition and is therefore transphobic.

I know another young lesbian couple where (I kid you not) one of them plans to transition because 'people think we're sisters and this would be easier'. I wish I was exaggerating.

I know teachers telling small female children that liking boys things makes them a boy. Amazingly there's loads of bullying by boys of girls that isn't dealt with. Not dealing with the actual issues!

And then we have Vancouver Rape Crisis and the women's library targeted so we all know where we stand...

Canadian kids are being sold that transition is easy and no big deal. I'm very worried for them.

So is the same documentary we watched here a few months ago . And we were all saying how well balanced it was. It had the Canadian doctor who'd been struck off for suggesting counselling as they already have the legislation we're fighting.

That's dreadful, MrsTP. In the spirit of "damage limitation", could you talk to the young woman in the lesbian couple and steer her towards identifying as "non-binary" or try out the "you don't have to change your body to be trans" line? Anything to avoid dangerous cross-sex hormones and body-mutilating surgery.

And the idea that a small child could be bullied into thinking they were trans while still primary school age - it's nuts!