Trans kids: it's time to talk. Ch4

[TheLurkingOne]

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/trans-kids-its-time-to-talk

Heads up.
This will be good I think.

Thanks for the gen, I will be watching this one!

Daily reminder that BBC Children In Need granted £250k ish (two of its largest grants) last year to Mermaids and Gendered Intelligence.

This is diametrically opposed to the CiN vision statement regarding supporting all kids to be safe and reach their full potential.

Also looking forward to watching this lurking... I just wish is was being aired before this year's major fundraiser.

@TetherEnding thanks for sharing that, I've been sending it round too as it's astounding. As a result I know some who normally donate won't be this year. A shame as the money does good things but not with charities you mention.

What is the world coming to?!

People can still donate to charities though but can be more discerning and choose charities they want to support. I think that often the best way to support children is to fund facilities for their parents so the parents can support their own children. Probably a sign of getting old but more of my money is going to older peoples charities now and environmental ones. The narcissism of our species where we want loads of other peoples money spent on transforming our bodies to fit with some inner essence idea of what we should "really" look like whilst deforesting and concreting over the planet is depressing.

It's Channel 4. It will be pro-trans, pro disfigure and sterilise your healthy child, pro tra through and through.
I'll avoid.

There are a lot of cries on Twitter of it being transphobic so I hope it may at the very least raise some differing viewpoints.

Stella O'Malley has written an article which has been seen as transphobic, so easily done. I've found a reference to it here:

www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/i-should-have-said-i-always-had-a-son-i-just-thought-i-had-a-daughter-36049363.html

Apparently, it criticises early transitioning

Intrigued to watch this after the shambles that was Butterfly, thanks for the thread

Looking forward to this. The trailer was on tonight, it looked like it could be good.

I think this will be good.

My phones acting up so can't copy link but there's a review of this programme in the financial times if you just google Stella o malley and the FT. Can anyone link it to this thread. I don't think it's going to be another "butterflies" .

www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/d1c4c06c-e6a2-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3

Thanks for link bebo

Well it's certainly ruffled some feathers

our Helen is in a tizz about it and I'm plonking this thread here, because, well, you'll see.

twitter.com/joss_prior/status/1064954869218533376

Interesting to read the FT review, which is a bit fence-sitting - but the comments are all gender-critical (I realise not everyone will have a subscription!):

www.ft.com/content/d1c4c06c-e6a2-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3

Anyone else watching? I think she's doing quite a good job of being very sympathetic and understanding and simultaneously critical.