There is hope for the 'Yoof'

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Proud Mother Alert.

My year 6 (primary school) daughter was on facetime with a friend (Friend A). A mutual (male) friend of theirs has confided he is gay (Friend B).

Friend A says to my daughter, 'I wonder why Friend B doesn't wear dresses then, he obviously wants to become a girl', daughter responds 'He is gay, not transgender, there's a difference. Anyway, you can't become a girl, you are a boy or a girl and that's that, a dress won't make a difference'.

I have a little GC feminist on my hands don't I?

Indeed. Or just a rational human being! Either is a justified reason for pride.

She sounds ace OP. Keep conversing with her on the topic as and when appropriate, as over the next few years she could be hearing other opposing views perhaps expressed more forcefully.

Oh I definitely will, we have had a fair few conversations on the matter, she thinks it's a bit mental anyone believes you can actually change sex, I am gently explaining the whole gender vs sex issue, and she definitely gets it. Having a 'tom boy' sister who likes racing cars, favourite colour is blue, likes football, all things zombie but equally likes my little pony has definitely helped I think.

"I wonder why Friend B doesn't wear dresses then, he obviously wants to become a girl'"

Right there - that's the type of homophobia that Mermaids and so on are teaching children to parrot at each other.

How anyone doesn't see this as a sexist, homophobic movement, I don't know.

I'm impressed by your DD, blooper but equally I'm completely aghast by the comment made by friend A.

This would never in a million years even been thought of during my time growing up.

It may have been "ooh so and so is gay how very curious" but
"Why doesn't gay friend pretend to be the opposite sex" I mean that's homophobic, conversion therapy indoctrination playing out in practice through friend A.

Unbelievable. Terrible in fact.

Sure, there's hope for the youth that they don't all fall into this gender ideology trap, but still, it's awful how many have fallen into it.

Yy dp.

I work with older yoof. Most of them, like most people, see through it. Indeed they are acutely aware of the social contagion element because they are closer to it.

The problem is that it's so ridiculous it's emboldening bigots to be unpleasant- both to the (mostly) transmen and to the gay kids by extension.

Unfortunately I can see her getting into trouble with the school or being criticised by her classmates if she expresses these thoughts too publicly. Don’t you realise she’s being literally violent?

Dp it is sad Friend A speaks/feels like that, like you say, its's this creeping homophobia that seems to be peddled everywhere, I am glad DD challenged it.

Fully prepared for taking on the school if she ever gets in trouble, I will not have her head being filled with such nonsense. That being said, her school is not particularly 'woke' and I did reach out to the school administration and ask if they had any plans to cover trans issues in the future as I had some concerns at what was being rolled out in some schools, if so then there is a great resource pack from Transgender Trend. Hopefully cut off any drama at the pass!