Guardian transing children

[LittleWhingingWoman]

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/15/what-i-should-have-done-when-my-12-year-old-told-me-he-was-transgender

"Five years later, Connor is in his final year of high school, and is the happiest I’ve seen him since he was a child. We were lucky enough to access a gender clinic in our city, where both he and I were both nurtured through the process of his transition. He has been getting testosterone shots for more than a year now, and recently had top surgery, which removes the breasts, leaving a masculine chest."

A double mastectomy on a 17 year old. Poor kid.

Poor kid indeed.

This kind of coverage is great for waking people up though. Better than stuff written by feminists in a way because the well meaning Guardian reader will go into it without prejudice.

This was in the Guardian a while ago and is such a great example of how it is the adults' issues - homophobia, sexism, divorce - being fixed through the medicalisation of their children. Anyone who can read this and not see the problems with this approach is beyond help really.

www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/15/trans-transgender-children-gender-family-project

So worrying. Also note “the breasts” not his/her breasts.. the dissociation of the child’s own body also by their parents.

That kind of language also affirms whether intentional or not, but in this case sounds like a result of the ‘nurturing’. Doesn’t help with objectivity or desisting. Shows how adults have to adopt or collude with the dysphoria/ dissociation in order to approve of extreme treatment.

The Guardian itself subscribes to that dissociation: look at the title of their recent series 'Living in a Woman's Body', as though we aren't beings, 'Our Bodies Ourselves', but merely a meat suit being controlled by a brain, like a videogamer's avatar.

Why can't men have breasts, again? I thought it was transphobic to have that point of view?

I can’t believe it’s legal to do too surgery and give T to children.

At the age of 17, he’s actually one of the most resilient people I know.

At the age of 17, this child's life has barely started. Just thinking of some of the decisions I made at that age ... thankfully most of them were reversible.

You know when women complain about men mansplaining about issues women have?

@bishophaha

Why can't men have breasts, again? I thought it was transphobic to have that point of view?

I think we’re not supposed to point out the flaws in logic.

@DisgustedofManchester

You know when women complain about men mansplaining about issues women have?

The article is about 2 women. What is your issue?

The article is about 2 women. What is your issue?

Women.