@Inisceal
If any of you were the mothers of a transgender child you would be aware of how difficult it is for transgender youth to exist in society. It is not easy, and it is not a choice. Believe me, no one would choose the stares and the judgement. They just want to live their lives and feel like themselves.
I really do feel for you. Most of us on here are mothers. Some of us are mothers of trans identifying children, I'm the parent of two vulnerable autistic teens, one of them was gender non conforming pre-puberty.
I think, in so far as children are concerned, you'll find that there is concern of many about the reasons that so many vulnerable children are now identifying as trans. This is one of the reasons I really don't want conversations to be shut down. Some of the children who identify as trans at a young age change their minds and I find it concerning that independent reports like Cass show that social transition is not neutral. As a society we don't have all of the answers for this yet, but silencing discussions about the reality of the situation isn't in the children's best interests, even if it makes for uncomfortable reading.
In addition no one is saying that all or even the majority of trans women are a risk to women, but it's not right to ask women to disregard the fact that some are. Women have been harmed by trans women in single sex spaces. Women are losing out to trans women in sport and prizes.
None of this comes from a place of hatred of anyone, it comes from a desire to have a fair society where everyone's needs can be met.
We can't achieve any of that if we can't have conversations.
We have just come out of an era of no debate, and what's made so many of us concerned about the PMQ is that Starmer has tried to restart that by using Brianna's murder to close down important conversations.
