Parent of trans girl says report promotes agenda that ‘things need to be made more difficult’ for children with gender dysphoria
‘It’s hard enough as a parent without having the entire society or media pointing at transgender people as if they’re some aberration,’ said the mother of a trans child.‘It’s hard enough as a parent without having the entire society or media pointing at transgender people as if they’re some aberration,’ said the mother of a trans child.
The closure of the Tavistock left her child’s care up in the air. “We were wondering what the hell was going on. In fact, we heard nothing – the first letter we got from theShe described being “shocked as hell” when her child began saying she was a girl at the age of eight in 2015. A charity recommended she be referred to the Tavistock, “on the basis that it would either go away or it wouldn’t – and it didn’t go away”.
“Puberty blockers have been really good for her. As she entered puberty, she was really, really dysphoric about her shoulders, her facial hair growing her voice deepening. She was very distressed by it and very sad.”The woman said the Cass report represented “an agenda from up on high that things need to be more difficult”. “It’s hard enough as a parent without having the entire society or media pointing at transgender people as if they’re some aberration or as if they threaten us.
“It’s effectively changed my life. And I think it’s just important to emphasise that fact, that it was built out of necessity and it is just the most important thing I think I’ve ever done in my life.” One 18-year-old trans man who had been prescribed puberty blockers at a private clinic before moving on to gender affirming hormones said he was disappointed in how difficult it would be for younger people to access them. He sought help from a private clinic because of the long waiting lists at the Tavistock.
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