On Trans Kids, Ask People Who Know
Try looking where the answers are
The New York Times published an article yesterday with a pronounced slant against trans kids. (There’s the unpaywalled gift link.)
The author interviewed a teenager who said: “When you’re trans, you feel like you are in danger all the time.”
I would have led with that, but that’s why I’m not employed by the Times.
Instead, the article focused on the parents’ feelings and assumptions.
Trans Kids At School
In California, students are entitled to privacy about their gender. If they’re using a new name, pronouns, and bathroom, the school can’t divulge this to their parents against the students’ wishes.
Obviously, this is because not all home environments are supportive. The article acknowledges this only sideways, pointing out how these fears can be a sore spot for the parents who feel unfairly accused or prejudged. The article points out the “internet support groups for ‘skeptical’ parents of transgender children,” because these parents feel it’s normal to be skeptical of their children, but when the children turn the skepticism back at their parents, the parents can’t handle it. The parents have feelings.
