I am a 54 year old working mom of a 15 year old gifted girl, 14 at the time of her trans self-identification—my only child. Our story is a textbook story of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) in almost all aspects. The difference is my daughter’s cluster of mental and endocrine diagnoses that went undiscovered … Continue reading A Clusterfexk of Doctor Failures, Lockdown, Collapse of School, and Internet Indoctrination
But Adults Can Do Whatever They Want
The untold story of young adult transition This article is reposted, with permission from the author. You can find the original article, here. We are finally reaching a point in culture where the reality of the scandal of pediatric gender transition and it’s horrifying life changing consequences is beginning to prick the consciences of even the … Continue reading But Adults Can Do Whatever They Want
My daughter
Forged in the Fire, Together My Daughter, These are the things I want to say to you. The things I want you to truly hear. When I decided to conceive you, I changed my life. I studied. I gave up alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, sugar, processed foods, etc. I exercised, drank lots of water, attended to … Continue reading My daughter
The first step into the world
We left our kind, funny, shy and self-effacing son with you on a late summer evening. His initial impression of university was that everyone else was taking it in stride, having the experience he had been hoping for, and fitting in… and that he wasn’t. This intimidating start was followed by a relentless march of … Continue reading The first step into the world
We’re TERFS – and proud of it
Rebranding a slur TERF Abbreviation 1. Trans Educated Rational Female (female form) 2. Trans Educated Rational Father (male form) 3. Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (archaic) During the recent controversy about Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, the term TERF was in the news although, as is common when it comes to trans issues, the mainstream media reporting … Continue reading We’re TERFS – and proud of it
Gender transition concerns must transcend the political divide
My mentally ill son has fallen prey to an epidemic-please stop looking the other way I’m ready to speak up. I'm mom to a 18 year old who suddenly proclaimed himself to be female. This conviction took hold during the Fall of 2020, when he was a new student at university during the COVID pandemic. … Continue reading Gender transition concerns must transcend the political divide
An Unremarkable Story from the Age of Trans
My story is completely unremarkable. When new parents introduce themselves on the Genspect forum, the introduction is often word-for-word the same as mine. So here is my very ordinary 21st century story. We’re a liberal family, of the social justice variety. My husband and I both have a postgraduate education. I’m trained in epidemiology so I know … Continue reading An Unremarkable Story from the Age of Trans
Sticking my head above the parapet in a rainbow sea of harmful affirmation – A parent’s perspective
I live in a country far behind the UK and Europe, the USA and Australia in terms of gender critical advances. In other words, I am surrounded by those still blindly in the thralls and thrills of the militant affirmation glitter rainbow. All the adults in the room seem to have forgotten basic biology and logic. … Continue reading Sticking my head above the parapet in a rainbow sea of harmful affirmation – A parent’s perspective
Trans and the myth of sloppy parenting
Recently in online transgender activist realms, I have been encountering a kind of casual acknowledgement of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) by associating it with sloppy parenting. The message seems to be that if your adolescent child is asserting transgender identity and demanding new pronouns and cross-sex hormones it is the result of your own failure to … Continue reading Trans and the myth of sloppy parenting
School Personnel are not Qualified to Diagnose or Treat my Child for Gender Dysphoria – Especially Without my Consent or Knowledge
Our story of trans-identification in our child doesn’t start with loneliness stemming from the pandemic as many others’ stories do. It started about a year prior to the pandemic. I was taking time to deal with some childhood trauma of my own, with the help of a therapist. I dove into my healing, was fully … Continue reading School Personnel are not Qualified to Diagnose or Treat my Child for Gender Dysphoria – Especially Without my Consent or Knowledge