‘Social transitioning is one of the next strands of the culture war because it’s an easy way to control kids. You have to be misgendered and rejected.’ For two parents of trans youth, their children’s future must be one of ‘resilience’
– have voiced concerns about how sound the government’s trans school guidance will be.A blanket ban on social transitioning could be unlawful because the 2010 Equalities Act – the bedrock of anti-discrimination law – states that gender reassignment is a ‘protected characteristic’, regardless of age, says Jolyon Maugham, a barrister and the founder of the campaign group Good Law Project.
After all, having to ask educators to be spoken to with their new name and pronouns shows just how ‘competent’ youth are, Helen, a mum of a trans teenager, feels. Not all parents are supportive of their trans children like Hannah or Helen, who both feel that they’re simply doing the ‘bare minimum’ of what any parent or guardian does for their child.
‘It is a necessary thing for young people who are going through voyages of discovery – not just trans people – to have the ability to talk to their parents and have the support in whichever route they take.’‘My son’s 19 – he won’t pick up a phone unless his life depends on it,’ she jokes. ‘How do you support them in an environment where things are becoming more openly hostile to trans people, and knowing that they’re going out into a world where things are becoming harder?’ she says.For Helen, the ‘anti-trans moral panic’ has been ‘bubbling since 2014’. Behind it being ‘a small group of people with their own political and ideological agendas because they don’t like the idea of trans people being around’ – trans youth like Alex and Freddie included.
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