Earlier today a little girl (maybe 9 or 10 years old) came up to me and asked me to open a bottle of water for her, as she’d been given a packet of seeds and a dry compost plug in a paper cup and wanted to plant them immediately.
We chatted about the different shapes of seeds — she liked the ones with a tuft of bristles at the end. After she had planted them she gave me a hug and then ran off towards the next thing that had grabbed her attention.
It sounds idyllic, doesn’t it? However… (1/2)
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(2/2) …we were at a Pride event (the “Grow With Pride” seeds were from a National Trust stall). The carefree little girl was trans.
All I’ve been able to think about since is the hell she’ll go through in a few years’ time as she’s forced to endure male puberty because transphobic politicians (both Conservative and Labour) have banned safe and effective medication in the belief they know better than doctors, parents, and — most importantly — kids who have known for years exactly who they are.
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It’s on us to make our societies to a kinder and gentler so today’s kids don’t suffer like yesterday’s kids suffered.
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