Schools

A Carefully Cultivated Identity

Warning: Please be advised this episode contains descriptions of a sexual nature. “My daughter was groomed into being trans-identified at 13. It began innocently enough with a friend joking with her that she was bossy- planting a seed that would grow into the belief that take-charge girls are like boys.” A heartfelt account of how […]

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The Boy Who Didn’t Fit In

A mother in the UK describes her experience of having a son who removed himself from his family and changed beyond recognition in his quest to find his place in the world. Transcript I am a mum from the UK. Unfortunately, like many other loving parents I have met, our 19 year old son doesn’t

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Forewarned is Forearmed

A mom from Ontario, Canada Transcript Hi, I’m a mom from Ontario. My daughter is 14, but whilst she was still 13 she came to me to announce that she is transgendered and had had her list of things she wanted: male name, male pronouns, a chest binder and puberty-blocking hormones. So this came completely

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An Uneasy Equilibrium

A mother in Canada tells her story. Transcript Hi. I’m a mom in Canada. I want to share the story of my daughter who as a little girl, toddler, always was into purple and sparkles and girl things, dolls. She could run around and climb trees too, but she certainly was not gender non-conforming in

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