What I Did for My Trans Daughter Is Not 'Child Abuse.' It's Love. [View all]

https://jezebel.com/texas-mom-trans-daughter-greg-abbott-child-abuse-direct-1848596848

I’m a mom of a trans girl named Shaheen. She used to be a boy named Shahrick.

When Shahrick was 4, he told me there were no such things as fairy godmothers. He had just seen Cinderella on DVD, and very seriously he said, “I know fairy godmothers aren’t real, because every night I wish upon a star and pray that I will wake up to be a girl, but my wish never comes true.” I thought carefully and then gently replied, “Shahrick, that wish will never come true, but let’s talk about why you want to be a girl.”

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Of course, this was more than ten years before Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate any reported instances of children undergoing elective gender-transitioning procedures. The directive opines that this gender-affirming care amounts to “child abuse” and seeks to investigate parents helping their child secure it. Governor Abbott also reminded teachers, doctors, and other individuals who interact with children that they are mandatory reporters under the Texas Family Code, so they could face criminal penalties and loss of licensure for not reporting the “abuse.”

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Excellent read and not only touches on doing her best to be a good, loving mom to Shaheen, but what it's like living in Texas with a trans daughter while Governor Hot Wheels is going out of his way to harm trans teens.

I wish we had more parents of trans children like Nirmeen Anver. Life would be far easier for our brothers and sisters if they existed.

And, it's truly sad that it's 2022 and we still need to discuss such things like they're shocking. But considering what's going on post-2020 with the QOP, with them getting meaner and louder, we have no choice but to push back even harder.

And just to warn anyone planning to go through the comments: A couple toxic comments in the "greys" there, though, sadly. All too common anymore, and something G/O Media needs to be more mindful of, especially when posting such touching and sensitive pieces as this.