My daughter is 14, but I’m sure answers for kids younger or older can apply.

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    The UK government is getting rid of conversion therapy. Labour wants to, the king wants to, the C of E wants to, and because of the last part, enough Tories want to that it will happen.

    So it doesn’t have similar problems when you have a queer child.

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      LGB is one thing, Q and T are another. There’s a reason it’s so often referred to as “TERF Island”.

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        Piss off, the UK is one of the safest places to be gay and to grow up gay in the world.

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          Absolutely - it’s a great place to be gay or lesbian, and presumably bi as well. Trans or gender nonconforming is another matter.

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        Care to elaborate on those reasons? And I don’t want to hear about JK Rowling. Every country has loud twats on twitter.

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          Since you say you’re already familiar with the Cass report and issues like multi year wait times for initial appointments for transition care, I’ll jump to other examples.

          Media - From the BBC, to the Guardian, to Channel 4, transphobia is given a megaphone.

          Rising levels of hate crimes

          Guidance to schools includes outing transgender children to their parents

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          Look up trans healthcare rights in the UK. Transphobia is actively being promoted by our government based on shitty unfounded but politically backed science like the Cass report.

          And while the UK is probably one of the safest places in the world to be gay, there is still homophobia. If you’re visibly queer and ever have to rely on healthcare services, you will most likely experience it.