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A supportive mum
In today’s Sun is the following article. A mum is being positive in her child’s change. It is a mainly positive article, even some of the comments are positive, well I never.
Here’s the link:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3624245/My-lit...
Love to all
Anne G.
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A supportive mum
The girl is cute.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
She is cute...but just to go a bit further...
...the sad thing for the rest of the kids like her? What if she wasn't cute? What if she presented as a not very attractive, still boyish-looking girl or was perceived to be homely. I'm not saying anything about your comment, Stan. I just wonder for those folks that are already leaning toward being against any medical intervention; what does a child do then. One of the comments objected to the NHS paying for her surgery; stating that her condition wasn't life threatening. Would they object if she had a club foot or a cleft palate? Too often, how one looks defines how one is treated. She and her mother look like a very nice family indeed. We can only hope that there will be just as much sympathy and understanding for the rest of us?
Dio vi benedica tutti
Con grande amore e di affetto
Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
Well said!
A cursory look at the past history where TS surgery is concerned (at least here in the US)... Back in the dark days of the '80s, I was told I was lucky I was only 5'8" tall & relatively slim... Why? Because, at least in the area I was & several others they knew of, the recommendation for surgery (& even hormones) was based - at least in part - on how well you were able to pass.
Anne
Kim Petras?
The youngest transgendered to undergo srs in history. (16)
If her parents had not been understanding then this "pretty girl" would not have been allowed to ingest hormone blockers from the age of eleven.
Kim knew who she was but needed time to convince society.
She is now one of the most natural and feminine girl you will ever encounter.
Society is slowly coming to terms alas too late for many of us.
I see hope for a younger generation.
Attitudes have been slowly
Attitudes have been slowly changing for a while and the Sun is finally reflecting it, so I'm pleased by the general tone of the article. To some degree she's lucky in that her age mean the paper has to be a little careful how they deal with her and her appearance mean that most of the usual 'jokes' the Sun would use also don't work well. As 'Drea alludes had she been older and less cute, who knows how it would have been reported. I also can't help but wonder how they got the story in the first place - i.e. did she out herself to the media or (more likely) did someone else out her?
Still best of luck to her and I hope the NHS does do its bit to pay for her GRS. Sadly its a bit more of a lottery than some of the comments on the article make out as to how willing your PCT is to pay for it.
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." - Carl Sagan
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
An Attitudinal Tally
I just went through the comments currently posted on The Sun's website. Now, bear in mind that The Sun is a sensationalist rag of the kind that if it were in the U.S. would attract the worst trailer trash as readers. Judging from the literacy of responses, though, I'd say the readers are better educated than their U.S. peers, at the very least.
Of the comments there as of right now, I judge:
3 as neutral, or otherwise uninterpretable without some further understanding of colloquial nuance.
9 as clearly negative, most of which are whining about letting the National Health Service pay for the operation.
19 as clearly positive, including those very effectively defending the NHS paying for it.
All in all, an awesomely positive response, especially compared to what you would likely see in the U.S. in the same socio-economic bracket.
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If a picture is worth 1000 words, this is at least part of my story.
I commented!
Due to the fact that Hannah should be encouraged for being brave and an inspiration for other teenagers.
I feel there is light at the end of the tunnel for future generations.
Even the redtop rag "The Sun" handled this life story with more aplomb than usual.
Thanks to Hannah's story society is being more informed.
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