Hey VIPs, it's your weekend LGBTQ editor here. I'm old enough to remember when trans was short for transvestite and transvestites were considered weird and creepy. Now we've devoted an entire month to the celebration of transgenderism.
I was just a couple of months ago I did a post on CNN getting personal with a family that was packing up their belongings into a U-Haul to flee Florida, where they were no longer safe. Gov. Ron DeSantis even made the "daughter" cry. Where they went they didn't say, but if you missed it, here's CNN's video:
"I never thought that I would have to flee a state."
— CNN (@CNN) July 26, 2023
This family of four living in suburban Florida shares why they are packing up to leave. pic.twitter.com/JSnrzNjeCp
"Have to flee." You've got every right to vote with your feet.
Now the Seattle Times is putting the spotlight on a family that fled Texas for Washington for the sake of their 7-year-old transgender daughter.
One year after relocating to the Seattle area, a family reflects on why their difficult move from Austin was worth it to protect their trans daughter. https://t.co/QKxwzOLT9t
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) September 16, 2023
It was a difficult move, but it was worth it.
The Seattle Times reports:
Around this time last year, the twins and their parents Susan and Brian were fleeing Austin, Texas, to protect Juliet from a wave of anti-trans laws and policies in the state. To protect their privacy, the parents asked that the family’s last name be withheld, and that pseudonyms be used for their children to avoid transphobia and harassment.
A year later, the family feels safer living in a state with strong protections for LGBTQ+ people. In the Pacific Northwest, Susan and Brian say they’ve found freedom and joy, safety for Juliet and Keegan and even some room for Brian to explore his own gender identity.
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Yet, despite the difficulties the move has presented, it was all worth it, the family says. For Susan and Brian especially, it’s worth the emotional security that comes with knowing that Juliet and Keegan can’t be taken away from them just because one of the twins is trans.
“I was just haunted by it and still am,” Susan said. “I get tears in my throat just talking about it even though I know we’re safe.”
The family is not alone.
As far as we know, the state taking kids away from their parents is California, which will give sanctuary to trans kids whose parents don't affirm their true gender. And as Twitchy just reported, one state just decided that whether a parent affirms their child's trans identity can be used in custody battles.
Although they lived in Austin, a traditionally more progressive part of Texas, Susan still feared someone might report them to authorities if they knew Juliet was trans.
“I was already making escape plans in my head,” Susan said. “They want to say that affirming your kid is abuse, but the only way that anyone would ever convince my daughter to go by a boy’s name, use male pronouns, dress like a boy would be to literally torture her.”
"Literally" torture her.
Oh, and a year after moving to Washington, dad "came out as nonbinary — something he never would have felt comfortable doing as a teacher in Texas."
The whole story is based on this paranoia that Texas was going to take custody of Juliet and put her in the foster system. Mom says "mounting stress and anxiety affected her sleep, concentration and ability to eat."
It's nice that they're happy in Washington, but I don't really care.
Get a load of this @TRHLofficial
— Guy Squiggs (@GuySquiggs) September 16, 2023
Attention seeking behavior
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) September 16, 2023
“Juliet started exploring her gender identity as a toddler by wearing princess dresses and growing out her hair.” No, the parent started dressing him in dresses and not cutting his hair. A toddler doesn’t have control of those things. Seattle Times, do better.
— M 💖 (@vivianamarie90) September 16, 2023
It’s like a vegan dog. We all know who made that decision…. did this little boy go out and start buying a bunch of dresses, and refuse to get his hair cut?
— Joseph Warren MD (@JosephWarren999) September 16, 2023
Cutting her hair would be literal torture.
The parents determined their kid was transgender as a toddler.
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) September 16, 2023
The dad suddenly came out as “non-binary.” https://t.co/svIS41BWtV
Dad was born nonbinary, but didn't realize it until middle age after moving to Washington. The kid realized he was a she as a toddler.
Like I always say, you can find editorial bias not only in coverage but through what a media outlet chooses to cover and what it ignores. Have you ever seen a similar story on a detransitioner?
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