Seeing as this article revolves around the mother's feelings and not the actual patient, I searched online to see if I could find out more from the viewpoint of the kid. Color me shocked (not really) to find out that, allegedly, this article was published against the child's wishes, and that it doesn't faithfully portray their account of…
Seeing as this article revolves around the mother's feelings and not the actual patient, I searched online to see if I could find out more from the viewpoint of the kid. Color me shocked (not really) to find out that, allegedly, this article was published against the child's wishes, and that it doesn't faithfully portray their account of things. (I'm not really shocked because TFP has established a pattern of publishing articles that contribute to the marginalization of trans people.)
If TFP actually wants to live up to their promise of "transparency, honesty, and integrity," then they should probably give this kid a chance to tell their side of this story. If TFP is really about "getting to the truth," then that would be appropriate, right?
Seeing as this article revolves around the mother's feelings and not the actual patient, I searched online to see if I could find out more from the viewpoint of the kid. Color me shocked (not really) to find out that, allegedly, this article was published against the child's wishes, and that it doesn't faithfully portray their account of things. (I'm not really shocked because TFP has established a pattern of publishing articles that contribute to the marginalization of trans people.)
If TFP actually wants to live up to their promise of "transparency, honesty, and integrity," then they should probably give this kid a chance to tell their side of this story. If TFP is really about "getting to the truth," then that would be appropriate, right?