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Jan 27, 20228 min read

Our Desistance Story

This story was also recorded for The Witness Podcast Episode 8. My daughter (I’ll call her Sinead) announced to her dad and me—via...

Jan 26, 20225 min read

When My Daughter Said She’s a Not a Girl

This story was originally written for testimony and read by Brandon Showalter at the Ruth Institute when he was a reporter for the...

Mar 23, 20214 min read

Daughter Decides She is Transgender After Dealing with Years of Poor Mental Health

Our daughter started to suffer from mental health problems at the start of 2016, aged 15. In the 3 years 2016 – 2018, she attended over...

Mar 11, 20213 min read

Counselor Ignores Parents’ Request to Review Son’s Past Mental Health Issues

Like so many others who claim to be transgender, our young adult son is a loner, gifted, introverted, socially awkward, on the Autism...