I was born into an activist family. I am not afraid of standing up for my views and being in the minority. For many years, I have fought for LGBTQIA rights and been dismissed or attacked for it but I have always openly fought for what I believe in.Until now...
I was raised by activists too. So many times, I've wanted to stand up and say no to things, but I had my children, and I wanted to focus on them more - I think you are very brave, and compassionate, and the best kind of mother. Thank you so much for sharing this.
If nature had a liberal, “do whatever you want it’s your reality” bias, the Left wouldn't need to dominate every cultural institution and try so hard to make it work.
Truth has a conservative bias. Progressivism must be intellectualised and "abstracted" to be successful. It's a luxury. So bringing her up in this luxury of “activism”, what did you expect? This is the kind of thing that we’ll be seeing a lot more of. When sapiens decide they can ignore or even defeat hundreds of thousands of years of the evolutionary calculus, things aren’t going to go well for a lot of them.
It’s shocking how many parents/ families/ kids are affected by this. I still can’t wrap my brain around how this could have happened. It’s utterly insane. But when they handed out “pronoun power” badges and bracelets at a university where I teach, and overnight “all gender” restrooms were introduced, I got a sinking feeling a payoff had come from some evil entity -- and the restrooms were a Title IX injunction courtesy of the Obama Administration...
"she has had great difficulty separating from me."
That is a very interesting insight. I am in the same boat. My daughter and I have an uncanny connection and I vacillate between speaking out against her path - she is on the verge of medicalization - and potentially pushing her into it versus keeping quiet and letting her find her own way.
Keep writing. Don't be silent. We NEED people like you. Use a pseudonym if you have to. You are surrounded and supported by grateful parents who value your input! Don't let them bully you into silence.
I could have written It.. so much I can identify in your words.. you are right the social approval is due to linking the gender topic tightly with the one of human rights and discrimations fighting... and as such majority of people without personal experience or deep knowledge of the matter supports it disregarding all the facts and truths that are not passing to the general public
I agree that a major reason kids (mine) go down this trans hole, is that they do not know how to separate from parents in a healthy way. The main question of how to help our kids- oppose or support or try to support while still telling the kid that I don’t believe G-d made a mistake.
I am so sorry for your ongoing struggles, your grief, and your daughter's enslavement. I'm on my knees to the godess daily, thankful for the fact that I haven't experienced gender wars at my own hearth, and that my daughter is whole - and thoroughly terfed. I just wanted to say, please know that there are women all over the world - here in Scotland too - fighting tooth and nail alongside you to purge this monstrous ideology. Wishing you well, and thank you for overcoming your pain to share your story here.
Ugh...Today is a National Coming Out Day in America. I am tempted to use it to put "I/me" as my pronouns in the work signature but I know I would achieve nothing and probably get fired. I wish I could use it to speak the truth to my daughter and be heard but I am afraid it will only push her away . Maybe I am just a coward and making excuses. More than anything, I wish my daughter would use this day to tell herself the truth and come out as a young woman that she is.
I am right there with you. I raised my children to stand up against bullying, tyranny, and racism. I encouraged them to understand our constitutional rights and freedoms we have in the US that are unlike anything in the world. Only to have this woke world use what I taught against me. Now I have become the bigot. I have become the transphobia pusher and LGBTQ racist. Another beautiful lie dreamed up by this cancel culture. How do we stop this people? We have got to figure this out to preserve our future generations.
OMG - I could have written this - I share an almost identical story to you. I commented on someone else’s post a while ago the same comment you made at the end - that we need it to affect everyone’s lives now - only then will they/ the world/ society/ the establishment see the madness in all of this and some action will be taken to stop this chaos. Thank you for sharing and wishing us all a time when we emerge from this nightmare and can salvage something of how we imagined our lives and relationships might have been. I’m writing this on the day of my own child (daughter/trans son’s) 21st birthday. We lost her 2 years ago to this madness - she didn’t die but it feels like she did. 💔
I am at this place as well. As a helicopter mom, it has been difficult for me to admit that it's entirely possible my son is being driven to this identity and ideology because of my over-protective style of parenting. I know this is because I was abused as a child, but he was not. I made sure my kids had a protected childhood. Unfortunately, that has caused them to feel they are weak or incapable of doing it on their own. It is a process I am learning--how not to be a helicopter mom. I get it.
I feel your sadness and your loss. I too have lost a loved child to this ideology. In the last seven months I have seen him for five minutes when he pushed past me and went to gather some of his things. He has refused to respond to my texts, calls, emails and letters and I have no idea what he thinks I have done. I just pray that one day this ideology will be exposed for what it is, but by then we will have a generation of damaged young people.
This is simply what the LGBTQIA agenda leads to. I'm going to say what you really won't want to hear. There's really only one way out of this. Christ. Meanwhile, you can check out my substack. https://open.substack.com/pub/justingaffneysamuels/p/womens-colleges-arts-programs-social?r=6512g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I was raised by activists too. So many times, I've wanted to stand up and say no to things, but I had my children, and I wanted to focus on them more - I think you are very brave, and compassionate, and the best kind of mother. Thank you so much for sharing this.
If nature had a liberal, “do whatever you want it’s your reality” bias, the Left wouldn't need to dominate every cultural institution and try so hard to make it work.
Truth has a conservative bias. Progressivism must be intellectualised and "abstracted" to be successful. It's a luxury. So bringing her up in this luxury of “activism”, what did you expect? This is the kind of thing that we’ll be seeing a lot more of. When sapiens decide they can ignore or even defeat hundreds of thousands of years of the evolutionary calculus, things aren’t going to go well for a lot of them.
It’s shocking how many parents/ families/ kids are affected by this. I still can’t wrap my brain around how this could have happened. It’s utterly insane. But when they handed out “pronoun power” badges and bracelets at a university where I teach, and overnight “all gender” restrooms were introduced, I got a sinking feeling a payoff had come from some evil entity -- and the restrooms were a Title IX injunction courtesy of the Obama Administration...
"she has had great difficulty separating from me."
That is a very interesting insight. I am in the same boat. My daughter and I have an uncanny connection and I vacillate between speaking out against her path - she is on the verge of medicalization - and potentially pushing her into it versus keeping quiet and letting her find her own way.
Keep writing. Don't be silent. We NEED people like you. Use a pseudonym if you have to. You are surrounded and supported by grateful parents who value your input! Don't let them bully you into silence.
I could have written It.. so much I can identify in your words.. you are right the social approval is due to linking the gender topic tightly with the one of human rights and discrimations fighting... and as such majority of people without personal experience or deep knowledge of the matter supports it disregarding all the facts and truths that are not passing to the general public
I agree that a major reason kids (mine) go down this trans hole, is that they do not know how to separate from parents in a healthy way. The main question of how to help our kids- oppose or support or try to support while still telling the kid that I don’t believe G-d made a mistake.
Keep telling the truth! It will help someone. Truth always wins over lies in the end.
I am so sorry for your ongoing struggles, your grief, and your daughter's enslavement. I'm on my knees to the godess daily, thankful for the fact that I haven't experienced gender wars at my own hearth, and that my daughter is whole - and thoroughly terfed. I just wanted to say, please know that there are women all over the world - here in Scotland too - fighting tooth and nail alongside you to purge this monstrous ideology. Wishing you well, and thank you for overcoming your pain to share your story here.
Ugh...Today is a National Coming Out Day in America. I am tempted to use it to put "I/me" as my pronouns in the work signature but I know I would achieve nothing and probably get fired. I wish I could use it to speak the truth to my daughter and be heard but I am afraid it will only push her away . Maybe I am just a coward and making excuses. More than anything, I wish my daughter would use this day to tell herself the truth and come out as a young woman that she is.
I am right there with you. I raised my children to stand up against bullying, tyranny, and racism. I encouraged them to understand our constitutional rights and freedoms we have in the US that are unlike anything in the world. Only to have this woke world use what I taught against me. Now I have become the bigot. I have become the transphobia pusher and LGBTQ racist. Another beautiful lie dreamed up by this cancel culture. How do we stop this people? We have got to figure this out to preserve our future generations.
Heartbreaking. Leftists are batshit crazy. Insane.
OMG - I could have written this - I share an almost identical story to you. I commented on someone else’s post a while ago the same comment you made at the end - that we need it to affect everyone’s lives now - only then will they/ the world/ society/ the establishment see the madness in all of this and some action will be taken to stop this chaos. Thank you for sharing and wishing us all a time when we emerge from this nightmare and can salvage something of how we imagined our lives and relationships might have been. I’m writing this on the day of my own child (daughter/trans son’s) 21st birthday. We lost her 2 years ago to this madness - she didn’t die but it feels like she did. 💔
I am at this place as well. As a helicopter mom, it has been difficult for me to admit that it's entirely possible my son is being driven to this identity and ideology because of my over-protective style of parenting. I know this is because I was abused as a child, but he was not. I made sure my kids had a protected childhood. Unfortunately, that has caused them to feel they are weak or incapable of doing it on their own. It is a process I am learning--how not to be a helicopter mom. I get it.
I feel your sadness and your loss. I too have lost a loved child to this ideology. In the last seven months I have seen him for five minutes when he pushed past me and went to gather some of his things. He has refused to respond to my texts, calls, emails and letters and I have no idea what he thinks I have done. I just pray that one day this ideology will be exposed for what it is, but by then we will have a generation of damaged young people.