14-year-old trans athlete speaks out against vicious personal attacks
By
Guardian staff reporter
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
A 14-year-old transgender girl shares her personal story of transitioning at age four and facing increasing hostility and attacks as a trans athlete. She describes the vitriol she experienced as crossing the line from healthy debate into vicious personal attacks, and argues that no young person should have to endure such treatment simply for being who they are.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI have known I am a girl. That certainty is as instinctive as knowing I am right-handed.
I have never lived this way to gain an advantage or take something from someone else. I live this way to honor what I know is true.
Curiosity, even when clumsy, is human.
But the vitriol I recently experienced was not a healthy debate
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