Transgender Children Speak Out On The Bullying They Experience

n bình t09n 08 t00 audi a6 2014 audi a6 2014 t65" style="max-width:440px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px;">Transgender children have been sharing what its like to grow up as a trans child after a new hashtag was set up to give them a voice.  
The [/sciencetech/twitter/index.html Twitter] account @TransKidsSpeak was created by parents of transgender children this week to offer a platform to 'one of the most debated minorities'.
Trans kids from the US and UK have been posting photos and drawings that reflect their feelings, with one directly addressing Harry Potter author [/tvshowbiz/j-k-rowling/index.html J K Rowling], who has made a series of controversial comments about the trans community in recent weeks.
This week, the Harry Potter creator likened hormone therapy and surgery for transgender young people to 'a new kind of conversion therapy'. 
One ten-year-old trans girl, known as 'G' and living in the US, wrote: 'Dear JKR, I love your books...

but you don't love girls like me. Hermione would be disappointed.' 
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The Twitter account @TransKidsSpeak was set up by parents of transgender children this week to give a voice to 'one of the most debated minorities'.

This trans girl, a ten-year-old from the US addressed Harry Potter author J K Rowling directly

Trans girl Noah, seven, pictured with her mother, said she was 'tired of the bullies'

The Twitter account's bio explains: '@TransKidsSpeak has been set up as a space to elevate and boost trans kids voices. 
'Only 1% of the world's population is trans, and trans kids make up only a tiny percentage of that 1%.

Trans kids are one of the most debated minorities, yet so often their voices are never heard.'
It adds: 'Some of our kids are out and proud; keen to be trans ambassadors, blazing a path for those that follow. While others are happy to blend into the background, to be seen as "just one of the gang" and go through life quietly and thuê xe ô tô có lái without comment as the gender with which they identify.' 
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Amongst the posts, one reads: 'I am 16, I took puberty blockers for two years, and have been on testosterone for a year and a half. I am finally happy with who I am and my outside finally matches my insides.'
Another added: 'I am a straight A student and am going into my senior year of high school online.

I'm going to graduate a year early, then go off to nursing school so I can help other kids like me.

Trans girl Rylee, from the US, aged nine, posted that she just wanted to be 'acccepted'
This drawing was posted on behalf of Ollie, a seven-year-old from the UK, who wrote 'now I get to be me'

Alongside a cute pencil self-portrait, a trans boy added: 'I am 7 and I am Ollie.

I am glad that I opened up to everyone and now I get to be me.'
A nine-year-old, Rylee, wrote: 'What we want is to be loved, treated fairly, and accepted for who we are!' 
Some criticised the account, saying children were too young to make a decision about their gender.   
@GenderfreeCamp wrote: 'There is no such thing as a trans child.

It's like a vegan cat we all know who is making the decisions. Leave children alone in their healthy natural bodies. Allow them to express themselves however they want to without drugs without surgery without fear.'
Last month, J K Rowling posted a controversial blog outlining her beliefs on the transgender community, saying that her interest was in protecting single-sex spaces, such as public toilets. 
She had previously also objected to use of the phrase 'people who menstruate'.
This week, the author likened hormone therapy and surgery for transgender young people to 'a new kind of conversion therapy'.