Head bans transgender pupil from exam...

[SammiValentine]

Some people you cannot educate.

[ValerieNelson]

Glad she's taking up for herself, but sad that she has to.

[amberskyi]

We'll have her in for a shoot in a couple of yrs. ;- )

creepy comment....

[nina_lisa]

What do you mean, Sammi? I suppose the Sun is a very pop paper. You think they will use her or that story to sell paper? It wouldn’t be too good for the poor girl indeed. But at least they denounced that school. Is the Sun that bad?

the sun is famous for using male pronouns when talking about trans girls, along the line: a man dressed in girls cloths.

[GroobySteven]

creepy comment....

Kinda!
... but do you have any idea how many under 18's email me directly! They get a bog standard reply, get back to me the day after you turn 18 and don't contact me until then.

[lifeisfiction]

Still came off as an awkward comment.

[shaustin]

If the tranny porn market crashed tomorrow, something tells me seanchai would be a priest the day after, just sayin......

[danthepoetman]

the sun is famous for using male pronouns when talking about trans girls, along the line: a man dressed in girls cloths.

Thank you, lovely Nina Lisa. So I guess seanchai was right: this time at least, reading the article, it seems that they addressed the problem rather properly. I still can’t think what this poor teen must be going through. We at times feel that at 16, one is pretty grown up but it’s wrong; it’s an age at which we’re still very impressionable. I like Valerie’s comment (post #12): it’s impressive how strong she looks, and how well she stands up for herself, but it still is very saddening. I hope this article shakes some of these morons up, somewhere...

[Jamie French]

I love ya man, but that was kind of a creepy comment... sex trade jokes about the disenfranchised seems a little predatory.

We'll have her in for a shoot in a couple of yrs. ;- )

[robertlouis]

Normally I'd agree Sammi but having just read that article I'd have to applaud The Sun (the horror, the horror) on getting the terminology and the tone of the story, spot on!

I normally despise the Sun just as much as you, Sammi, but they must have got their only writer who doesn't have A Levels in Advanced Sexism and Primitive Morality to do the story. It's an exemplary piece of reporting.

Sammi, if the very same article had appeared word for word in say the Independent or the Guardian would you still be anti? You're always honest so I'll respect your answer.