This was actually such an upsetting read. Brianna Ghey has become emblematic for our community’s persecution and the mother is actively muddling anything the wider public might have learned from this
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No one wants go go against the words of a grieving mother but i will. Brianna’s death is larger than one family and not some random incident separate from politics it was deeply political.
I don't think there's any good reason to interview her at all tbh. experiencing this tragedy does not actually give her special insight into our lives and circumstances.
Oof, even that extract is a tough read. Because of course girls struggling with body image, sexuality, and objectification only turned up with the internet. Zero issues beforehand.
Unhelpful at best for her to focus on the common struggles and not acknowledge the thing Brianna was targeted for.
Zero hate to Esther, as you say, a mother dealing with grief in her own way and more power to her, but all the hate to the Guardian for such poor journalism and exploitation.
What's the story here? They're no better than the Mail.
It reminds me of the video nasty nonsense when Jamie Bulger was killed when all the papers jumped on the salacious nonsense and completely overlooked the lack of social support and early warning systems. Nothing changes. 😑
It's character assassination. No one needed to know that stuff. Talk about that shit with your therapist, not the press. Jesus, any chance to turn our lives into a freak show.
This is pointless. She wasn't killed because of any of this. She was killed because two kids who wanted to commit a murder put her on the top of their list because she was trans and nice enough to be friendly to them.
a decent media wouldn’t platform her grief like this, and we know that if her focus was on transphobia she would be purposefully ignored and then quietly forgotten. alas…
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Unhelpful at best for her to focus on the common struggles and not acknowledge the thing Brianna was targeted for.
What's the story here? They're no better than the Mail.
It has all been captured by ideologues obsessed with our destruction .
And now teaming up with the transphobic Guardian.
I know she has to drum up PR for the book, but...🙄