In Alberta as elsewhere reactionary backlash is targeting trans people, particularly trans children. Team Advantage examines the framing of this backlash and explores how it may be rooted in the cultural construction of childhood and education. We also review the history of trans identity, working towards a better framing and ways to stand in solidarity with trans children.
CONTENT WARNING – Discussions of childhood sexual abuse and suicide. Timestamp: 22:30- ~28:30. Also flagged in the audio so you can skip to avoid.
Additional Resources
- Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson,
- How To Bring Your Kids Up Gay by Eve Sedgewick
- Kinderkommunismus by KD Griffiths and JJ Gleeson
- Ethics in the Light of Childhood by John Wall
- Solidarity with Children – An Essay Against Adult Supremacy by Madeline Lane-McKinley
- Wrong Again: The political evolution of “parental rights” CCPA Our Schools / Our Selves – Summer / Fall 2025
- The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century by Kathryn Bond Stockton
i appreciate the commentary against the fearmongering of online spaces. the family is a cult and local community is little better. online spaces need to be analyzed and freed from private ownership, not abolished. it’s jarring how people (millenials) will condemn online spaces and act like it’s fine or even a positive for them to not exist. i feel it’s become that generation’s “fuck you, got mine”