Transphobia with a side of CYS threat
Would love to get everyone’s opinion on what my next steps here should be.
Important Background. I have a 7 year old son. Since he could talk, he would tell us he was a girl. He has always gravitated towards ‘girl things.’ He wears his hair long (his choice, we offer haircuts every time his brother gets one), he likes dresses, his favorite color is pink, he asks for Barbie for Christmas, he shops on the ‘girl’ side of the store. We’ve had conversations about pronouns in reference to ‘is that person a girl or a boy’ and the possibility for name changes and medical intervention for gender confirmation as options for someone who is trans, not specifically him over the years, answering questions he may have. But ultimately he identifies as a boy who likes ‘girl stuff’ and we go with it. He has also expressed a few crushes on boys over the years. Ultimately we go with whatever he says, we show him we’re accepting of anything and everything and that we are allies and that we would love and support him no matter what, but he is not labeled anything because he’s 7. He’s also been in therapy for over a year, because we want him to have all the help and tools to figure out his identity journey which may prove to be challenging over the years.
Today, I received the following text message from a number that appears to come from a texting app. It’s disconnected when you try to call it. The first blacked out name is mine, the second two are my son’s the last is my husband’s.
So what’s the move here? I’m open to any suggestions that aren’t ’find Jesus, cut your son’s hair and make him wear blue.’
The police say there’s nothing they can do because they didn’t directly threaten us, and without a false CYS report it’s not a crime.
The school (teacher/principal/resource officer/superintendent) is aware and will be meeting tomorrow first thing.
What else can I do?
Important side note, I have a 20 year old cell phone number that isn’t local. Whoever wrote this, 100% knows us. They know I’m pregnant with twin girls, they know my kid’s name, my husband’s name, my phone number. My social media is private and I’m only friends with select people. So they know us in real life.
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