Helen Joyce BBC Radio 4
I want to thank you for featuring Helen Joyce on your Women's Hour programme. Her contribution was a rare and much-needed moment of clarity in a conversation that is often dominated by confusion and fear. She was calm, sensible, and clear-headed—exactly the voice so many parents have been desperate to hear. As the parent of autistic children who now identify as trans, I cannot overstate how isolating and overwhelming this experience can be. We're expected to affirm, comply, and stay silent, even when our instincts are screaming that something deeper is going on. The system feels stacked against cautious, caring parents—schools, therapists, and even medical professionals seem to follow a script that leaves no room for pause or doubt. Helen Joyce’s words gave me hope. She speaks not with hatred or hysteria, but with rational concern, compassion, and courage. She gives strength to parents like me who feel silenced and dismissed simply for wanting to protect our children from irre...