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The crisis in trans healthcare in the UK killed my daughter Synestra

A new book, Transition Denied, exposes 'system failures' to protect vulnerable trans teenagers in Britain. This excerpt is from its prelude, by Synestra de Courcy’s mother.

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Synestra de Courcy (right). Photo: ©Dragarazzi®/Transition Denied. Who was Synestra?

  • Editor’s note: A previous version of this article carried an incorrect photo credit for the image above, which is an edited version of the original photograph. We apologise for the error, which is sincerely regretted.

If you live in North Herts [in England], and if you read the LGBT press, you might have come across her story a couple of years ago. At least, you may have read the bare bones of that story.