Mom of Ex-trans Daughter Seeks to Expose ‘Social Contagion’ in Documentary

Mom of Ex-trans Daughter Seeks to Expose ‘Social Contagion’ in Documentary
Members of the transgender community and their supporters hold a rally in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
Brad Jones
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In the early summer of 2020, Vera Lindner watched in shock and bewilderment as her teenage daughter and her friends persuaded each other they were all transgender, except for one girl who identified as bisexual.

The girls dared one another to use male names and pronouns that summer, she said, and by August, her daughter told Lindner she was “trans.”