For Mother’s Day in May 2017, male-to-female cycling world champion (competing against biological women, that is) Rachel McKinnon was moved to encourage trans-identifying adolescents to cut off their own mothers. “Kids whose parents maybe don’t support them as much as we would hope—unfortunately this is too common. I want to give you some hope, though. I want you to know that it’s okay to walk away from unsupportive or disrespectful or even abusive parents.”
