Brianna Ghey's mother says 'trans hate' for daughter on X is 'horrendous'

The mother of Brianna Ghey - a teenager who was murdered in Warrington - said the 'trans hate' aimed at her daughter when articles about her are posted on social media is 'horrendous'.

Brianna, 16, a transgender girl, died after being stabbed 28 times in a park by teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe earlier this year. A judge concluded a 'secondary motive' for the killing 'was hostility towards Brianna because of her transgender identity'.

Brianna's mum Esther Ghey, 37, said comments on articles posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, following her daughter's death have been 'absolutely horrendous' and 'absolute hate'. She told the PA news agency she reported a comment about her daughter on the social media platform, but the company did not take it down, finding it did not breach their policies.

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Ms Ghey said companies such as X have a 'moral responsibility' to protect young people from harm online, after her daughter Brianna, struggled with her mental health, which was worsened by accessing eating-disorder and self-harm content on the platform. She also said 'nothing is in the diary yet' regarding a potential meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, but added: "I am hoping to arrange something soon after I've had a short break."

She said she would like to 'get his views' on online safety for young people and to discuss her Peace in Mind campaign to train more teachers in mindfulness. "I've done a few interviews now and once the articles are posted on Twitter, the comments are absolutely horrendous, and there's a lot of trans hate that's directed to Brianna," Ms Ghey said.

"Now, I'm all for free speech but I actually reported one