Teenage trans activists climb Telegraph building in a bid against media hatred

LONDON, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BUILDING, 17/04/25, 06:00 AM.

Today, two young activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better climbed the Daily Telegraph offices, displaying a banner reading 'The Daily SMELLegraph'. They dressed up as 1980s gym coaches, armed fiercely with their anti-stink 'Facts Body Spray', scaling a building in a bold action that shows us the truth behind so much of the media in today's climate: it reeks of transphobia. Through wit, satire and sharp humour, TKDB took this action in order to shed light on the baseless hatred perpetuated by the media, especially in high profile, 'reputable' broadsheets like the Telegraph.

"The Telegraph uses us as slop for brainrotted transphobes to drool over as they pretend they stand for women. Don't let them pretend they want trans kids safe, and don't let them convince you they want women safe. They want nothing more than engagement, and we all lose by fighting each other," says one of the trans teens as they returned to the ground.

"Never in my life have I seen someone have such obsession about another group of people, and I've been coaching teenage boys for the last 30 years of my career!" claims the same, in the form of a time-transported gym coaches.

The Telegraph has, in the past year, published over a hundred and fifty articles focusing on trans people, with 'trans fanatics,' 'the woke cult,' and 'gender terrorists' being "reported on" more than daily. They breach their own code of conduct (the IPSO Editors‘ Code Of Practice) time and time again with regards to discrimination, yet face no consequences, though of course with no relation to the presence of their own deputy chairman on the regulation board.

They villainise us, scapegoat us, and treat our very existence like society's greatest threat, despite the fact that it is the same patriarchy that oppresses cisgender women as oppresses our community.

But trans kids are just kids, and more than that, we are people. We have our own lives, thoughts and feelings. We deserve better, and we demand only three things: healthcare, dignity and respect. When the Telegraph publishes that we are victims of an agenda, or that we have been lied to, or any other story that uses us as political pawns, the irony of their words escapes them, and we face the consequences.

This action became more relevant than ever yesterday morning. The media, and especially the Telegraph, "uses our existences as clickbait, and creates the false impression that we know nothing of ourselves, and that we are simultaneously victims and perpetrators of the greatest imaginable crime against humanity: living our truths".

Through the public vilifying of our very lives, we become things to be legislated on; we are denied personhood and respect, all in a movement built on baseless lies. 'Facts Body Spray' may be but a dream, but if it really existed, the Telegraph would surely need its help.

In a statement from one of the activists:

"Every time I see an article from the Telegraph, my heart sinks. Why would a group of adults dogpile and bully oppressed children who just want to live as their true selves? They write countless articles on us, but do we ever get asked for our input? Of course not. They don’t see us as human children, just another scapegoat to demonise. Our struggles are just ammunition for their guns. The Telegraph has gone rotten and rancid. It’s time for them to get some fresh air and stop creepily obsessing over the ‘purity’ of children’s bodies."

In short: Trans Kids Deserve Better - from our politicians, from our doctors, and from our press.

Find footage and photos here.