Parents of a 16-year-old girl with autism have raised a safeguarding complaint after her school failed to inform them she had decided to live as if she were a boy. Bayswater Support, a group representing parents with gender-confused children, reports it has been contacted by hundreds of parents complaining that schools are helping to socially transition their children without their knowledge. ReassurancesFollowing the shock announcement by their daughter that she wanted to be called a boy’s name, the parents arranged to speak with her headmaster. The girls’ father told The Times: “Initially when we met the head teacher we agreed a plan that there would be no social transitioning at school. Her father said: “The school tells us she made the appointment with the GP herself.

Source: The Times July 04, 2023 16:05 UTC