It was seeing a trans character on Hollyoaks and then reading blogs by young trans people on Tumblr that made him realise he could be transgender. Schools are supporting increasing numbers of transgender students, using a variety of guidance from the teaching unions and charities such as Mermaids (which has a grant of £35,000 from the Department for Education to deliver training to 35 schools). On one side are those who think women and girls should be entitled to safe spaces that aren’t automatically accessible to trans girls. Stephanie Davies-Arai, a parenting adviser, launched the Transgender Trend resource pack in February half-term, thinking it would barely get noticed. The school has had 12 children, all girls, come out as transgender in the past 18 months.

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2018 09:56 UTC