Boy, 12, starts new school as girl
Bernard Reed, a trustee of the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, said teachers and pupils at the child’s secondary school in southern England were key to his future.
The Sun reported the child’s parents gave him a girl’s name by deed poll and allowed him to wear a dress to school.
It also reported teachers at the school, which has not been identified, called an assembly to explain to pupils the boy would now be treated as a girl.
Mr Reed said it was likely the child had been confused about their gender for years.
He said: “As many as 500,000 people in the UK experience this, but very few of them seek treatment or change gender.”
It was reported the child’s parents hoped his transformation from male to female would not be noticed as he was starting secondary school this year, but pupils from his old primary school noticed the change.
