Mother criticises ‘agenda from above’ after release of Cass report

‘It’s hard enough as a parent without having the entire society or media pointing at transgender people as if they’re some aberration,’ said the mother of a trans child. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

While the Cass report’s 400 pages will be pored over and debated, one thing is certain – young trans people face an anxious future.

The mother of a 17-year-old trans girl who was a patient at the now-shut Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust said she had initially welcomed Cass’s inquiry, but had been left “disappointed”.