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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aine Fox

Schools ‘must not be made to out trans young people to unsupportive families’

PA Wire

Making it compulsory for schools to inform parents if their child is questioning their gender identity could put some young people at risk, a former teacher and the parent of a transgender son have warned.

Debate on the issue has become weaponised and politicised to the detriment of the young people who are directly affected, the pair said, as they urged guidance on the issue to be published as soon as possible in the new school year.

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