A couple have told of their horror at being reported to social services for misgendering their autistic child during therapy. The parents - whose two vulnerable teenagers were born girls but have both identified as boys - say the stress caused by the intervention amid family counselling sessions had been a “living nightmare”.
They had to wait an agonising five months before they found out no further action would be taken. The mum, from East Renfrewshire, who does not want her children to be identified, told the Record that years of navigating their children’s gender dysphoria with their school, council and health service almost “tore the family apart”.
She said: “There are so many parents out there who just want to try and help their children the best they can but are just fumbling along in the dark. They don’t realise there are so many others going through the same thing because everyone is too scared to talk about it.”
