An eight-year-old from North Wales, who was born a girl but wishes to be identified as a boy, has been told by his school that they “can't be called a boy, [because] you're a girl"

 

And despite the family’s request, they refuse to use a male name or use ‘he’ when referring to the child.

 

According to reports, the school is now one of 13 facing a potential legal battle because they are stopping children from changing their gender.

 

However, while Tory MP Mark Pritchard has said that head teachers should be allowed to use “common sense” without “fear of litigation”, Government guidelines have said that parents, and even children, can choose their own sex on official records.

 

Transgender group Mermaids have made a complaint against the school on behalf of the youngster’s parents, saying that the Equality and Human Rights Act supports a child of any age.

 

But this eight-year-old is not alone. 

 

 

According to Mermaids, there are some 80 primary school-aged children a year in the UK seeking support and about changing their gender. In fact, Susie Green chair of the charity, has said that children as young as four are already in the process of transitioning.

 

Schools are now reporting signs of a cluster effect, whereby more and more kids are coming forward after one person takes the first step.

 

“We are finding that where schools are have young people who are coming out and transitioning in school, that is actually kicking off other kids,” Ms Green told The Telegraph.

 

“But one thing is that there is more information getting out there now and we are finding now about half the schools we are dealing with are actually accommodating and want to learn because there is more in the media and more out there.”

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