Encouraging children to ‘socially transition’ gender risks long-term harm, say NHS experts
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By Henry Bodkin, health correspondent
Parents are risking psychologically damaging their children by allowing them to ‘socially transition’ their gender without medical or psychiatric advice, NHS experts have warned.
Primary school-aged children are increasingly being encouraged to formally switch, in defiance of the recommended ‘watchful waiting’ approach, the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) leaders said.
In some cases, children as young as six are attending school where nobody knows their original sex.
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