'They were walking past, coughing and saying: “That’s that freak family. That’s that freak child”. It’s not a phase. It’s not a choice – what child would choose to be completely miserable?
‘I don’t expect people to understand. I just don’t want people abusing my child. I don’t want her to be called a freak. I want her to be left alone. Some people need glasses. Some people are required to go in wheelchairs. My daughter needs to dress like a girl because she is a girl.’
The mother of "A girl trapped in a boy's body" who returned to school last week, quoted in The Daily Mail.
See also The Sun's take on the story; 'Wrong Sex Lad Dresses As Lass'
- illustrated with the photo above.
The story was broken when some parents complained to Worcester News that the headmaster had shown a documentary about a transgender woman at assembly allegedly without telling them.
Most of the coverage seems even-handed, and she hasn't been named nor has her school, but am I alone in feeling uncomfortable that any paper thinks it's okay to publish stories about a 10 year-old kid who's going through this?
Update: Shelagh Fogarty on BBC Radio 5 Live had an interview with the girl and her mother on Tuesday afternoon.
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