Boy of 12 youngest transsexual in UK
A twelve year is boy from is set to become one of the worlds youngest transsexuals after a controversial decision by the parents allowing him to return from the summer holidays as a girl.
If parents and doctors agree then the 12 year old may be the youngest person in the UK to undergo a sex change operation.
German Kim Petras – born Tim – became the world's youngest transsexuali at 16 earlier this year.
The pupil, who has not returned to school since the story broke, was well known amongst pupils and staff for his desire to live as a girl.
Pupils were ushered into an 'emergency assembly' and informed:
"You may notice one pupil is not present in this assembly – that is because the pupil is now a girl," reports The Sun.
The pupils parents, who are under police protection from fear of attack, had hoped that the transition would be easier as the 12 year old child was moving from primary to secondary school.
However, the school has come under fire from parents who are angry that they were not given warning:
"What has really upset the parents," a source revealed to The Sun, "Is that the school didn't see fit to send us a letter first so we could explain it to our children in our own way,
"Parents surely have a right to know when their children are being confronted with such sensitive issues as gender realignment at such a young age."
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