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‘I told my daughter’s school she was trans. Their reaction was amazing’

An affirming parent shares how inclusive schools have supported her trans daughter

‘I told my daughter’s school she was trans. Their reaction was amazing’
Jo’s school had an empathic, human response to accommodating a trans pupil | NorthScape / Alamy Stock Photo
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It took a few months before we plucked up the courage to say anything at school.

We were attending a parents’ evening at a primary school in Lincolnshire. The teacher asked whether there was anything else we wanted to discuss and my child nudged me and told me to “say it”.

I explained that they wanted to come to school wearing the girls’ uniform.