Parents disagree on transgender child’s cross-sex treatment

A “bereft” mother is fighting the wishes of her daughter and her ex-husband, to allow their 16 year old to take masculinsing hormones.

Keep an eye on the Court of Appeal case called Re O and Q.

The divorced parents disagree on whether their child should take cross-sex hormone treatment.

Interestingly the law on puberty blockers, does not apply to cross-sex hormone treatment.

The mother says “My job as a mother is to protect my child but I am told by social workers and doctors that I cannot”.

Should the mother’s view prevail over the father’s ?

Rodney Hylton-Potts