- EXCLUSIVE: Mother-of-two from London heartbroken after son said he was trans
The mother of a teenager in the process of transitioning from male to a female has revealed the anguish of her son telling her he wanted to be a girl.
The mother-of-two from London was left in shock two years ago when her then-17-year-old son announced he thought he had been born in the wrong body.
Jane – not her real name – has spoken to MailOnline on the condition of anonymity because she fears her son, now 19, might cut her out of his life if he knew how she truly felt.
She said: ‘I feel very blessed that I still have my child in my life. I still have hope.
‘It’s classroom to clinic, that’s my story. My son is making himself ill in an irreversible way.
‘I can’t even describe the shock we were in. I said to him, ”You do know that we are grieving?”
‘When you speak to [him] it’s like speaking to a cardboard cutout of your child.
‘It’s like [he is] possessed.’
Last week, other parents of trans children begged the Crown Prosecution Service to review its gender identity guidance over fears mothers and fathers could be prosecuted for domestic abuse if they use their child’s original name or pronouns.
Jane said: ‘I know parents who have had the police go after them.
‘I’m not frightened. Some parents will be.
‘You try that. Try put me in prison for saying my son is my son.
‘The gloves are off. I’m not going down without a fight.’
When her son was 17, he told his teachers he thought he might be trans.
They branded him a ‘trailblazer’ and called him by she/her pronouns.
After he left school aged 18, he went to a GP, who referred him to scandal-ridden children’s clinic the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock.
In 2022, a report by senior paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass concluded that GIDS was ‘not a safe or viable long-term’ option for children.
Her report found that the centre’s hormone treatment and assessment processes together with its data collection and service model must be reviewed.
Dr Cass concluded the centre was overwhelmed by the vast of number of referrals.
Former patients of the clinic accused it of rushing children onto puberty-blocking drugs without challenging them about their feelings – a reference to the affirmation-only techniques preferred by many at the Tavistock.
GIDS transferred Jane’s son to the adult Gender Identity Clinic, where he swiftly received hormones that have started his transition to become a woman.
Jane said: ‘If you’re a mother, your child comes first.
‘Your life becomes consumed by this.
‘They are selling them a lie. His perception is that the NHS is trustworthy. They are totally infiltrated by activists.’
‘My son goes in and says he’s trans and [his teachers] say ”alright”. My son [had an] activist teacher.
‘It’s a cult. They are signing away their lives. I know he loves us but he’s been indoctrinated.
‘How many children are going to get mutilated?
‘When will the line be drawn?
‘I just have to keep the evidence so that if my son becomes [destrans] I can sue the school.’
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