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This Observer article references a six-year-old “trans girl” who reportedly tried to cut off 'her' penis after being told they couldn’t join Rainbows. We are talking about a very young child. A little boy who is clearly in distress. I’m aware of this case from my reporting for the Sunday Telegraph. And, quite frankly, I find it deeply concerning. I wrote and edited for the Guardian for many years - and I struggle to understand how it is being framed in this way. Because the focus here should not be on a little boys’ exclusion from a girls’ organisation. It should be on the welfare of a child expressing distress in such extreme terms - and what support is in place. That is where the adult responsibility lies. Not with affirming a six-year-old child's gender identity.






















