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  Sex education programme blamed for rise in number of trans children Critics of the government’s relationships, sexual health and parenthood education programme, introduced in 2014, say it has promoted transgender ideology George Mair Monday November 18 2024, 12.01am GMT, The Times A trans supporter makes their feelings known at a demonstration in Glasgow JEFF J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES A controversial sex education programme being taught in Scottish schools has fuelled an explosion in the number of transgender children over the past decade, it has been claimed. Data shows there has been a rapid rise in the number of young people questioning their gender identity or experiencing dysphoria. At the end of last year there were 1,100 children under 18 waiting for gender-change treatment on the NHS in Scotland, including dozens of youngsters aged under ten and two aged under five. Tess White, the Scottish Conservative shadow equalities minister, said: “We must allow children to just be child

  Trans charity Mermaids gave children chest binders without telling parents An inquiry by the Charity Commission found ‘serious regulatory concerns’ in the way the support service for young people was run James Beal , Social Affairs Editor Wednesday October 23 2024, 12.01am BST, The Times The Mermaids charity, which supports young trans people, was heavily criticised in a report by the Charity Commission WIKTOR SZYMANOWICZ/FUTURE PUBLISHING/GETTY IMAGES The transgender charity Mermaids gave chest binders to children as young as 13 against their parents’ wishes and wrongly claimed puberty blockers were reversible, a report by the regulator has found. The Charity Commission’s two-year inquiry discovered “systemic failings” and “mismanagement” at the organisation, whose chief executive, Susie Green, left abruptly in 2022. The regulator’s report, published on Thursday, reveals that Green was dismissed by the charity’s trustees after they lost confidence in her. It found that Mermaids gave