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Concerned parents have withdrawn their four-year-old son from his school's World Book Day, claiming the text students were reading could be 'confusing and harmful' in terms of gender identity.
Stephen and Joanne Evans claim the book, My Shadow is Pink, promotes the idea of an inner gender identity and believe it might lead children to think they or others have been born into the wrong body.
When the couple heard their child's class would be using the book, written by Scott Stuart, for World Book Day last week, they asked to withdraw him from St Mary's Church of England Primary School in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, for the day.
They claim that other parents also had concerns about the book being used. They say they and others raised their concerns but that 'the head teacher has ignored it'.
They told the Telegraph that they were 'shocked' and 'knew something was not right'.
'Parents who believe we are born male and female and who do not want their children exposed to harmful ideology are losing their voice and their rights,' they said.
The couple claim My Shadow is Pink, written by Scott Stuart (pictured) promotes the idea of an