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The parents of a student at a £15,951-a-year private school in Edinburgh were allegedly reported to social workers by staff after they refused to affirm their daughter's transgender identity.
George Watson's College called social services at the end of 2020 after the parents, who acted on advice from psychologists, asked the school to carry out a 'watchful waiting' approach to their child.
This is where a child's view of their gender is closely monitored by staff without social or medical intervention, with evidence suggesting that some children wanting to change gender will revert to identifying as their biological sex.
But the school said it would take the approach of 'respecting his [the pupil's] wishes to use the masculine pronouns,' because this was in the best interest of the child.
The school said it was given a gold award from trans activist charity LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS) in 2019.
The mother of the child said the school would defer to the charity rather than listen to the parents, who were acting on clinical guidance.
George Watson's College (pictured) allegedly reported parents to social services after they refused to affirm their daughter's transgender identity
The school runs an LGBT club, which the child had joined, according to The Telegraph.
The mother told the newspaper: 'We were repeatedly lied to by the school.
'I feel that our child was just seen as a little guinea pig by the school and LGBT
