Record-breaking rise in child gender realignment cases sees 50 youngsters a week being referred to sex change clinics including some aged just FOUR

Oct 23, 2017 by Jill

by Fiona Hargreaves, Mailonline:

Children as young as four are among 50 children a week being referred to gender reassignment doctors, it emerged last night.

Two four-year-olds, four children aged five and 17 six-year-olds have been referred to the specialist Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London.

The number of children who visited the clinic in the last six months has risen by 24 per cent to 1,302, giving a weekly average of 50.

If the pattern continues over the next six months, the clinic could be visited by at least 2,600 children in 2017/2018, according to figures obtained by the Mirror.

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