The concept of the 'trans' child is discussed in relation to safeguarding. We believe there is significant urgency in the task of creating circumstances in which education, health, and social work professionals can receive the support necessary to return them to their ethical and fiduciary role of safeguarding. It is time to address the disastrous professional neglect that has operated when nonsensical theories have been favoured over reality, and to create new support networ

ScotPAG interviewed a former manager in a large education service and a head teacher of a moderately sized primary school. Both interviewees shared their concerns about the impact gender ideology and the transgender movement is having on our Scottish education system, the teaching profession, pupils and their families.

What is interesting in the 'gender dysphoria' situation is that the dynamics of urgency (or more accurately anxiety), and the fixation on the sexed body are recognisable at all levels. They appear in the urgency of parents presenting their justified concerns to the medical profession, and at schools where the pressure to act, and to get others to affirm naive and troubling fantasies, is met with compliance and further preoccupation with questions of changing the sexed body.

Jenny Minto’s response to ScotPAG's letter shows that there is no acknowledgement of any of the concerns that were highlighted by us