Parents take their child out of school over transgender classmate

They are now planning to sue the school.

Nigel and Sally Rowe removed their son from school after his classmate was allowed to wear a dress in class. The parents say their six-year-old son was left confused after his classmate was coming to school 'saying he was a girl'. The couple says that they don’t believe children of that age naturally question their gender and that it is a “political agenda that’s driving this”.

“It’s very confusing. How do children deal with that” Nigel and Sally Rowe withdrew their 6yo son from a school with a transgender child pic.twitter.com/GK8xHPdm8W

— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) September 11, 2017

Nigel Rowe took his child out of school over another pupil's request to be recognised as transgender #r4today pic.twitter.com/VYaM37cBE9

— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) September 11, 2017

Nigel and Sally are now threatening to sue the school for not respecting their right to raise their children in accordance with their religious values. The pair have appeared on a number of morning television shows this morning to discuss the incident and were confronted this morning by LGBT rights campaigner Jane Fae.

"What gender are your children?" LGBT rights campaigner Jane Fae challenges parents who withdrew 6yo son from school with transgender child pic.twitter.com/pTSEEupfUz

— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) September 11, 2017

The discussion started a debate online with the topic proving incredibly divisive.

Oh FFS tell your child that little boys can wear dresses too. This is where gender anxiety has got us in our pink & blue world. #r4today

— Janice Turner (@VictoriaPeckham) September 11, 2017

This is frankly terrifying subject for parents, are confused messages regarding gender really a good idea at such a young age?

— Mark Cox (@CoxCoxy82) September 11, 2017

Sad that this is an example of their fear and close-mindedness being passed onto their son. At the end of the day, it's a piece of clothing

— Tom (@TomLannen) September 11, 2017

This guy is spot on a 6 year old does not have the mental capacity. Well done to this dad !?

— Raj Sharma (@Raj_5harma) September 11, 2017

I'm trans myself and my earliest memories of trans related stuff was sleeping in some of my sisters clothes I had stolen, I was 6 years old.

— Cursed ℇ? (@ObscuredLeg) September 11, 2017