Haven't read the whole thread - but OP heres a copy and paste from a comment on one of THOSE pesky threads.
Really not of interest? To parents/relatives of either possible child in these scenarios something surely you'd want to be aware of??
Or if not - as said, don't read the thread.
This is an extract from a leaflet produced by East Sussex Council, with the endorsement of the head of Children's Services. (In which 'trans' is defined as: Transgender, Transsexual, Cross-dresser, Neither male nor female, Androgynous, A third gender, Or who have a gender identity which we do not yet have words to describe)
Scenario 1
My daughter doesn’t want a boy changing next to her, what if he looks at her body?
For example, in this scenario it would not be appropriate to remove the trans person from the changing rooms if a concern is raised by a parent or carer. In this situation, it would be far more appropriate to look at offering an alternative changing arrangement for the child who feels uncomfortable around the trans person. A Human Rights response would be to state that although the individual in question may have the body of a boy, they are in every other respect a girl and as such have the right under the Equality Act to change with the girls and to be treated fairly as such.
The legal advice here is questionable - the equalities act still recognises sex as a protected characteristic, self ID is not yet law, but what on earth does 'in every other respect a girl mean?' What is the head of children's services (a middle aged man, by the way), trying to tell girls about what it means to be a girl and their rights to set boundaries?
Here is another example:
Scenario 2
It’s not fair that he enters the 100 metres race for girls when he is a boy/Or Won’t she get injured playing rugby with boys?
Similarly, pupils or students who feel that a trans* child should not be involved in certain sporting activities may themselves need to be supported to do a different activity.
This kind of support acknowledges that some individuals may struggle to understand trans people or initially feel uncomfortable around them, but does not support the idea that trans people should be treated any differently to cisgendered people. The responsibility lies with the individual who has the problem to deal with that problem, not with the trans* person to accommodate for that person’s insecurity around them or their child.