got a reply from my complaint to the BBC. You'll be surprised to learn that they feel it's a-OK to invade the privacy of a 9 year old boy on the say so of his frankly unhinged sounding mother
His mum's milking the publicity so why shouldn't we jump on the bandwagon, basically. totally missing the point that Autumn is not competent to consent to this sort of laying his private life wide open
poor, poor Autumn 
Thank you for getting in touch about our feature article entitled Raising a transgender child: 'Don't you think Autumn is happier?' (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-47360102)
We are always mindful of the sensitivities involved in any story which potentially raises issues around safeguarding children, which we always carefully consider before we would ever take the decision to identify a child through our journalism.
However I think the key point is that the piece was written and published with the full knowledge and consent of Autumn’s mother, Fran Norris, and in accordance with the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines.
The wider background to their story is that Autumn:
…has identified as a girl for the past two years, after telling her mother she felt she was in the "wrong body"
People know about it at her school, amongst her school friends and in the town where they live and beyond.
As we also point out in the piece, Fran Norris plans to write a book about their "emotional journey", to clear up "misinformation" about the process and how it affects children and their families.
So her identity and life as a transgender child is not a secret and we are entitled to rely on parental consent in telling this story.
We hope you will find this response useful and thank you once again for getting in touch.