DD came home from school yesterday saying that some of her friends have been trying to tell her that "boys can turn into girls" and "girls can turn into boys". This has come about because there is a trans teacher at the school, and they've all been wondering why someone who is obviously male has a girl's name and wears dresses.
To her credit, she stuck her ground and said it doesn't matter what you call yourself or what you wear, if you have "boy's bits" you're a boy.
But she still had lots of questions, naturally. And confident as I am about arguing the GC case online, framing it for an 8yr old was much trickier than I thought.
Can anyone recommend an engaging book that gets across the message that stereotypes don't equal sex?