Mother fights for NHS treatment of trans daughter

Pink News  Nov 23 09

The mother of a 14-year-old trans girl is fighting to get her hormone treatment on the NHS. Carole Smith, 41, said that her child needed hormone treatment to prevent her from entering puberty as a boy.

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