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Claims children are identifying as animals

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Are the claims true? What are “furries”? And is it all really about gender identity?

Reports that a school child in Scotland identifies as a wolf have gone viral on social media. Some say stories like it are whipped up to attack trans gender identity; others that they are a sign of gender ideology running rampant in the education system. What do we know about the latest example? The child is said to identify as a “furry” - what does that mean? And what really happened when a child in south-east England was reported to identify as a cat?

Presenter: Adam Fleming
Producers: Simon Maybin, Arlene Gregorius, Beth Ashmead Latham, Caroline Bayley
Production coordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Richard Vadon

Published on Friday, 27th September 2024.

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