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<\/p>\nONLINE porn is inspiring kids to become transgender, a rising star Tory MP said today.<\/p>\n
Miriam Cates told a Tory Conference fringe event on safeguarding that "trans porn" is leading children into the "trans arena". <\/p>\n
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The MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge said: "I think the average age that a child sees extreme pornography is 13 now and we just have no idea what impact this is going to have on future society.<\/p>\n
"This is anecdotal, but you see an awful lot of trans women, so men, saying it was trans porn that led them into the trans arena.<\/p>\n
"So I have no doubt that this kind of extreme, violent and very disturbing pornographic material on the internet has got a lot to do with it."<\/p>\n
Ms Cates also called for the Department for Education to make its yet-to-be-published guidance on trans issues in schools legally binding.<\/p>\n
Fears are growing among MPs that the PM will kick any new trans laws into the long grass to avoid a damaging Tory civil war.<\/p>\n
Long-awaited guidance for teachers on how to deal with kids who want to change their gender was supposed to be published in July but\u00a0was pulled at the last minute.<\/p>\n
Draft guidance revealed by The Sun said that kids would only be allowed to change their gender at school with the permission of parents.<\/p>\n
And they would be unable to play competitive sport.<\/p>\n
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