Influencer mum & daughter, 10, BOTH transition to become ‘father and son’…& share their ‘journey’ to 24k Insta followers

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A MUM and her 10-year-old daughter have both transitioned to become “father and son”.

The pair shared their journey with their 24,000 Instagram followers, posting photos and videos about their experience.

Raphael Batista and his son Gustavo pose on a rooftop.

Raphael (top) and Gustavo Batista (bottom) before their transition[/caption]

Photo of Raphael Batista and his son Gustavo.

Raphael (right) and Gustavo Batista (left) after their transition[/caption]

The pair’s transition took place in Sao Paolo, Brazil[/caption]

Gustavo, an actor and student, started his transition at the age of four.

He has acted in films as both transgender and cisgender characters.

Raphael, 38, began his gender transition after Gustavo started treatment at the hospital.

After beginning his transition, he told local media: “Now I’m Raphael, Gustavo’s father.”

Both Raphael and Gustavo receive free public healthcare services for their transitions in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Raphael receives treatment at Campo Limpo Municipal Hospital.

Gustavo is treated at the Transdisciplinary Outpatient Clinic for Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit at the Children’s Institute of the Hospital das Clinicas.

Their medical care follows protocols set by Brazil‘s Unified Health System and recommendations from the Federal Council of Medicine.

Puberty blockers were banned indefinitely for Brits under-18 who think they are transgender in December because of safety concerns.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told MPs the independent Commission on Human Medicines had ruled they posed an “unacceptable safety risk” to children and teenagers.

Mr Streeting said: “It is a scandal that medicine was given to vulnerable young children without proof that it is safe or effective.

The country’s leading gender clinic, the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, was shut down this year due to safety fears.

A review has since found that children were put at risk with prescriptions for puberty-suppressing hormones, which can permanently change their development.

Dr Hilary Cass’s review said that any evidence of their benefits was “remarkably weak”.

Mr Streeting said: “We are working with NHS England to open new gender identity services so people can access the support they need.“

NHS director James Palmer said: “We welcome the government’s decision to ban access through private prescribers, which closes a loophole that posed a risk to children and young people.”