Anti-HPV jab will be given to teenage boys... but only if they identify as girls so that 'they fit in with their peers'

For past decade girls have been vaccinated against HPV infection on the NHS

Now the lifesaving cancer vaccine will be offered to boys who identify as girls

Vaccine protects against human papillomavirus which causes various cancers

By STEPHEN ADAMS and DAVID ROSE FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

PUBLISHED: 00:22 BST, 3 June 2018 | UPDATED: 00:57 BST, 3 June 2018

The NHS will give a lifesaving cancer vaccine to teenage boys – but only if they ‘identify’ as girls, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

New official advice makes clear that transgender girls – that is, those born male – will be offered the Gardasil jab so they fit in with ‘their peers’.

However, boys will continue to be denied the vaccine, which protects against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer among other forms of the disease.

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