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ElliotBM
Sep 12, 2012, 11:24 AM
Hi there!

I'm 15, I have been Transgender since I was 6.. I'm not joking.
Is it possible (with parental consent) to get a trans symbol tattooed onto my body at this age?

Elliot

Curlyben
Sep 12, 2012, 12:37 PM
No.
UK law requires that you are 18 years of age.

Here's the actual law for you: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/24/section/1


It shall be an offence to tattoo a person under the age of eighteen except when the tattoo is performed for medical reasons by a duly qualified medical practioner or by a person working under his direction, but it shall be a defence for a person charged to show that at the time the tattoo was performed he had reasonable cause to believe that the person tattooed was of or over the age of eighteen and did in fact so believe.

Fr_Chuck
Sep 12, 2012, 06:01 PM
Now should you make rash tattoo choices as a child.

The laws are there for your protection.