Transgender boy, 15, killed himself in his bedroom after his headmistress banned him from using the name Leo but she STILL insisted on calling him 'Louise' after his death
Leo Etherington, who was born Louise, hanged himself
>A transgender teenager hanged himself when his school banned him from changing his name - but his head teacher still called him 'Louise' after his death.
>Leo Etherington, who was born Louise but revealed to his father he felt he had been born in the wrong body, killed himself at home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, while his father believed he was revising for upcoming exams.
>His father, Martin Etherington, said that despite anger at the school not letting him change his name, Leo had a supportive network of friends and family.
>'The school had told him he had to be 16 to change his name. He said that he was angry with the school. I said we could wait until he was 16 and legally change his name then,' he said.
>But, despite Leo's tragic death, Wycombe High School still refused to accept his desires to change gender.
>Head teacher Sharon Cromie, 51, said in a short statement: 'Louise was a wonderful person in every way and is missed by us all.'