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Draft equalities guidance leak on trans policies for schools

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BiologyIsReal · 30/08/2019 10:54

Cannot find on online Daily Telegraph but page 2 of print edition
says a confidential Equality and Human Rights Commission leaked draft reveals admissions of trans students to single sex schools may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Trans boys should be let in to single sex girls schools. It says "A refusal to to admit a trans pupil to a single-sex school......would be discrimination. Admitting such a pupil would not affect the school's single sex status. A pupil who has transitioned, or wants to, must be allowed to continue to attend the school. To remove them would amount to direct gender reassignment discrimination."

Article too long to quote completely but it goes on to say the guidance urges schools to install gender-neutral lavatories, changing and shower rooms wherever possible. If not, trans boys and trans girls can use the single-sex facilities that align with their gender if they wish to do so.

Women's Place (Kiri Tunks) is quoted saying "This guidance shows the mess we create when we conflate sex and gender. The EHRC seems very confused about the difference."

Mermaids (who else?) says "We believe in every transgender child's right to live their life freely and with support and understanding"

(Or as they might have said.. bugger the rights of every natal born girl or boy to live their life freely and with support and understanding).

An EHRC spokesman said "This document is a draft. It will be an important document for schools to help them support all children and meet their duties under the Equality Act."

So no indication that anything in that will change any time soon. Nor that they themselves understand the importance of sex in the Equalties Act either.

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littlbrowndog · 30/08/2019 11:05

Legally

littlbrowndog · 30/08/2019 11:03

Yeah exactly Lizzie no child can transition

LizzieSiddal · 30/08/2019 11:01

Also wasn't there a recent report from the Govt's Equalities commission stating that the Equalities Act isn't being upheld and it needs to be!

LizzieSiddal · 30/08/2019 11:00

A pupil who has transitioned, or wants to, must be allowed to continue to attend the school. To remove them would amount to direct gender reassignment discrimination.

Unless they have a GRC how can they have transitioned? And you can't get a GRC until you are 18, therefore no child at school has transitioned.
So the whole policy relies on the phrase "or wants to transition", which is Self Id- not yet legal as far as we know!

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