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Shropshire County Council has withdrawn the toolkit

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Prawnofthepatriarchy · 13/05/2020 17:57

Tweet from ShropshireReSisters at 14.47: Shropshire County Council have withdrawn the transgender tool kit. It took a little pressure and a lot of help from some wonderful people (I'd tag but they may not wish me to). Anyone else wanting to do the same in their area...do it!

WOOHOO!!!!

twitter.com/SResisters/status/1260567309623726080?s=19

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 01/06/2020 17:08

I think they'll be the ones that will go to court. How can they not?

Apollo440 · 01/06/2020 17:03

Do you think Brighton will soon be the last one standing? Or will they take onboard the legal advice that they are on dodgy ground? It would be good to get this to court and maybe they are just so ideologically blind that they might provide the opportunity.

truthisarevolutionaryact · 01/06/2020 16:41

Excellent news. Well done SSAUK.
Now we need to ensure that schools all know that authorities are withdrawing this as they are concerned about legitimate legal challenge. I'd hate to see an individual school taken to court for undermining safeguarding, removing parental rights without the agreement of the courts and compromising girls' rights to privacy, safety and dignity in changing rooms, showers and dormitories so it's essential that they also review their own policies and remove all the dodgy sections.

BinkySodPlop · 01/06/2020 16:16

I've looked for policies on my county, Buckinghamshire, but as we have just merged to form 1 unitary authority, the website is very sparse. I did check the entry policy for the girls' grammar school, and noticed it only referenced "girls". Well, except in relation to 6th form, which is co-ed with the boys' only grammars, where it clearly stated male and female. No ambiguity in their language.

Datun · 01/06/2020 16:06

This is good, and useful too as now you can add ". And x, x, x, x and x have already withdrawn the toolkit"

Exactly. No one wants to be the one getting caught out and they feel there is safety in numbers.

It's a prime example of the domino effect.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 01/06/2020 15:53

This is good, and useful too as now you can add ". And x, x, x, x and x have already withdrawn the toolkit"

ThinEndoftheWedge · 01/06/2020 15:37

It’s difficult to keep up! Fantastic news!

Lordfrontpaw · 01/06/2020 15:28

d'oof.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 01/06/2020 15:26

Derbyshire too now according to Safe Schools Alliance:

twitter.com/SafeSchools_UK/status/1267452869730537472?s=20

Aesopfable · 29/05/2020 15:14

Lordfrontpaw don’t be silly. They are only ‘officially’ withdrawn - they probably haven’t mentioned it to the schools who are using the guidance.

Lordfrontpaw · 29/05/2020 15:08

I hope the schools are also telling the teachers exactly why it is being withdrawn and highlighting the offending parts. AND apologise to any poor member of staff/parent who dared to object to them in the first place (and probably got a bollocking over it).

Fishdoggy · 29/05/2020 14:40

Merthyr Tydfil is the latest Council to withdraw the flawed transtoolkit for a much needed review.

FOIrequester · 22/05/2020 15:38

No need to apologise Fishdoggy. I'm just pleased to see everyone's hard work on this start to pay off.

MoleSmokes · 22/05/2020 15:27

Fishdoggy - "Originated in Mordor (Brighton & Hove)" Grin

SheSheHe · 22/05/2020 15:02

Let's hope all this gets the attention it deserves when COVID-19 has done its worst. Good news that they are deciding to withdraw now rather than fob us off with, 'We'll look at it when the dust settles'. The decision to withdraw now is encouraging.

ScrimpshawTheSecond · 22/05/2020 14:57

Hm. That will be a courtroom I would pay to see, Apollo.

Fishdoggy · 22/05/2020 14:57

FOIrequester I'm so sorry!

Apollo440 · 22/05/2020 14:35

We're coming for you Brighton. You can either withdraw your illegal guidance or be obstinate f@cks and allow this to be brought to court.

FOIrequester · 22/05/2020 14:31

Fishdoggy

I just received the same email from Denbighshire and came on to post it here, but you got there first.

ScrimpshawTheSecond · 22/05/2020 14:16

Another one! Brilliant!

Fishdoggy · 22/05/2020 13:55

Newyddion Da!

Denbighshire has withdrawn.

Thank you for your email.

Further to feedback received from yourself and the recent outcome of legal cases across the UK , we have taken the decision to withdraw the policy.

At this moment in time, the work of the authority is directed towards working on COVID19; however in due course we will carry out a review of the situation to determine the next steps in relation to this matter.

Regards/Cofion

safeschoolsallianceuk.net/get-involved/write-to-your-local-education-authority/?fbclid=IwAR2W2PIYYlIPgnMS6kY03SrvE_TmvVLW98PqJE20fhv8VOkBynaVDnqUKfk

RoyalCorgi · 22/05/2020 10:18

Excellent news from Doncaster, Fishdoggy - good work.

Also, that is the perfect summary of the toolkit(s). Saves people having to read the full thing.

Oncewasblueandyellowtwo · 22/05/2020 09:40

Fishdoggy

Wow, that's fantastic.

Jacobieathan · 22/05/2020 08:18

Thanks fishdoggy!

Deliriumoftheendless · 22/05/2020 08:06

Fishdoggy-
Thank you.

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