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AgathaMystery · 2022-01-02T03:13:29+00:00

Hopefully this share token will work. If not I will screen shot. [[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/01/group-girls-schools-says-will-not-accept-transgender-pupils/]]

HelloDulling · 02/01/2022 07:17

@Sonex

Good for them. interesting though as I have direct knowledge of one of the schoolmhaving a trans male student in sixth form a couple of years ago. It didn't work out and they left after the first year of with form. They'd been at the school prior to that as a girl since very young.

“A female pupil who begins to transition while already at school should be supported to remain at the school for as long as they wish to do so, it adds.”

Accepting a new trans-male student is very different to asking an existing student to leave because they are questioning their gender.

Blessex · 02/01/2022 07:10

Thank goodness for that. My daughter is at a GDST school and I put her there to be schooled with girls not boys.

ThePrionOne · 02/01/2022 06:22

@Rightsraptor

The right policy to adopt, clearly, though I am somewhat puzzled by them saying 'identifying as women' about pupils, since you have to be over 18 to be a woman. That would be a small minority of their students, I'd have thought 'girl' would have been the correct word. I know this seems hair-splitting but could it make a difference? Anyway, I know that GDST has increasing numbers of F2M and NB students so a clear policy is needed. Thank goodness they have the guts to make it. Well done GDST.

I think it’s referring to the Equality Act. “Woman means a female of any age”.

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/212?view=plain

BigGreenOlives · 02/01/2022 06:17

So pleased to see there is a major organisation standing up for girls’ rights for single sex spaces. If only Girl Guides had the same strength.

Rightsraptor · 02/01/2022 05:06

The right policy to adopt, clearly, though I am somewhat puzzled by them saying 'identifying as women' about pupils, since you have to be over 18 to be a woman. That would be a small minority of their students, I'd have thought 'girl' would have been the correct word. I know this seems hair-splitting but could it make a difference? Anyway, I know that GDST has increasing numbers of F2M and NB students so a clear policy is needed. Thank goodness they have the guts to make it. Well done GDST.

Luckyducky75 · 02/01/2022 05:05

Well done to the school, they're right if course. I do feel sorry for their CEO and the tonne of shit she's about to get. I wonder if she realises what she's in store for when the TRAs go after her 😔

Xiaoxiong · 02/01/2022 04:39

This seems like a very sensible policy, good for them. DH teaches at an all boys school, it's a single sex not a single gender school.

Needmoresleep · 02/01/2022 04:20

This is interesting:

"School leaders have said that, without national guidance on transgender issues, schools are left relying on lobby groups."

Not just schools perhaps. Without clear government guidance all sorts of institutions may have been forced to rely on lobby groups.

The very good news is that the GDST (Girls Day School Trust) appear to have sought legal advice and come to the conclusion that the single sex provisions in the Equalities Act are important, as it is these provisions that allow them to deliver single sex education.

JaneEyress · 02/01/2022 04:14

I am amazed, pleased, and curious to see with what fury and outrage trans activists respond.

PurplePeculiar · 02/01/2022 04:14

Good decision. 👍

Needmoresleep · 02/01/2022 04:10

In case it helps the DM version, not behind a paywall

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10361677/Leading-group-girls-schools-says-not-accept-transgender-pupils.html

storkstalk · 02/01/2022 04:01

Glad to see them using common sense

Sonex · 02/01/2022 03:27

Good for them. interesting though as I have direct knowledge of one of the schoolmhaving a trans male student in sixth form a couple of years ago. It didn't work out and they left after the first year of with form. They'd been at the school prior to that as a girl since very young.

Rhannion · 02/01/2022 03:16

👍well done to that school