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Keep school toilets single sex

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ChristinaXYZ · 15/02/2022 12:04

As a result of a number of decision being made by schools or local authorities which parents have to compete to reverse there is an attempt being made to pre-empt these decisions so parents don't have to fight a rear-guard action after a decision is already made.

The biggest resource would be something showing a large number of people don't agree. You know the sort of thing - where lots of people indicate their agreement with a statement? And if said process is named on here ends up being put in the cupboard under the stairs? To have this would give parents something to show the level of dissent.

Well such a process has begun. To find it you might browse the activism page on Ovarit - you don't need to be a member of Ovarit to read the page ovarit.com/o/Activism/hot or use google and look for the site actionstorm which hosts such things.

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UsernameIsNotAvailableRightNow · 15/02/2022 19:34

There's a child in my sons class who has been wearing the "female" uniform for the past 3 years. Still using male name and he/him.

His mum got them to change the uniform code so it was just uniform, not boys uniform and girls uniform, which I think was actually really good because clothes are just clothes.

In year 1 I think there was a bit of a issue because he wanted to use the girls toilets and the school said no. Rightly so. That's what it says in the school policies, kids should use the toilet for their sex (image attached)

But just very recently my son came home and said his friend is now a girl and they have to call them she/her and they're allowed to use the girls toilets!

Not sure why this has suddenly been allowed. I would have thought if they had to go along with this at all they could use the disabled toilet which is for boys and girls anyway Confused

Keep school toilets single sex
DaisyWaldron · 15/02/2022 19:28

Yes. DD doesn't really have a preference but often used the mixed ones because they are closer to her locker, and DS's friend only uses the mixed ones because she is often mistaken for a boy and get hassled when she uses the single sex loos.

scootalooser · 15/02/2022 19:16

Hi @DaisyWaldron I'm really surprised to hear this as my dd and all her female friends were upset about sharing toilets with boys. The boys didn't mind.

Are there any girl students that you know of who are comfortable with mixed sex loos?

DaisyWaldron · 15/02/2022 19:13

My children's school has a mixture of single sex and mixed toilets. The kids I know who have expressed a preference all prefer the mixed ones, but a combination of both seems ideal, to accommodate everyone's preferences.

Bilingualspingual · 15/02/2022 19:12

Signed. Thank you.

AtrociousCircumstance · 15/02/2022 19:10

Signed.

DomesticatedZombie · 15/02/2022 19:07

Good idea. Thank you.

scootalooser · 15/02/2022 19:06

I've signed this.

I've also written preemptively to my DD school to remind them of their obligations to provide single sex spaces under the Equality Act.

CompleteGinasaur · 15/02/2022 19:04

Signed and bumped. Bloody outrageous.

LongBlobson · 15/02/2022 19:00

Thanks, I hope it will prove useful. Very few kids want or are comfortable with mixed sex toilets, and it's a big safeguarding risk.

ScrollingLeaves · 15/02/2022 14:58

I signed it through the Ovarit link.

ScrollingLeaves · 15/02/2022 14:33

Thank you. I shall look at that link.

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