Okay I'm copying/pasting some comments here, but without the names just in case including names is against the rules:
" Your toolkit suggests that parents who raise transsexualism concerns may be referred to social services:
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../parents-wont-let-son.../
This is demagogical, draconian, intolerant and the complete opposite of "diversity". There are thankfully people that resist this nonsense, and with the excuse of "acceptance" you are trying to suppress and treat dissent as intolerance. Shame on you!"
"Communicate, involve & support parents & carers as much as possible without breaching the confidentiality of the child or young person. - Under what circumstances would a parent be kept in the dark?"
@previous poster "I've read it and it states very clearly in a scenario where a girl feel a uncomfortable with a transgirl (boy) in the changing rooms then the girl will be the one asked to leave and change somewhere else. It's made her problem."
" I am alarmed by this announcement. You claim to work against stereotypes but this entire agenda of yours is based on the consolidation of one stereotype after another. There is no feeling like a boy or a girl. There are only societal pressures based on deeply entrenched stereotypes. You should be aiming to erase the social barriers so boys can wear dresses and play with dolls, not commit them to a life of medicalisation and pathologisation."
" “A pupil is legally protected from discrimination when they are taking steps to live as the opposite gender or proposing to do so.” This is just horribly backwards and conservative. What on earth does living as the opposite gender mean aside from abiding by a stereotype. I would expect Brighton to be advancing progressive political agendas, not ones that send us back to Betty Crocker. There is no opposite gender. That is the entire point of feminism for goodness sakes. There is no man’s or woman’s specific behaviour that we ought to aspire to."
" Did you consult with groups representing women and girls about their views on this pack? Why are girls' views not important? Why are they to be told that they are bullies if they want to asset boundaries when it comes to privacy issues?
Why do you frequently use the term "gender" in this pack when the correct term is "sex". I'm not sure whether this conflation of the two is deliberate or not. It seems either disingenuous or ignorant.
Why, when many sports experts have found that seperating sports activities by sex increases female participation rates, do you seek to undermine that?
How is sex assigned at birth? Can you explain the process by which it is assigned rather than observed please
" I'd like to identify as a Brighton recycling bin so I would get left alone."
" If I identify as bread do I have to pay council tax"
"So when we tell our girls that they have a right to say NO, that they have the right to boundaries, that no Male has the right to see their bodies unless they choose to let them that’s a lie? That if they are not happy to share with someone male THEY are the ones who will be punished and singled out? “You can have your boundaries, but only the ones I tell you you can have” This is appalling, it’s abusive, it’s telling girls that no means yes.
I love that one!! 