Draft equalities guidance leak on trans policies for schools

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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.

I hope the person who made that request will take it through to the next stages. There's another one which is due for a response on Friday. I wonder if that will get the same 'too expensive' treatment.

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/consideration_of_girls_disabilit

It’s hard to understand why the information sought in the FOI request was not readily available within EHRC. How can they convince the themselves, let alone the public, that the consultation was adequate if they cannot even produce a list of organisations they consulted, what they were consulted on, and when. Also, why on earth would they need to invoke the public interest test to reveal a list of consultees (see page 2 of their letter). Their refusal of the FOI request strongly gives the impression that EHRC are unwilling to be accountable and transparent about the production of this regulatory guidance; a document which is a matter of considerable and entirely legitimate public interest. It casts further doubt on EHRC’s compliance with the 7 Principles of Public Life in Regulation.

So we know that parents of girls often like them to go to single sex schools and that, conversely, parents of boys often like them to go to co-ed schools. And that therefore there are more girls schools and more boys in most classes in co-ed schools.

So how long before a parent with an outstanding girls school on their doorstep...oh...no...sorry, I forgot - that will NEVER happen

Their refusal of the FOI request strongly gives the impression that EHRC are unwilling to be accountable and transparent about the production of this regulatory guidance; a document which is a matter of considerable and entirely legitimate public interest. It casts further doubt on EHRC’s compliance with the 7 Principles of Public Life in Regulation.

YY.