massive news : the Scottish Government has finally updated its toilet advice

[ProfesoraLou]

https://www.gov.scot/publications/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-education-authorities-schools-revised/

Single sex toilet provision is required. Use must be based on biological sex.

That was quite something, I agree. So she says the guidance is clear though she can’t say what will happen in each case because it’s up to the schools but the schools should take the guidance as being clear and it’s up to them if they get it wrong as the government have spent months on this?

Because it matters for the health and safety of children.

This is mumsnet. Most of us are mums. Mums are protective of children and so are interested in safeguarding them.

All of the sexual assaults and voyeurism (inc hidden cameras) in school toilets are done by men or boys. Overwhelmingly on girls.

The deaths in school toilets due to medical emergencies are girls and boys. What matters here is the cubicle privacy because it affects how quick children are found.

The Scottish government have not analysed what happens when you make toilets private. They have not done risk assessments or equality impact assessments. If they had, they would realise the ‘privacy’ they parrot out has led to situations above.

It is well known why we have door gaps in toilets. Yet they go on about privacy NOT health and safety.

This is a Scottish Case Study booklet they could have looked at for health and safety principles:

From ‘Architecture and Design Scotland’: Toilet design in the Learning Environment.

Principles:

‘Knowing that once a cubicle door is locked that it cannot be opened from the outside (except in emergencies) is important for pupils. For the school, the ability to check if there is an emergency within the cubicles (e.g. if someone loses consciousness) is important; floor gaps make this easier.’

’In terms of hygiene and maintenance, ease of access for cleaning staff and robust materials are important during the design and specification. Floor gaps in doors and cubicles make cleaning easier and increase air flow. One of the most quoted reasons reported for pupils not using school toilets is their cleanliness; clean, well maintained facilities should be a given…’

I'd say the teaching unions would have something to say about putting teachers in these positions, but unfortunately the unions are fully on board with the cult.

That part is basically stating teachers should be reported for misgendering.

Had the authors of the report ever met a teenager?

Let's just hope nobody tells the young people about the latest wheeze. Given that the guidance also states pupils can change gender as often as they like, and must be carefully pandered to, I imagine teachers misgendering pupils could go nuclear pretty quickly.

Once again a Scottish politician makes an embarrassment of herself. We have a lot of good, intelligent, capable people in Scotland, someone should look into why none of them seem to want to go into politics.

It's still all as clear as mud to me. But perhaps that's the point .

If I had primary school aged weans, I'd be going full on tonto at the updated Scottish Government guidance suggesting:

that primary schools should ensure that play and learning is "gender neutral" and participate in LGBT History Month and Transgender Day of Visibility.

I hope the above piece of pish allows parents to opt out.

From my reading kids likely can / will still be sharing facilities with the opposite sex. If they object it sounds like at best they might have to use another facility. It sounds like it is quite a high bar too i.e. "if it is established that they will experience disadvantage".

Full text below

"young person raises a concern regarding sharing facilities with a transgender young person and it is established that they will experience disadvantage as a result, then the school should seek to respect the rights of all. To do this the school should seek to come to an arrangement, to accommodate everyone involved, after discussion and consideration of options available."

Gilruth again
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/jenny-gilruth-refuses-eighth-time-35991547?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
And another sneaky update its almost as if their loss is finally sinking in
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-government-secretly-change-trans-35991700?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Similar article in the Telegraph

https://archive.ph/unq7C

SNP accused of confusing schools over new trans guidance https://share.google/1GFsiBw5Der6ueGMo

Gilruth is coming across as utterly gutless, or some appropriately Scots synonym

For Women Scotland, the feminist campaign group that won the Supreme Court case, tweeted in response: “It’s not up to the school, the LA [local authority] or the parents. Gilruth needs to stop being a coward.”