Another school one: all girls school welcomes a boy & hides it. Mum sues.

[SexRealistic]

Mother sues all-girls school for ‘admitting transgender pupil’

https://www.thetimes.com/article/bff0c621-9e45-44c7-9b37-7d5001d4be35?shareToken=c70721fef57c9747906f80eb75da8f7a

Jonathan Woss?

NYN

not your Nigel

Isn't Newnham a Cambridge college?

even she subtly dropped her son out of Scouts to avoid questions about camping

It's a huge shame that this boy will miss out on the life skills, fun, and companionship of Scouts because his mum can't bring herself to say "sweetie, you are a boy".

Given that Reform's plans to repeal the Equality Act will render the For Women Scotland verdict a dead letter, I'll stick to voting for whoever is most likely to beat Reform in my constituency.

Stop trying to tell us how to vote.

Is it a Monty Python misquote?

The question we were asking is on what basis do they pick the men they admit to a women’s institution? If it’s “only men who are trans” that’s unlawful discrimination, because it’s “because of” the protected characteristic of gender reassignment.

the example in the EA guidance as to what is meant by “exceptionally” in the context of admission of the opposite sex is the son of a member of staff to a girl’s school. Being the child of a staff member is not a protected characteristic, it’s a lawful way to pick the exceptions to the “girl’s only” rule. I doubt that applies to “women and exceptionally, trans-identifying men” criteria. But - it has never been tested.

@RDal nothing communist about gender ideology. The Communist Party of Great Britain has clearly and consistently opposed the idea that transwomen are women and supported sex-based protections.

We all know what lengths parents will go to to get into The Best School - faking their address, moving house, pretending to be catholic - so I have zero doubts that if trans children are allowed into a single sex school of their gender identity, it will be taken advantage of.

Yes but it identifies as an Oxford college. (Handwaves away reality and geography as irrelevant)

Cambridge colleges are Oxford colleges if they want to be. Obvs.

As for the school - I hope that safeguarding failures are examined and anyone responsible for mixed sex by stealth changing or toilet use loses their job.

I accept PP saying it's an otherwise good school, but the rot on this needs to be weeded out. For the sake of safety for girls.

I also very much hope any girl who lost out on a place in this year group also sues the school and received compensation.

I feel so much for the woman suing. She tried for a YEAR to get clear answers from the school but was stonewalled (appropriately). It's the Humpty Dumpty defence (words mean whatever we want them to and stuff reality) and it's so anti-safeguarding.

Exactly. If the school are denying the boy is a boy, they are not going to be separating him from the girls for toilets, sleeping, changing or sports. It’s so awful.