A shocking report has emerged on gender identity issues in Britain, which will finally push the Department for Education to provide clear guidance. According to the report, secondary school teachers are unaware that students can change their gender, name, uniform, and use same-sex toilets and changing rooms. And parents and professionals are not informed about this.

It is no wonder that parents only find out late that their child is winking towards a different gender identity, and this tendency endangers the children's future and development. "Self-identity" guidelines can also mean that parents are only confronted with the fact that boys are almost girls - and vice versa - when the former pronoun changes in official documents as well.

Most of the high schools surveyed by the Policy Exchange think tank also teach and spread the controversial theory that an individual's gender identity can differ from his or her biological sex. The shocking results will put further pressure on the Department for Education to finally issue clear guidance on transgender students and complete a methodological review of sex education lessons.

In the foreword to the report, Labor MP Rosie Duffield writes: "A whole generation of children is being let down".

It cites rules that state that children must be cared for in a way that "parents are fully involved in their lives" and discusses official guidance that parental responsibility includes consent to a child's name change and medical treatment.

The researchers asked 304 secondary schools in England about their attitudes towards children who identify as the opposite sex, changing names, pronouns, hair and uniforms.

Only 39 of the 154 respondents said they notify parents if a student wishes to change their gender, while 87 said no.

In a school, teachers will not inform parents about trans or transgender dialogue without the student's consent. And only 75 of the schools answered that they notify the designated leader or health professional if a student wants to change gender. When asked whether they have a self-identification system to determine gender identity, 54 answered yes, and 104 schools teach the idea that people's gender identity can differ from their biological sex. Every fifth school did not have separate changing rooms for boys and girls, and 60 percent said that they did not have a single-sex sports department.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: “The Government has still not produced clear guidance for schools to support students who identify as trans or question their gender identity. It is increasingly timely to review the statutory guidelines for sex and health education, which will give us the opportunity to consider and clarify what should be taught in schools."

Source: 888.hu Origo

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