Long-Awaited New Government Guidance on Gender Identity Soon to be Released

'Parents first' in government's new transgender guidance as teachers 'do not have a duty' to let pupils change gender

Schools will be told that they do not have a “duty” to allow children to change their gender identity in long-awaited new government guidance.

Guidelines from the Department for Education, to be published later, will call for a 'presumption against' allowing children to change gender at school.

A new 'parents first' approach will advise that in all but the most exceptional cases, they should be informed at the first opportunity if their child asks to be known as having a different gender at school.

The Times suggests the guidance will require schools to inform parents if their children say they wish to change their gender identity, with some narrow exemptions.

It adds that teachers will not be compelled to address children who want to change their gender identity by their chosen pronoun if they have a "good faith" objection.

But activist schools are already threatening to flout the new gudelines.

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