Transgender issues continue to cause debate across UK

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Dec 2022
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Transgender issues continue to cause debate across UK

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‘Distraught’ parents are reportedly contacting campaigning groups every week about the social gender transitioning of children in schools.

This has prompted calls for the new Education Secretary to commission a review into gender identity policies in school, similar to that carried out at the Tavistock Clinic.

Several groups, including human rights organisation Sex Matters and LGB Alliance, have jointly written to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan MP requesting an independent expert review to include the impact of such policies on gender distress and child safeguarding. They expressed concerns that some schools are promoting transgender self-identification.

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