Schools Have No General Duty to Allow Gender ‘Social Transition’: Draft UK Guidance

Schools and colleges in England have no general duty to allow children to “socially transition” and parents should be informed of such requests with few exceptions, the government said on Tuesday. In a draft guidance published for consultation, the Department for Education (DfE) also said schools “must always protect single-sex spaces with regard to toilets, showers and changing rooms.” The “significant increase” in the number of children question their gender in recent years is linked to the gender identity ideology, or the “contested belief” that a person can have a that is different to their biological sex, the guidance said. The DfE clarified that schools and colleges have specific legal duties that are framed by a child’s biological sex, and statutory duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children....