Everything on this site about school & university: 70 pieces in all.
Inclusive sex education addresses puberty and reproductive health using body-based, anatomical language that does not assume gender, so that trans…
Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 prohibited UK local authorities from intentionally promoting homosexuality or publishing material with…
England's new regional Young People's Gender Services have not made their missed-appointment policies fully public, and those policies are still…
The Labour government has pursued a systematic package of anti-trans policies: draft school guidance that restricts how trans children can be…
NHS waiting times for trans young people currently run to several years, and delay is not neutral: unwanted puberty changes and worsening distress…
A non-binary teenager finds school survivable when a head of year bends the uniform rules just enough, proving that a little institutional…
Eleni knew her son before any school policy did, and spent months quoting the school's own rules back to staff until he was simply allowed to be…
A young person goes to their paediatrician hoping finally to be understood, and leaves with their identity questioned and their care delayed.
Robyn was eleven when she was referred to the NHS gender service, and fourteen when she realised she might be seventeen before anyone saw her.
Freya, aged seven, quietly knew who she was. Her class teacher listened, changed the register, and a withdrawn child came alight.
Amara dreaded her first school run as herself, until a stranger's offhand compliment about her coat changed everything about the morning.
Starting university far from home, they introduced themselves by their real name for the first time and discovered that who they were had been…
No court has yet ruled that parents can remove children from a trans teacher's class simply because that teacher is trans. The Supreme Court's 2025…
Riley Williams, a transgender senior at Charles R. Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, was blocked from running for homecoming queen despite…
The US Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools over its policies supporting transgender…
The Trump administration has suppressed all data related to nonbinary students and gender-identity-based bullying from the Education Department's…
The Trump administration's Justice Department has sued the Kansas City, Kansas school district for guidelines that allowed staff to consider, case by…
The US Department of Education has launched enforcement action against Shawnee Mission and Olathe school districts in Kansas, threatening millions in…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting transgender students…
New Jersey's Policy 5756 protects trans students from being outed without their consent, allowing disclosure only where health, safety, or a bias…
William Garwood, a teacher at St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy in West Yorkshire, was banned from teaching after telling Year 11 pupils…
Michael Foran cancelled his lecture series on sex, gender identity, and the law after student protests disrupted events. He framed the cancellation…
The UK Government's final 2026 Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which came into force in England on 1 September 2026, was criticised by a…
A transgender salutatorian on the Mississippi Coast went viral after her school altered her JROTC yearbook photograph, effectively erasing her…
Scotland's latest local authority gender guidance for schools is encouraging overall, though some important gaps remain to be addressed.
Girlguiding's founding principle was inclusion, yet current policies may be excluding some girls from participation.
The Cass Review focused on NHS gender services for children, not school policies, yet its findings are being misinterpreted in education debates.
A school trip story shows what happens when trans children are simply allowed to be themselves.
Creating school communities where every pupil is valued, seen, and welcomed requires practical strategies rooted in understanding and respect.
UK law protects transgender children's right to participate in school activities and trips; here's what parents need to know and how to advocate for…
New government safeguarding guidance defines emotional abuse whilst simultaneously instructing schools to implement practices that meet that…
An open letter to educators about the vital role they play in supporting transgender students.
A detailed examination of Hillbrook School's approach to supporting trans and gender diverse students, written specifically for parents.
A detailed breakdown of Jersey's school guidance for supporting transgender pupils, helping parents understand what the policy actually contains and…
A detailed look at what Longridge Towers School's trans policy actually contains and what it means for parents considering the school.
Parents of trans children need to know what questions to ask their school to ensure appropriate support and safeguarding are in place.
A detailed breakdown of England's draft school guidance on gender questioning children, written specifically for parents seeking clarity on what the…
Media criticism of trans inclusion in schools misses the point; these efforts should be recognised as good practice in supporting all young people.
Colorado's Proposition 135 would ban surgeries on minors that alter biological sex characteristics and strip state and Medicaid funding from those…
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring the University of California from enforcing parts of its anti-harassment policy against…
James Talarico, the Democratic US Senate nominee in Texas, has reversed his longstanding opposition to restrictions on trans student-athletes, saying…
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has ended a rulemaking process started by her predecessor Glenn Youngkin that would have restricted transgender…
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