The New Fundamentalism in the Classroom
Mike Goodman (a pseudonym) is a music teacher who makes his living by teaching, playing and writing and arranging music. He has thirty years' experience teaching in schools and is…
Mike Goodman (a pseudonym) is a music teacher who makes his living by teaching, playing and writing and arranging music. He has thirty years' experience teaching in schools and is…
The founder of Transgender Trend, Stephanie Davies-Arai, was shortlisted for this year's John Maddox Prize, a joint initiative of the charity Sense About Science and the science journal Nature, which "recognises…
Simon* is a dad whose teenage son 'came out' as transgender over a year ago. Simon contacted us for help and advice and then wrote to let us know that…
The RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) Government consultation gives everyone the chance to air their views on what is taught to primary and secondary age children on the subject of…
The overriding issue dramatised in the second episode of ITV's 'Butterfly' was a parent's quest for puberty blockers in the face of a clinician's caution. In this post, Susan Matthews…
Butterfly, an ITV drama starring Anna Friel, follows a family as they try to understand their troubled gender non-conforming 11-year-old. The ‘inspiration for the show very much came from…
Women's Minister Victoria Atkins recently expressed concerns about the number of teenagers seeking life-changing medical interventions. Penny Mordaunt, Minister for Women & Equalities, has now ordered an investigation into the exponential…
An important study on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria, a new presentation which affects mainly teenage girls, was published last week in the online science journal PLOS ONE. The study, Rapid…
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has threatened the NHS with legal action if access to fertility preservation services is not offered to transgender people awaiting gender reassignment treatments.…
The government has launched the consultation on the reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) which is open for responses until October 19th. This is a chance for everyone to let…