Launch of our RSE Guide for Schools
Today we launch our Inclusive Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) guide to the government's statutory RSE guidance and resources from external providers. Our RSE guide is designed to help parents…
Social transition in schools, teacher training, PSHE classes, transgender policies
Educate & Celebrate – smashing heteronormativity in the classroom
This is Elly Barnes, CEO of the LGBT organisation Educate & Celebrate, in her own words: “we’re trying to smash heteronormativity … not everyone identifies as heterosexual or as male…
Stonewall turns its attention to children with SEND and autism – our full report on Stonewall schools guidance since 2015
In March, Stonewall published a new schools guide ‘An Introduction to Supporting LGBT young people’, replacing the guide of the same name published in 2015 which is no longer available…
The Proud Trust : Nothing to be Proud of
by Shelley Charlesworth The Manchester based Proud Trust could be a case study in how the trans issue has increasingly come to dominate many groups which were originally set up…
Parliamentary briefing: teaching ‘gender identity’ in the RSE curriculum
Yesterday (February 26) we took part in a Parliamentary Briefing on the new RSE curriculum in the House of Commons convened by the Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection…
Diversity Role Models – or role models of conformity to a new ideology?
Diversity Role Models is a high profile LGBT charity providing training in schools, just one of many LGBT charities and organisations whose materials have moved away from the LGB in…
Gender neutral toilets in schools aren’t working
More and more schools are implementing gender neutral toilets in order to be 'inclusive.' Are they working?
Do children need Stonewall’s LGBT inclusive teaching in primary schools?
Stonewall recently launched an LGBT inclusive curriculum guide for primary schools, supported by the Government Equalities Office and Pearson. Here we analyse that guide. Do children need Stonewall's LGBT inclusive…
What Questions Should a School be Asking about Mermaids Training for Teachers?
The contributor of these notes is a language teacher and department chair in a secondary school. She has over 20 years of teaching experience in both the UK and international school…
What does Scotland’s U-Turn on Transgender Schools Guidance Mean for England and Wales?
The Scottish government has taken the welcome step of having a rethink on many areas concerning changes to the GRA. The LGBT Youth transgender schools guidance has now been withdrawn…