Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy: Full Expose
On December 2nd last year, the day after the court judgment was handed down in the Keira Bell & Mrs A v Tavistock case, Transgender Trend received an email from…
Transgender and LGBT organisations, charities and activists
The new Department for Education RSE guidance: what should schools look out for?
The new Department for Education guidance on the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education re-establishes common-sense and evidence-based reality in schools. Although the new guidelines are for the RSE and…
The lobbyists influencing gender health care for children
By Jane Galloway Jane is an autistic woman and parent. She campaigns to highlight not only the under diagnosis and support of autistic women and girls, but the lack of…
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…
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…
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…
Our Statement on Stonewall
On June 5th, one month in advance, we booked and paid for a ticket to the Stonewall Children and Young People education conference today in London (July 5th) openly in…