Parenting a trans-identified child
We are very grateful to the mother who contacted us recently and agreed to write this account of parenting her trans-identified teenage daughter over a long period of time. She…
The Rainbow Flag Award
The Rainbow Flag Award scheme is an alternative version of the Stonewall School Champions scheme. Their teaching is a prime example of the overtly political material referenced in the recently…
Just Like Us factsheet
The Department for Education recently tweeted their support for an organisation called Just Like Us. https://twitter.com/educationgovuk/status/1406970692940218368 Examination of this group's resources reveals that they are not compatible with the DfE's…
Is gender identity conversion therapy practiced in the UK today?
by Shelley Charlesworth This post poses the question: Is Gender Identity Conversion Therapy practiced in the UK today? It looks at the background to calls for a legal ban on…
Lesbian testimony from ‘an old-fashioned butch dyke’
Ajay Böhr is a retired university IT director now living in the Outer Hebrides with her dog Minnie. She is a lesbian who describes herself as 'an old-fashioned butch dyke'…
The ‘gender affirmative model’ or ‘affirmation’ approach
This article is a reworking and updating of some material taken from an essay on 'affirmation,' now commonly referred to as the 'gender affirmative model,' written by Stephanie Davies-Arai and…
‘Conversion Therapy’ & Gender Identity Survey: an analysis by Michael Biggs
Recently a group of organisations who promote the idea of "gender identity conversion therapy" conducted a survey and produced a report. The report contains a caveat: "The data should be…
Conversion therapy briefing
We prepared the following briefing ahead of the House of Commons debate on the epetition calling for a Government ban on Conversion Therapy. At the end of the debate, Equalities…
The silencing effect of toxic ideology in schools
A guest post by Craig Rickards, an experienced music teacher who has worked at an all-girls secondary school in England for over thirty years. We are grateful to Mr Rickards…
Transition and Detransition: A conversation between sisters
Sisters Andrea (l) and Sinead (r) Sinead Watson is a detransitioned woman who began medical transition in 2015 at age 24 at the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow. She began to…
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