Body positive picture book for primary children – My Body is Me!
We are delighted to announce the publication of our first picture book for primary children! My Body is Me! is a joyful, body positive picture book for primary children which…
Autistic Girls : Gender’s silent frontier
Jane Galloway at age 16 A guest post by Jane Galloway Jane Galloway is an Autistic woman with ADHD. Like so many autistic females, she was only diagnosed in her…
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 The LGBT Youth transgender schools guidance has now been withdrawn…
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…
Gendered Intelligence Training Session for Teachers at ‘Kiss My Genders’
Gendered Intelligence co-hosted a teacher training session at the Hayward Gallery last night for teachers of primary, secondary and higher education. The aim of the training was to "explore ways…
Breast Binding, Sexual Objectification & Grooming
'Chest binding' is the gender-neutral term for what should really be called breast binding as it refers only to teenage girls who want to flatten their breasts to appear male.…
An Analysis of the Mermaids Press Statement
The charity Mermaids released a press statement on Saturday ahead of an article published in the Mail on Sunday which revealed details of a Mermaids school training session. The report…
No Outsiders : Queering the Primary Classroom
Our thanks to Shelley Charlesworth for her investigation into the origins of the No Outsiders programme and for this excellent analysis of its materials and message to primary age children.…
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…