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Show your support for J K Rowling!

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:July 8, 2020
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate / Media, T.V. & Radio
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J K Rowling’s and Harry Potter’s birthdays are coming up on July 31st. We have a fantastic way you can show your support for J K Rowling - read on!…

Launch of our RSE Guide for Schools

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:June 25, 2020
Post category:Schools and Youth Organisations / Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:1 Comment

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

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:June 23, 2020
Post category:Schools and Youth Organisations / Transgender Organisations and Activists
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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…

Diversity Role Models – or role models of conformity to a new ideology?

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:January 19, 2020
Post category:Schools and Youth Organisations
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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…

Do children need Stonewall’s LGBT inclusive teaching in primary schools?

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:December 15, 2019
Post category:Schools and Youth Organisations / Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:6 Comments

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?

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:September 9, 2019
Post category:Schools and Youth Organisations / Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:8 Comments

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?

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:July 13, 2019
Post category:Schools and Youth Organisations
Post comments:3 Comments

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

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:July 5, 2019
Post category:Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:12 Comments

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…

The Surge in Referral Rates of Girls to the Tavistock Continues to Rise

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:July 1, 2019
Post category:Health Professionals and Organisations
Post comments:5 Comments

Following an unprecedented surge in 2015, the referral rate of girls to Tavistock GIDS continues on its upward trajectory. The number of boys referred over the past year remains the…

Transgender Trend Statement in Support of Michele Moore

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:June 21, 2019
Post category:Health Professionals and Organisations
Post comments:10 Comments

The petition calling for the dismissal of Professor Michele Moore as editor of Disability and Society is a common tactic of activists who want to silence any debate and difference…