Schools which affirm gender-confused children in their transgender identity may be breaking the law and could face sanctions, the Attorney General for England and Wales has said. Nor is it age-appropriate to teach four-year-olds that people can change sex or gender”. “Schools have a duty not to discriminate unlawfully against pupils with a protected characteristic, including gender reassignment and sex. And this is really wrong.”ScotlandCampaigners in Scotland seized on the speech to remind the Scottish Government that it must urgently reconsider guidance for schools that “parrots trans ideology”. ‘Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools’ tells schools to support children who think their gender is different from their biological sex, and that “it is best to not share information with parents or carers” on a pupil’s gender identity “without considering and respecting” the child’s views.

Source: The Times August 12, 2022 18:13 UTC