UK government removes protection for trans children in schoolJane Fae, August 21, 2013
The UK government has removed protection for trans individuals in education.
Following a public outrage at the re-introduction by a number of UK schools and academies of Section 28 style policies, there is further controversy over a decision by the Department for Education (DfE) to remove 'gender identity' from its guidelines on teaching the national curriculum.
Equalities educator Alice Hoyle, on her blog Sex Edukation, exposed how the current draft of the National Curriculum Document has been altered from a previous version in February.
In the earlier draft, it said: '4.2 Teachers should take account of their duties under equal opportunities legislation that covers disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, gender identity, and religion or belief.'
But now, it has been amended to read: 'Teachers should take account of their duties under equal opportunities legislation that covers disability, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.'
