Letter to Cab Sec re transpupil guidance

We have written to Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, about the recently reissued guidance on supporting transgender pupils in schools and expressing our concerns about the impact on young lesbians. This purported to be new guidance, but the only significant change is about the need to provide single-sex toilets, and even that is muddled. The guidance has many flaws, not least that it is not compliant with either the law or the Cass review. It continues to promote the false notion that every child has a 'gender identity'. It still recommends the social transition of children at school, despite Cass's warning that this is a significant intervention. And says that can be done behind parents' backs. Worryingly it does not provide proper safeguarding measures.

We are concerned that many of the pupils who are affected by gender confusion are young lesbians, and our letter focuses on that concern. We await the Cabinet Secretary's response.