Schools do not have to use trans students' preferred pronouns or let them use single sex spaces, the attorney general has said
She said schools did not "have to say 'okay, we're going to let you change your pronoun or let you wear a skirt or call yourself a girl's name'."
Similarly, she said when children identify as non-binary schools do not have to change their systems or service in order to accomodate them.Ms Braverman also highlighted variations in the number of children who are transgender, something she attributed to "the way teachers and local education authorities are approaching this subject".
"I think there is something to be said for young people seeing what their peers are doing and being influenced by that," she said.Read more:Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi is currently drawing up guidance for how schools should respond to children with gender dysphoria. He previously said schools should do what they can to accomodate trans children, and said students born male who identify as female should be able to use female-only spaces when they are not being used by others.
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