Seventy-seven per cent of LGBTQ+ pupils say they have never received any school-based education about gender identity and what being ‘trans’ means; 33 per cent of trans pupils are not able to be known by their preferred name at school; 58 per cent are not allowed to use the toilets in which they feel comfortable.15 This environment, created by the failings of adults, only increases hostility and bullying among pupils. Horrifyingly, almost one in ten trans young people have received a death threat while at school. Rather than being indulged or given special treatment, the stark truth is that
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