https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/bullied-trans-teen-blasts-uks-inexcusable-new-guidance-on-how-schools-should-treat-trans-kids/

The boy in the article was bullied so bad he had to drop out of school.  This policy not only harm trans kids and make them feel untrusting of their teachers, but it also encourages other students to attack the trans kids.  How would you like your boss or co-worker to constantly misgender you, use the wrong pronouns towards you, or called you by the wrong name.   And please tell me what about using the preferred name or pronoun that a person prefers is against the Christian bible?  Where in the bible does it say a person can not change their name?  Where in the bible does it say to call a person by a different pronoun is a sin?   It is just using religion to justify hate, being mean, and being cruel.   Just how it is loving to treat someone like crap, it sure doesn’t make them want to join your church.  Plus as the boy in the article points out, cis kids do this stuff all the time and no one cares.  Also the headmaster refused to let him change his names claiming it might confuse the younger student?  Using the protect little kids to cause harm to another child.  Plus kids are not confused by name changes and wearing different clothing.  They really don’t care unless they are told to care / be upset by it.  Plus in higher education the rule requires the request to use preferred pronouns or names must take into account how the other cis students will feel.   WTF.  If I was a kid in those schools I would misgender the teachers that misgendered me, I would not respond to the wrong pronouns or name.  I would put my preferred name on all homework and tests.   Hugs. Scottie  

“It’s inexcusable to say a child needs to have permission to experiment with their name or wardrobe. Cis kids do that all the time without their parents being informed. The politicians behind this guidance don’t know what it is to be trans, they’ve never listened to a trans voice so they don’t know what damage it will cause.”

Schools and colleges are also required to consider the impact of affirming trans students on cis students. It also says no student or teacher can be required to use a trans student’s correct pronouns.

Newton Carey was bullied so badly that he dropped out of school. He says new guidance requiring teachers to out trans students would be disastrous.

By Molly Sprayregen Wednesday, December 20, 2023

 

 

A 15-year-old trans boy opened up about his own upsetting experience coming out at school in the wake of England’s new draft guidance that would allow teachers to misgender trans students and require them to out trans kids to their parents.

“Transphobic bullying is rampant and I think 100% this guidance only fuels that fire,” Newton Carey told The Guardian. “If I’d been able to exist in my school as a trans kid from the beginning, nobody would have complained because I wasn’t asking for anything special. The only reason other kids saw the difference was because it was pointed out to them.”

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Carey detailed informing his teacher of his trans identity at the age of 11 and said the first thing he did was report it to the headteacher. The headteacher then called Carey’s mom to make sure she knew he was trans and ask if it was okay with her. “I wasn’t included in the conversation at all,” he said.

The headteacher then refused to let Carey change his name on school documents, claiming it could upset younger students. At the same time, he quit playing sports because the other boys were making fun of him.

“When I started secondary school I was allowed to use the disabled toilet but the lock on the door didn’t work and it didn’t feel safe,” he continued. “I was badly bullied and my mental health plummeted so I stopped attending and was home schooled for a year.”

Carey ended his story by blasting the politicians responsible for the new guidance that will undoubtedly cause trans students across the country to endure similar struggles.

“It’s inexcusable to say a child needs to have permission to experiment with their name or wardrobe. Cis kids do that all the time without their parents being informed. The politicians behind this guidance don’t know what it is to be trans, they’ve never listened to a trans voice so they don’t know what damage it will cause.”

According to the new guidance – which must still undergo a 12-week public consultation before it is finalized – schools do not have a “general duty to allow a child to ‘social transition’” and in the case of primary school-aged children (under 11), schools are banned from using pronouns that do not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth.

School officials must inform parents if students request to change their pronouns or name or ask to wear school uniforms that do not align with the sex they were assigned at birth, except in “very rare situations where informing parents might raise a significant risk of harm to the child.”

Schools and colleges are also required to consider the impact of affirming trans students on cis students. It also says no student or teacher can be required to use a trans student’s correct pronouns.

Mermaids, an organization that advocates for transgender youth, called the guidance “unworkable, out of touch and absurd.”