Schools
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School guidance – third time lucky?
The first edition of Supporting Transgender Young People: Guidance for Schools in Scotland was published in 2017 by LGBT Youth Scotland. Two years later, the Scottish Government announced that...
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Letter to Permanent Secretary
Since our UK Supreme Court judgment in April there has been almost ten weeks of prevaricating by the Scottish Government and little, if anything, by way of action to...
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Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
The Herald article Schools could face Sandie Peggie-style legal dispute highlighted our comments that local authorities that fail to uphold the School Premises Regulations on separate sex facilities for...
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Withdrawing children from religious observance at school
This is our submission to the Scottish Government consultation on their proposals to amend the legislation on religious observance and religious education in schools. The proposed changes are thought...
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Equally Safe at School – student survey
An article in today’s Herald: Campaigners raise concerns over Rape Crisis Scotland school survey reports on a survey that asked second year pupils numerous questions about sexual harassment. The...
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FOI for Funding Applications
The funding applications submitted by four organisations that are funded primarily by the Scottish Government – LGBT Youth Scotland, Equality Network, Engender and Elect Her – were requested via...
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What’s Happening in Your Child’s School?
Report 1: What’s Happening in Your Child’s Classroom? SummaryThe number of children presenting with gender distress in Scotland has soared over the last decade, particularly since 2017 when many...
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Statutory guidance for RSHP in schools
This is our submission to the Scottish Government consultation on statutory guidance for Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) in schools. The draft guidance can be read here and...
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School Toilets
Despite clear legislation on the requirement to provide single-sex toilets in schools many local authorities across Scotland are replacing these with mixed-sex (gender-neutral) facilities, often without prior consultation with...
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Withdraw the ‘Supporting transgender young people in schools’ guidance from Scottish schools
This is our submission to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee who are considering petition PE2001 calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to withdraw...