Schools: Transgender Guidance Debate
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Baroness Meyer
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Schools: Transgender Guidance
Baroness Meyer Excerpts(1 year, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Barran (Con)
We absolutely want our policies to be sensitive, and we need them to be practical, clear and trusted. The noble Baroness quoted one element of Dr Cass’s report, but I did not hear her also say—forgive me if I missed it—that any decisions about social transition are not neutral either.
Baroness Meyer (Con)
My Lords, is not imposing the use of preferred pronouns on teachers and pupils an attack on freedom of speech?
Baroness Barran (Con)
As I say, I do not think it is helpful to generalise and talk about imposition of pronouns. We will address these issues in our guidance, and will draw on the widest range of views to inform it.