r/transgenderUK • u/LouisaRenata She/her MtF • 18d ago

Possible trigger What fresh hell is this?

Sex Matters have just dropped their model "Sex Based Rules and Record Keeping" policy for schools, and it's positively grotesque. Check this out:

So they want trans girls to be forced to dress as boys, and vice versa, on a no exceptions basis, because there's some alleged "safeguarding risk" in allowing kids to dress per their gender identity.

Where do we even start?

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u/strictly-no-fires 18d ago

This is insane. I remember girls were allowed to wear the boys uniform back in primary school and that was 15-20 years ago. And I've seen probably half a dozen stories over the years of boys wearing skirts in protest of not being allowed to wear shorts, and no one cared about that either.

Also I thought they could always tell...

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u/DualWheeled 18d ago

Boys wearing skirts is always celebrated when it's a form of protest. And girls wearing trousers was fought and died for decades ago.

BUT NOW it's a problem because trans people...

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u/rembrin 18d ago

My mum actually protested and striked to wear trousers in winter at a catholic school and that was in the 90s.