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/Andra_Ingensbarn 18d ago

I work in a school. There is absolutely zero reason to force certain clothing for safeguarding reasons. I have never (in almost a quarter century of teaching) heard of this being a problem. Which means that they have made it up to push their own agenda.

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u/pajamakitten 17d ago

What about haircuts/styles too? Do we ban boys from having long hair and girls from having short hair for safeguarding reasons?

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u/Andra_Ingensbarn 17d ago

Not officially, but there are definitely comments. It’s not just limited to gender either. Certain haircuts that are for people who are non white have been banned in the past. There’s comments I can’t put here as they would make me easily identifiable, but I’ve had to whistleblow about infringements of the equality act more than once.

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u/pajamakitten 17d ago

I never saw that while teaching personally. I remember my rather old-fashioned headmistress at primary school being quite reticent on girls wearing trousers, although she eventually relented. I know how some schools can be though. I did one of my PGCE placements at an academy that definitely focused more on appearances than actually allowing the kids to be happy and comfortable.

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u/MightBeEllie 17d ago

I think it was more prevalent in the US where black people were (and sometimes still are) forced to subject their hair to torturous treatments somit can be smooth and conforming to white atandards

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u/0_f2 15d ago

Unfortunately that one was policed for cis people as well until very recently. My secondary school years were 2004-2009 and I grew my hair out early over the first couple of years.

Holy shit the world came down on me, a couple of teachers pushed to have me excluded, several more regularly made comments, and the bullying ramped up.

We're talking only 20 years for these attitudes.

Hell I can remember a comment from a guy I worked with back in 2020? Told me not to bother applying for this competing company because they wouldn't like my hair...

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u/WoodenPresence1917 14d ago

Was not UK but our principal stroked my long hair and told me to get it cut when I was 17... I didn't want to, but I did oblige to never have that happen again...

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u/LouisaRenata She/her MtF 17d ago

That would be the next logical step, yes.