Transgender Lessons ...for Pupils Aged Five
Byline: Jack Doyle Home Affairs Correspondent
CHILDREN as young as five could be given lessons on 'transgender equality' under Government plans.
Information about transgender people is set to be included in the curriculum for personal, social and health education lessons, which are taught in thousands of primary and secondary schools.
The proposal is part of a Coalition policy programme entitled 'Advancing transgender equality - a plan for action', which was published yesterday.
In it, ministers warn that a wide range of steps are needed to combat 'transphobic bullying', which is defined as the taunting of children who express 'gender variant …
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Article title: Transgender Lessons ...for Pupils Aged Five.
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Newspaper title: Daily Mail (London).
Publication date: December 9, 2011.
Page number: 9.
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