Scots teachers banned from telling parents if their kids have changed gender in school

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Teachers have been ordered not to tell parents if their under-age children are identifying as a different gender. Staff at a West Dunbartonshire high school received an email from the head teacher warning them they should not be divulging the information even about 12-year-olds.Pupils can ask staff to address them by a new name and pronouns, meaning youngsters born female will be referred to as “he” or “him” and vice-versa, while also taking on a new name.

But as a result of controversial Scottish Government guidance many local authorities actively conceal the information from parents if the child doesn’t want them to know as the guidance states transgender is “not a child protection or wellbeing issue”.A Sunday Mail investigation has found serious variations in how the policy is applied across the country.

And teachers who spoke anonymously to us have raised concerns. One said: “There are some classes with several children as young as 12 who have said they want to be known by a new name and pronouns.

It is an issue affecting an increasingly large number of young people.“An email was sent out before parents’ night making clear the information was not to be given to the guardians of at least one S1 pupil as they didn’t want them to know.