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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Archie Mitchell

Ministers ‘drop plans’ to ban pupils changing gender but teachers won’t have to use pupils’ preferred pronouns

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Ministers have dropped plans to ban pupils from changing their gender identity in schools after being warned it would be illegal, it has been revealed.

New guidance for schools, expected to be published next week, will state that children can socially transition with their parents’ consent, meaning they can use another name or pronoun and wear the uniform of the opposite sex, The Times reported.

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