The attorney general has claimed it is legal for schools to refuse to use trans children’s preferred pronouns and ban them from using the toilets or uniform of their stated gender.
However, a headteachers’ union accused Suella Braverman of “muddying the waters”, with schools still awaiting official government guidance on how to approach issues of sex and gender.
In an article for the Telegraph, the minister claimed “many schools and teachers” believed they had “an absolute legal obligation to treat children who are gender questioning according to the preference of the child”.
