Information for schools.
Follow the links below to view our available resources on Gender Development specifically designed for schools. Please contact GIRES directly if the material provided doesn't suit your circumstances, and we will design something specifically for your school/class. Note that there is also information suitable for younger children in our family advice section.
Transphobic Bullying Toolkit
The Home Office commissioned GIRES to prepare a toolkit for schools to use in combating transphobic bullying. The material has undergone extensive testing by people involved in education, government agencies, the unions, the police and organisations working in the transgender field. The latest version of the material is now ready for wider dissemination and may be viewed from the link below. Acknowledgements
Information for Teenagers
Gender Development–the inside story
— Material for years 10, 11 and up.
Parliamentary Question about Transphobic Bullying in Schools
On 1 March 2007, Dr Lynne Jones MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism, asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to combat bullying of transgendered children in schools.
In a reply dated 7 March 2007, Mr Jim Knight MP said “my officials are meeting transsexual representative groups to discuss their concerns, and we will consider how best to proceed in the light of these discussions”.
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