Fury at Labour plans to ease rules on legally changing gender

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57% : That is not the way to deal with such a sensitive issue.'On whether she would drop the proposed ban on teaching about the concept of gender identity, Ms Phillipson said: 'There are trans people within society and their existence should be recognised.
56% : Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the comments 'confirmed that a Labour Government would play politics with the lives of our children by ripping up guidance on Gender Questioning Children, effectively allowing contested gender ideology to be taught in the classroom''That is not well served by ministers picking fights, seeking headlines.'Let's take a more responsible approach, let's take the heat out of it, let's do this properly and seriously.'The draft statutory guidance for England published last month states that sex education should be taught no earlier than year five, when pupils are aged nine, and that what is described as the 'contested topic of gender identity' should not be taught at all.
49% : She acknowledged the importance of the guidance, adding teachers want 'clarity on how to manage what is a sensitive and difficult area for them'.Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the comments 'confirmed that a Labour Government would play politics with the lives of our children by ripping up guidance on Gender Questioning Children, effectively allowing contested gender ideology to be taught in the classroom'.Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson indicated that she will review proposed guidance on how gender identity should be addressed in schoolsJK Rowling renewed her attack on Labour's stance towards women on social media yesterday

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