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Tags: “Social transition” in schools, DfE (Department for Education)

Why DfE dithering is to blame for the trans cat-fight

Helen Joyce for SchoolsWeek

Cat-identifying children are a distraction from the fact that schools have been left to teach fiction as fact in the absence of clear guidance.