64% of young people considering gender transition are bullied in Britain’s schools; 80% have self-harmed; 40% have attempted to take their own life. Thank you @BBCr4today for interviewing me this morning around this vital safeguarding responsibly for every school.
@SteveChalke @BBCr4today Hi Steve -- what is the source for these? As we know from the Samaritans guidelines suicide is almost never the result of one cause - so are we talking about doing further damage to already damaged children?
@JustinOnWeb @BBCr4today Hi Justin. I got them from our policy documents. Will check out the source and come back to you. Steve
@JustinOnWeb @BBCr4today Hi Justin. The slide from a PowerPoint presentation at our 2021 conference, with quotes from young people, and the source - Stonewall’s 2017 School Report.
@SteveChalke @JustinOnWeb @BBCr4today This report? It has been used so much over the years without scrutiny. But there is really no excuse not to examine it a little more closely when it's such a serious subject. transgendertrend.com/stonewall-scho…