Teachers ‘crying out’ for help supporting trans students as they don’t know how
metro.co.ukJust Like Us, a charity for young gay, queer and trans people.‘We make sure that everyone feels safe in that environment and everyone is able to speak, and share their story as, of course, we not only have LGBT+ students joining but allies too,’ she told Metro.co.uk.‘If they are interested in attending, they send an email to our Pride address and they I direct them to where we meet, so that we do not disclose the exact place to try and protect that confidentiality.‘It takes a lot for some of them to walk through those doors.
So, they know that nothing is going to get passed on unless there is a safeguarding concern.‘Generally, we just play games and have a chit-chat.
Sometimes, students share presentations with the rest of the group, so they have started feeling a little bit more confident, which is really nice.’There are about 40 children attending, split between two sessions every week.
