Teachers ‘crying out’ for help supporting trans students as they don’t know how
Just 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.
For trans pupils at Brinsworth, the most important thing is to have that ‘safe space where they can be themselves’ and to know that they are in control of how they want to be addressed, Ms Mellon explained.She added: ‘Usually, they direct us – the staff – as to how we can best support them.“It’s important to build a school culture where difference and diversity are not merely tolerated but celebrated.”Our Education Programmes Officer, Frankie, shares how you can make your primary school’s anti-bullying policy LGBT+ inclusive: https://t.co/waHg280VQu ð pic.twitter.com/wnr9oVe5T7‘Support could be as simple as answering, “Which toilet should I use?” or asking for teachers to address them by their chosen pronouns.’The Pride groups are drop-in, so no one is forced to go, and normally they start with students writing down their preferred.
