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Gender Identity - The Challenges Facing Schools

Rishi Sunak has said that new guidance will be given to schools in England in the coming months on how they should deal with children questioning their gender identity.

Teaching unions say they urgently need more guidance from the government about how schools should deal with children questioning their gender identity. It's complex, contentious and challenging. But at the heart of this are teachers trying to do what they think is best for their students.

Rishi Sunak has said that new guidance will be given to schools in England in the coming months on how they should deal with cases where children ask to use a different name or pronouns, but don't want their parents to know.

The 主播大秀's Education Correspondent, Elaine Dunkley and Josh Parry, the LGBT and Identity Reporter have the answers to 5 Question On Gender Identity - The Challenges Facing Schools.

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