A primary school in Cambridge is telling children that calling someone by the ‘wrong’ pronoun is “illegal.” Arbury Primary, which takes children between 4 and 11 years old, holds special celebratory assemblies when a child ‘”transitions” from one gender to the other and allows children to use whichever toilets match their chosen gender identity. The school also urges parents to change their
child’s name by deed poll if they “change gender,” in guidance which is being used by a number of other schools. David Davies, member of Parliament, criticized the school’s “completely irresponsible” advice, saying: “It’s ludicrous that a school would suggest something as radical as a legal name change for children this young. He added that the school should instead concentrate on teaching pupils reading, writing and arithmetic. READ MORE