Schools in Glasgow are set to provide increasing support to transgender pupils.
The city’s school psychologists have attended training on how to ‘create trans-inclusive schools’ delivered by LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall.
And this month a Pride Lite event is to take place in the council chambers hosting 160 LGBT pupils. There will be storytelling workshops featuring first out gay Scottish senior footballer Zander Murray among other guests as well as workshops and aCouncillor Elaine Gallagher, Scottish Greens, said: “I’m delighted to see the good work being done in LGBT inclusion work and gender friendly work for boys.
“Schools and teachers have been doing incredible work to promote equality, and I’m delighted that Green councillors have secured a commitment to the roll-out of training and resources across Glasgow’s schools to create trans-inclusive classrooms and to prevent young LGBTQ+ people from being bullied.”Last week’s education, skills and early years city policy committee saw staff updated on equalities work in relation to disability, transgender and gender boys.
Wellshot Primary has been praised for its work in helping the whole school community “better understand neurodivergent children and young people,” according to a report presented to the committee.
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