Trans student explains struggles of going to toilets at a school with no unisex facilities
People who are transgender experience a mismatch between their gender and the sex on their birth certificate.In August last year the Scottish government publishedin schools with issues ranging from toilets and changing rooms to pronouns, coming out and school uniform.
Some schools in Scotland have introduced unisex toilets but it is an issue that splits public opinion.suggested about 25% of those who took part agreed that a transgender person under the age of 16 should be allowed to use the toilet/changing room/communal accommodation on school trips of the gender they identify with, rather than their sex as registered at birth. However, a higher proportion - about four in 10 - disagreed.
In practice, pupils say they have benefitted from resources like LGBT clubs - however 13-year-old Demetri told the BBC more could be done to improve learning materials. "I just feel it would be really upsetting for someone that you look up to, like a parent, to not accept you for who you are." He said: "Sometimes I feel negative, sometimes I just wish like I could be just like a girl again because it would be so much easier.
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