Boys as young as five should be allowed to wear tiaras and high heels if they want to, the Church of England is telling schools in it's first advice on transphobic bullying.
Children should not be limited by their gender when growing up, the guidance published on Monday says, so girls should be able to wear a fireman's helmet and a tool belt when dressing up free from criticism, it adds.
The document issues official advice for the CofE's 4,700 schools and updates previous guidance on homophobic bullying to include biphobic and transphobic abuse.
'Children should be at liberty to explore the possibilities of who they might be without judgment or derision,' it says.
'Children should be afforded freedom from the expectation of permanence. They are in a "trying on" stage of life, and not yet adult and so no labels need to be fixed.'
To accommodate trans pupils schools should avoid 'an inflexible uniform policy that creates a particular difficulty for trans pupils', make changes to toilet facilities and offer support to allow children to be referred to as 'he' or 'she' as they wish, the document says.
from: http://goo.gl/6eN9MP
