Saturday 14 May 2022 11:13 PM Critics accuse Swindon Council of promoting 'damaging transgender ideology in ... trends now
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Council chiefs faced criticism over their trans policy last night amid concern about the number of referrals to the only NHS gender service for children.
Figures obtained under Freedom of Information legislation show that the average referral rate across England was 32 per 100,000 under-18s in 2018 and 2019.
But Swindon had a figure of 66 per 100,000. It was among seven areas out of 191 with a rate more than double the national average.
Critics have accused the council of promoting ‘damaging’ transgender ideology in schools through its Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) programme in which teachers are given advice on teaching Year Seven children, aged 11 or 12, about changing gender as part of a lesson on ‘emotional and physical
