In April, the Crown Prosecution Service pulled its LGBT hate crime guidance for schools following a legal challenge by a 14-year-old girl.
The guidance warned schools they could face legal action if they do not allow transgender pupils to use the toilets and changing rooms of their choice. It also claimed that children could be guilty of a hate crime for ‘rejecting someone’, ‘not wanting to work with them’ or excluding them from a friendship group.
The schoolgirl, known as Miss A, was very alarmed by what she read in the document. Lawyers representing the girl said that she: ‘Greatly values her privacy and finds the thought of biological boys accessing the girl’s toilets very distressing.’
