Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: We reveal which anti-trans organisations informed the 'Section 28 2.0' consultation

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💬 This week:

• Section 28 2.0: A new FOI seen exclusively by QueerAF reveals how many anti-trans groups fed into a process that led to the creation of a ban on teachers sharing materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender".
• EHRC: The watchdog is facing ever-increasing pressure that it has overreached its mandate since the Supreme Court ruling, as over 650 businesses write to government ministers calling for a rethink.
• Labels in Media: Does Trans+ representation work if you never acknowledge the transness? This week in the Queer Gaze, we explore whether old school censorship is back, or whether there is value in not always using Trans+ labels in stories.

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'Section 28 2.0' RSE consultation featured four explicitly anti-trans groups, FOI reveals

TL;DR: Exclusive: An FOI seen by QueerAF shows that four explicitly anti-trans organisations were included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'. The statutory guidance will ban schools from from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender". It also makes it compulsory to teach children the laws about 'biological sex' and adopts a number of other gender-critical perspectives.