Schools were told to put sanitary bins in boys’ toilets for transgender students MATT CARDY/GETTY IMAGES
Teachers are being encouraged to tell primary school children that boys can have periods to avoid upsetting transgender pupils.
Advice on sex education lessons issued by a local authority states that teachers should discuss menstruation in a way that is inclusive of all genders.
The guidance, published by Brighton and Hove city council, on which Labour is the largest party with minority control, was criticised as sacrificing clear information for girls in favour of political correctness.
It states: “Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods.”
The guidance advises teachers that language used to talk about menstruation should be inclusive of all genders and that bins for tampons and other period products should be provided in male and female school lavatories.
