Vatican guidance on gender identity 'completely at odds' with approach in Irish schools, claims group

New guidance for Catholic schools issued by the Vatican rejecting the idea that people can self-declare their gender “ignores the real and legitimate experiences” of young trans people, according to Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI).

Launched this week in a bid to tackle what the Vatican deems an “educational crisis” in modern gender identity, the guide is “completely at odds” with the approach adopted towards trans and intersex students in many schools here, according to the group.