LGBT group disappointed at opposition to teaching trans issues in primary schools

BeLonG To chief executive Moninne Griffith: 'We know from research that 12 is the most common age for a young person to know they are LGBT, but I know from talking to teachers and parents all over the country that there are young people as young as six and seven who know they are LGBT.' Picture: Moya Nolan

BeLonG To, the organisation representing LGBT young people, has expressed disappointment at calls from the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA) for children not to be taught about transgender issues.

The CPSMA has said teaching primary children what it means to be transgender "would require to teach something about which there is neither a scientific nor social consensus to highly impressionable young children”.