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Scottish government says school pupils must use toilets on basis of sex

Schools must provide single-sex toilets and are encouraged to also offer access to gender-neutral or other facilities

Schools must provide separate toilets and changing rooms for boys and girls to be used on the basis of a pupil’s biological sex, the Scottish government has said in updated guidance.

Transgender pupils can no longer use “the facilities they feel most comfortable with”, as was previously the case, but schools were encouraged to offer gender-neutral facilities or access to disabled and staff toilets for the relatively small number of children affected.

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