Even before gender fluidity, there has always been a surprisingly uneasy tension around something which on the surface should be ...
Please cut teachers some slack with gender pronoun slip-ups
Calling a student by the wrong gender pronoun by mistake should be treated as just that – but the flow on consequences are not to be dismissed.
When a student informs the school they would rather be known by either a different gender or neutral pronoun, the fear of making a genuine mistake can make teachers feel they are walking into a booby-trapped building.