The experience of having an emotional response that results in the desire for a romantic, but not necessarily sexual, relationship or interaction with another person or oneself. This term refers to the fact that sexuality, sexual attraction, and sexual behavior can change over time and vary based on circumstances.

Teachers, school leadership teams and governorsin both state and private schools at primary and secondary levels setting rules and policies Sex Matters said: “Note that ‘trans men’ are women who identify as men, and are therefore female, while ‘trans women’ are men who identify as women, and are therefore male.” The group said such legislation could use the model of laws against female genital mutilation and virginity testing. When the Gender Recognition Act was brought in, lawmakers recognised that it was an extraordinary piece of legislation, and that the implications of section 9, which changes a person’s legally recognised sex “for all purposes”, were unclear:

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It said that if schools, universities and other public sector organisations continued to mix up sex and gender, it would affect the reliability of statistics and could be harmful for women’s rights. We also draw on the statutory and non-statutory guidance for schools produced by the Department for Education and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Many people who identify as graysexual do experience some sexual attraction or desire, but perhaps not at the same level or frequency as those who identify their sexuality as being completely outside of the asexual spectrum. Grayromantic

A romantic orientation that describes a person who’s romantically attracted to themselves. People who identify as autoromatic often report experiencing the relationship they have with themselves as romantic. Bicurious We do not agree that schools should adopt a blanket policy of preventing trans pupils from using single-sex facilities according to their acquired gender, as this could lead to indirect gender reassignment discrimination unless objectively justified. This needs to be considered on a case by case basis.” Sex Matters says that this clarity is very welcome. “The EHRC’s straightforward explanation should help service providers avoid the difficulties currently plaguing politicians when they are asked questions about the difference between sex and gender identity,” said the Executive Director of Sex Matters, Maya Forstater. Sex Matters warned that many organisations - including NHS Mental Health - only recorded information on gender, meaning women were included in the same group as men who identify as women. And they said therapists should be banned from telling under-18s that they can change their sex, when all that can be changed is self-identified gender.the safeguarding framework Keeping Children Safe in Education (2019) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) The fulfilment of sexual health is tied to the extent to which human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled. Sexual rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in international and regional human rights documents Sex Matters said “modern” conversion therapy is a much greater problem than conversion therapy as traditionally understood. Being able to talk clearly and honestly about sex, in policies and procedures, and between individuals and agencies, is critical to informed consent, to identifying risk and to preventing harm. The examples are at the heart of the guidance. They show how single-sex spaces are legitimate in a wide variety of everyday and specialist situations. We hope they will give service providers and others the confidence to establish and enforce clear, simple rules.Now the EHRC will need to update the Code of Practice to make it clearer and bring it into line with the Equality Act.”

Sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families, and to the social and economic development of communities and countries. Sexual health, when viewed affirmatively, requires a positive and respectful The guidance recognises that pupils who are experiencing gender issues, or who identify as transgender, should not be treated less favourably than their peers, but schools should remember that such children have not actually changed sex. Gender identity theory is deeply offensive to many, as is apparent if one compares it to the equally distasteful belief that "anyone should be able to identify as any race they choose, regardless of their skin colour". Women across the globe, especially those fighting for their rights, should not be pressured into using the language of fantasy over the language of physical reality. The gender-critical group Sex Matters has produced new guidance for those collecting official data, to end “contention, confusion and fear” on how to record this information.

Sexual health-related issues are wide-ranging, and encompass sexual orientation and gender identity, sexual expression, relationships, and pleasure. They also include negative consequences or conditions such as: In different attempts to define this term, two aspects are usually taken into account: biological (essentialist approach) and socio-cultural (constructivist approach). Although sexuality has an important biological component - usually related to the imperative of reproduction - other components, such as personal needs and desires, emotions, practices and identities, are of equal, and sometimes greater, importance. The World Health Organisation defines sexuality as: By changing gender, they are told, they will be effectively straight – a process called “transing away the gay”. Closeted, or the state of being “in the closet,” describes people in the LGBTQIA+ community who don’t publicly or openly share their sexual identity, sexual attraction, sexual behavior, gender expression, or gender identity. Thus, the five-year-old girl who has her clitoris and labia sliced off during the practice of female genital mutilation and is at risk of severe pain, prolonged bleeding, infection, infertility and even death, is suffering, not because she has a female body and her society wants to control her sexuality, but because she identifies as “cisgender”. Similarly, the nine-year-old girl who is compelled to marry a forty-year-old man and be deprived of her right to health, education and development is suffering, not because of sex-based inequality in her country, but because she also identifies somewhere on the feminine side of the "Gender Spectrum". Presumably the female foetus aborted at 15 weeks is killed, not because she has a developing female body and her society values female bodies less than male bodies, but because she didn't get the Gender Woo Woo memo explaining how gender identity trumps material fact.

Some go on to have irreversible surgery to remove their breasts, genitals or internal sexual organs. Born in the wrong body Similar to sex-averse, sex-repulsed is on the spectrum of asexuality and describes those who are asexual and are repulsed by or extremely disinterested in sex or sexual behavior. Skoliosexual Maya Forstater, executive director of Sex Matters, said recent campaigns to ban gay conversion therapy focus on examples of abuse that took place more than 50 years ago, and there is no evidence that these abusive practices continue today. However, this can lead to misleading information, as online sources often reduce the question of sexuality to sex practices only, and sexual partners are often objectified. There are differing opinions as to whether sexual education should be done by youth workers, or whether it should rather be left to professionals in the field of human sexuality. However, youth workers are often in a position to provide important assistance to young people in talking through issues related to sexuality and answering their concerns. This can be done through informal discussions or in organised workshops that deal with such topics as negotiation and communication skills, antidiscrimination and human rights education.It is not reasonable to expect an adolescent to discuss sensitive and personal information unless confidentiality can be assured. All adolescents and caregivers present (commonly a parent or both parents) should be told about confidentiality at the beginning of the interview. Prominent legal cases such as those of Maya Forstater and Allison Bailey show that women risk disciplinary action at work, and the loss of their livelihoods, for talking about the reality of their sexed bodies. Many more women simply remain frightened and silent. Also referred to as “aces,” some people who are asexual do experience romantic attraction to people of one or multiple genders. Some asexual people may also engage in sexual activity. Aromantic There are many different types and forms of expression of sexuality and it can take a while for people to figure out what is “right” for them. Although there are many aspects of sexuality, such as gender identity, sexual identity or sexual orientation, issues of sexual diversity primarily centre about the later.