Nigel And Sally Rowe: Parents Sue Over Church School’s Gender-Neutral Rules
An Isle of Wight couple is preparing to take legal action against the government over transgender guidelines at their son's school.
Back in 2017, Sally and Nigel Rowe pulled their children out of school after their then six-year-old son’s classmate was allowed to wear a dress to school.
According to County Press, the Christian parents said he was confused as to why a child at the Church of England school dressed as both a boy and a girl.
The pair have since home-schooled their son, together with his older brother, who was removed from the same school a year before over a similar incident.
Lawyers for the couple wrote to the government stating they intend to seek a judicial review of what they say is a failure by ministers to challenge the local authority's trans guidelines.
The Rowes will pursue a judicial review over the Department for Education's refusal to intervene in their case and the promotion of Cornwall Schools Transgender Guidance, which aims to support trans pupils.
These guidelines – which the couple want overhauled – state that transgender pupils should be able to wear the uniform of their true gender.
According to The Times, the couple said that when they raised the issue, the school gave them the choice of either affirming transgenderism, which they believe is harmful, or being labelled as transphobic.
Speaking to the County Press back in 2017, Mrs. Rowe said: "We are not transphobic. I have no hatred in my heart at all – we know these families and we love them.
“I feel like our voice has been pushed down for a long, long time for fear of this – we’ve been called transphobic, we’re hated for speaking about what we believe.
“We feel on a national level the guidelines given to schools are not always lawful and not always correct.”
A Department for Education spokesman told The Times: “We recognize that issues relating to gender identity can be complex and sensitive.
“Schools are best placed to work with parents, pupils and public services to decide what is best for individual children – and what is best for all others in the school.”
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