UK kids to be taught men can menstruate

Stuff reports:

Primary school children in the United Kingdom will be taught that all genders can have periods under new sex education guidelines that aim to tackle the stigma around menstruation.

Brighton & Hove City Council has released a report advising teachers that “menstruation must be inclusive of all genders”, as “trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods”.

That’s going to lead to some fun discussions at home:

“Daddy, do you menstruate”
“Umm, no I don’t”
“Why not Daddy, is there something wrong with you”

UPDATE: The original story has been corrected, and was misleading. They now advise:


This story initially quoted the report as stating”menstruation must be inclusive of all genders”. This was incorrect and the article has been updated. The headlines and intros has also been updated to better reflect the content of the report.

So not that much of a story after all it seems.

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