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to discuss the band in school the BBC asked me to comment on scores decision to bounce curse and introduce a gender-neutral school uniform now before we start let's not assume this gender-neutral uniform debate is just for schools this is a conversation that needs to happen in workplaces across the world to both schools and workplaces should be open inclusive and tolerant environments where everyone can be proud of and celebrate their authentic selves it's a safe space where you can bring all of who you are to work in school no hiding no masks showing up is the real and true you for reference I've written a full article on this topic the link to it is in the description along with this video what follows is a snapshot of what I discuss in that article gender is traditionally seen as a binary meaning there are two genders boy and girl a gender is assigned to us at birth now most people think that genom is about your physical body but that isn't the kiss gender identity is how you feel about yourself is how you feel on the inside and this can be different from the sex you were assigned at birth gender expression is how you present your gender identity to the world through your individual preferences how you look how you wear your hair and your clothes it's about your demeanor your voice and the way that you speak it's about your mannerisms and your movements I prefer to see gender on a spectrum where our sense of gender exists somewhere between male and female that's how I experience my gender identity and I know thousands of others that due to gender neutral means neither male or female so why is having a gender-neutral uniform important when the gender-neutral debate comes up is often thought it is for trans and non-binary inclusion purposes only but I disagree with that it's inclusive to a wide range of people yes lesbians gay men those are identifies bisexual and intersex they're able to express themselves more freely but it also allows anyone that doesn't feel comfortable in the dress code that is associated with their sex assigned at birth to be their authentic self when I was at school which is a few years ago now and in a few jobs that I've had it was compulsory to wear a skirt I felt incredibly uncomfortable and it affected me mentally I wasn't able to bring all of who I was to what I was doing because I felt so awkward so so out of place and I lost my sense of self I was too busy in my head trying to come to some sort of peace about what I was being subjected to where against my will to be educated and to do my job to the best of my ability having a gender-neutral uniform enables people to express themselves fully without any pressures to be or look a certain way it gives a sense of freedom and liberation and creativity a gender-neutral uniform allows everyone to feel comfortable and not to be confined by outdated gendered norms I've always been gender non-conforming you can ask me mum I didn't attend any formal events at school such as dinners or the end of year prom because it was expected that I wear a dress no way if Ida showed up in my trousers sue I would have ostracized myself from my classmates even further getting the attention of a boy whilst wearing a trouser suit can you imagine because I wouldn't want to out myself by looking at the girls there are so many elements to impac here and even today wearing a suit and tie on public transport as a woman is very challenging the looks the comments the side glances the conversations under hands I find that rude first and foremost and secondly I find it odd when I was at school I had to wear a tie adults didn't give me a second look when I was in my school uniform yeah get me on a train today wearing a suit and tie looking very dapper massive sitting opposite a man in a suit and tie you can imagine why is there such a heated debate about this well that's a good question and there are a few points to address here number one some are using the gender-neutral uniform to eliminate the short skirt issue these are two very separate aspects number one dealing with inappropriately short skirts and number two a much larger discussion around inclusion to mention the elimination of short skirts and introducing a gender-neutral uniform as the solution is mixing the two conversations and giving a whopped perspective to the wider population about gender neutral issues the two matters need to be separated out number two what about boys if you ban skirts and introduce trousers for the girls what about the boys then they want to wear skirts but are now not able to that isn't being inclusive forgetting any social constraints that they may feel I'll come back to this point later number three and what about the girls that wanted to Wesker's but you banned them for everyone what about them that isn't inclusive either number four some people see this as LGBT plus inclusion gone mad what people aren't seeing here is this isn't only for the LGBT plus kids to feel included non LGBT plus kids don't feel comfortable in skirts too it also has practical issues such as restricting movement and denying participation in sport in the playground number five banning skirts versus giving choice and freedom inclusion is about being given a choice not to take away choice and to create further restriction every student should feel they have freedom of choice allowing all elements of the uniform to be worn by any student regardless of gender is the way forward what is the real issue here there's something going on underneath the surface that people aren't saying inclusion is bringing all of who you are to work and to school with no censoring no hiding and no pretending to be someone else the real issue that needs to be addressed is this an environment and culture needs to be cultivated where everyone can feel safe to wear what they want to wear this is my experience of high school we could wear either skirts or trousers some days I wanted to wear a skirt on very few days may I add but I predominantly wore trousers social pressures peer pressure and wanting to fit in men are never did wear a skirt I didn't feel the environment was one where I could feel comfortable to make that change for the day I saw others dressing differently for the day and the bullying and inappropriate behavior that took place as a result of that I can't imagine what a boy would have experienced from his peers if he chose to wear a skirt for a day we are conditioned from a young age about what is right and what is wrong what we should and shouldn't we're dependent on whether we are male or female and then there's the way that people get used to see new dress and present yourself a certain way creating a fixed identity that cannot be broken easily and lastly what our choices of clothing means to others but body dressing the skirt means what now gay they're trans they're a drag queen we make judgements instantly about someone based on what they are wearing let's give our kids and adults in the workplace choices to wear skirts shorts trousers or any of the variation that feels good to them irrespective of their gender March ice less restriction and most importantly work on the culture of the environment so everyone feels safe and supported to wear what they want without shin criticism judgment of bullying create that environment and you have nailed inclusion if you want to know more about this topic I have written a detailed article on it the link to read it is in the description for the video I'm go and check that out and listen if you like what you've seen today please subscribe share this with your friends and leave me a message below thanks for watching I'll see you next time [Music] [Music] you [Music]