On July 30, 2025 in London, over 200 individuals, including celebrities like Stephen Fry, Kate Nash, Anthony Lexa, and artist-activist Daniel Lismore, signed an open letter urging the Department for Education to revise the upcoming RSHE 2026 guidance. Titled “The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non‑Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non‑Conforming Voices”, the letter demands that the Department pause and amend the guidance to better reflect and affirm the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth. The open letter raises concerns that the current draft contains contradictory language which undermines protections guaranteed under the Equality Act, misrepresents gender identity as a matter of debate, and risks erasing the identities of trans, non‑binary, intersex, asexual, and gender non‑conforming young people. Signatories insist that inclusive education requires centring these voices, avoiding exclusionary wording, integrating asexual and aromantic identities, and i...