Campaigner: I received rape and death threats after gender-neutral speech

Mental health campaigner Natasha Devon describes online abuse she received after calling for gender-neutral language in schools

The leading mental health campaigner Natasha Devon says she has been sent rape and death threats after a speech to headteachers in which she advocated the use of gender-neutral language in schools.

Devon, who was axed from her role as the government’s mental health tsar after criticising education policy, came under attack after she addressed the Girls’ Schools Association’s annual conference in Manchester this week.

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