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Allies of Let Toys Be Toys, we are calling on retailers in the UK to stop limiting children to outdated gender stereotypes in the design and marketing of children's clothes. #letclothesbeclothes

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We are proud to support and work alongside the following:

Campaign asking retailers to stop limiting children's imagination by selling toys as either for girls, or for boys.

Let Toys Be Toys

The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights.

The Fawcett Society

Trousers for All is a UK-wide group that campaigns to give girls the option of wearing trousers as part of their school uniform.

Trousers for All

We believe that all children – girls and boys - are affected by the ‘pinkification’ of girlhood. Our aim is to challenge and reverse this growing trend.

Pink Stinks

Blogger Dad chronicling the fun and games of a geek father, his fangirl daughter, and their ongoing struggle against pinkification.

Man vs Pink

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Check out our latest book contribution:

The Equal Classroom Routledge Lucy Rycro

Out this month The Equal Classroom (Routledge) is a guide for teachers and schools, featuring Let Toys Be Toys and a chapter on gendered clothing written by Let Clothes Be Clothes founder Francesca Mallen.

"Many of the parents I’ve spoken to through the campaign struggle to counter the prevailing gender-policing of their boys, including those who simply want the choice of wearing a dress or a skirt. The idea that boys CAN choose (traditionally deemed) feminine garments (unisex in plenty of non-western cultures) may get Piers Morgan in a flap on twitter, but real choice is not only counter to stereotypes, but promotes comfort too."

Click here to read the full chapter

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