Thursday 15 June 2023

 

Schools and teachers take note – stop 'transsing' our kids!

Our schools are promoting an ideology which is harming our children’s emotional wellbeing and mental health. It claims that some children are ‘born in the wrong body’ and can ‘change sex’. This is a misleading and dangerous lie.

  • There are only two sexes: male and female

  • No child is born in the wrong body

  • It is impossible to physically change sex

  • Sex and gender are not the same thing

  • It is illegal for schools to promote any ideology

  • Schools should not automatically affirm a child who says he or she is the opposite sex

  • Schools should always contact the parents of any child who says he or she wants to change sex

  • Social transition to the opposite sex can be harmful psychologically for any child

  • Puberty resolves anxieties for nearly all children who are gender questioning

  • The idea of ‘trans’ is a twenty-first century invention!The Scottish government must withdraw their guidance on ‘transgender’ pupils in schools!

Stop 'transsing' our kids! Tips for parents with gender ideology concerns

As a parent, you have the right and responsibility to ensure that your child is fully safeguarded while engaging in education. It is the view of various professionals, including psychologists and therapists, that the current promotion of gender ideology in many schools is confusing and is potentially psychologically harmful to young children and teenagers.

Here are some issues to raise and things to check with your child’s school.

  • Tell the school that there is no obligation to follow the Scottish government’s guidance, Supporting Transgender Pupils in Schools.* Much better guidance, Boys and Girls and the Equality Act, has been produced by the organisations Sex Matters and Transgender Trend (with input from lawyers and teachers).

  • Check that the school understands that it is impossible for children (or indeed any human) to change sex.

  • Check with the school that the toilets and changing rooms are single sex only and will remain so.

  • Ask if there is an awareness in school about the fact that the term ‘trans’ has been invented by activists and not by child development experts.

  • Check if the school uses the services of an LGBTQ youth group. If the school does, request that this contact is terminated.**

  • Ask the school for a copy of its protocol for managing its response when a pupil states that she or he is ‘trans’.

  • Ask if the school staff are aware that self-ID and social transitioning can be harmful psychologically for any pupil.

  • Check that the school recognises the potential for social contagion among pupils and has strategies to manage this.

The post above is from the Scottish Union for Education's Newsletter, led by Professor Stuart Waiton. It highlights the creeping influence of 'gender ideology' and its associated dangers to children and young people in Scotland's Schools.

* There is no legal requirement to use the Scottish government’s guidance.
** An LGBTQ group has referred itself to the police in response to allegations of grooming, and their previous CEO was convicted of paedophilia.