On Monday July 17, the British Minister for Women and Equal Opportunities, Kemi Badenoch, announced on the set of the BBC that teachers received new instructions this week to better handle cases” of students suffering from gender-related anxiety » (« gender discomfort ” in English). Instructions that make a mockery of the student’s consent and do not take into account the potentially hostile family environment of the minor, even at the cost of endangering him.
“Keeping parents informed of what is happening at school”
The plan will be officially released this week. It stipulates that teachers are now obliged to inform pupils’ parents when their child has questions about his or her gender identity. According to the Conservative minister, this measure aims to keep parents informed “about what is happening at school”.
Like our colleagues from the Keeper, these new instructions ask teachers to always consult parents when a child wishes to be called by another name or wear another uniform. Additionally, it is suggested that schools not use the child’s chosen pronoun without parental consent. Something to give a grip outside the family circle.
Finally, the instructions recommend that teachers submit a reflection period » any child who claims not to identify with the gender identity assigned to them at birth.
The family, the second pole of violence for LGBTIphobia
When asked about the possibility of trans students feeling like they are being discovered by their parents against their will, the minister hammered in: “ it has nothing to do with sexual orientation, and what is right is that parents are aware of what happens at school with their children “.
Let’s remember, however, that according to the latest report by SOS Homophobia, cases of transphobia are increasing (27% compared to 2021), and that the family remains the second pole of violence, after the digital sphere, for LGBTIphobic attacks.
For younger victims, one out of three LGBTIphobic attacks occurs in the family or environmental context. These news records therefore risk making British students living in hostile family environments dangerously vulnerable.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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