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Sep 18, 2023

Today I heard about a friend's sister who just started her teacher training course at a uni. Already they've had training on equality and diversity that got the Equality Act wrong, and were told to consider gender identity in every lesson plan in order to pass. @GillianKeegan

They have been asked to think about inclusion in all lesson plans, but to focus on gender ID because this is 'the biggest problem in schools right now' and something new teachers can 'assert in teaching going forward'. My friend said her sis was so confused, and there were

about 100 or more in the session, secondary teachers, and no one is saying anything because someone in authority is telling them this is what they need to do to pass. I've heard about this indoctrination on PGCE and other ITT courses, it's a huge problem @educationgovuk can sort

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Lottie Lewis

@LottieHistory

Sep 7, 2023

Been temping this week in a big secondary school. Got some amazing staff room tea about a teacher who “came out” as non-binary last term. She wanted it announced in assembly so that no one ever called her she, but the Head told her that’s not necessary and she can just gently

correct people as and when. So she made a big scene in a staff meeting and said she’d been called “miss” by pupils and this wouldn’t have happened if they’d done the assembly announcement. She said she was going to take action with her union. The Head was unfazed and said

they’d discuss it. The teacher said she’d feel better if the whole staff had training from an expert group at the next INSET day (which was the first day of this term). Because the Head didn’t agree to this the teacher called in sick. I’ve seen her around, she looks like a clown

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Lottie Lewis

@LottieHistory

Jul 31, 2023

A thread of schools who changed their house named after @jk_rowling to something else... just because she spoke up for the rights of women, children and gay people. This is thousands of children and their parents being told equality means putting men's identities above all else.

@BoswellsSchool said JKR's views do not align with their policies and beliefs. Must be great being a female student there 🙄 They renamed the house after Kelly Holmes, who at the time was sharing the exact same pro-women stance as JKR on Twitter.

news.sky.com/story/jk-rowli…

@Becky_High said JKR was an exceptional, inspiring woman. Just a year before denouncing her, they were encouraging pupils to use her as inspiration for a lit competition. The house is now named after Malorie Blackman, who co-signed a letter chiding JKR tinyurl.com/4bar762r

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Lottie Lewis

@LottieHistory

Jul 23, 2023

I fell into a Reddit hole about munchausen's syndrome, and it illuminated something about transgenderism. There was a bit of plot in the otherwise brilliant Norwegian film Sick Of Myself that I didn't get, so I sought answers, and ended up on a Reddit section called faked illness

Sick Of Myself is a very dark comedy about a young woman who makes herself deformed and ill just to get attention, and so this film was of interest to the people in that particular corner of the internet. I was gobsmacked to read people's experiences as nurses and counsellors how

common this type of extreme self-harm is, and far worse examples. They discussed trans-ableism, where people take off limbs or go blind to become permanently disabled, and some people were very angry this was being called a mental disorder, they wanted it to be as 'respected' as

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Lottie Lewis

@LottieHistory

Mar 10, 2023

A teacher friend told me a boy at her school is no longer trans, it happened shortly after xmas break when he met his first serious boyfriend. The boy is now 18 and in his final year, his boyf is two years older and told him he doesn't mind femme boys but does not want to

pretend his partner is female. My friend said she's glad he's finally happy, but feels exhausted after the past 5 years and what he's put the school through. It started in Year 8, he was getting bullied for being gay. He only hung around with girls and would sometimes be found

in their toilets. He wanted to be a drag queen and was talking to people online and watching social media videos about being more than a drag queen, about being transgender. He became rude and aggressive, demanding things change for him. He made enemies of some of his female

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Lottie Lewis

@LottieHistory

Apr 12, 2022

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More Emma Barnett on #bbcwomanshour tackling women's sex-based rights. Today she's talking to @RosieDuffield1, kicks off by asking her why women attending the lunch shared the images. What's the message of sending that? Rosie says she was hesitant because of the abuse, but the

attitude was 'sod it'. Emma said did you decide as a group to share images. Why shouldn't we, says Rosie. She says as politicians we assume we will get any abuse. She says journalists called all day about why they were having lunch. Emma says JKR has taken a stand on this

particular issue. Emma says what evidence do you have people want to ask local candidates about sex based rights. Rosie says women often stop her and ask to have private conversations about this. Emma reads an email saying let people live their lives, there are bigger

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