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Jul 26 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
A few years ago a drag performer was brought into a primary school in Scotland. Parents were not consulted and it resulted in an apology being issued by Renfrewshire Council, who had not appropriately risk assessed the drag Queen. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
Lgbt Youth Scotland tweeted this message at the time, despite the sexualised content found on the drag queens social media, mixed with images of the children and the school.

It would seem scrutiny or questions about #Safeguarding are not appropriate for certain things.
Politician Mhairi Black attacked parents as homophobic in response to them asking questions, wholly understandable when we consider that there was indeed a #Safeguarding risk eventually identified.
We have witnessed similar over recent days from another Scottish politician, Patrick Harvie, accusing anyone raising concerns about #Safeguarding as ‘anti lgbt’ because they happen to be directed at Stonewall.
It would appear that there are indeed special allowances being granted to specific organisations and people if they belong to what is increasingly looking like a sacred caste, untouchable and beyond accountability.
We recommend this tweet by @SafeSchools_UK which covers concerns south of the border.
And this one from @Transgendertrd and whilst Stonewall are not in Scottish schools, LGBT Youth Scotland are, and as we highlighted, they’re approach to this issue is very similar.
We are increasingly concerned that if something has an LGBTQIA+ label attached to it, people raising concerns are dismissed as homophobic, transphobic or anti all of the above. Even when those concerns have genuine validity.

We’ve written to @CYPCS and will do so again.
We also call on @scotgov and ask them when they plan to step in and say something about this obvious lack of critical thinking from their politicians and funded organisations.
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We carried out FOI’s to all local authorities to ask about training being carried out in schools by outside organisations. We are beginning to get them back now and working through them.

Already we are seeing a pattern developing that is concerning.
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When we wrote to the @SP_EHRCJ an area we highlighted that has received no coverage so far in evidence was the impact on schools. We specifically mentioned what this could mean for New Scots young people with religious beliefs that require single sex spaces.1/
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We are looking into materials being developed for an Inclusive, Diverse & Decolonised Curriculum, in Edinburgh.

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If you are a teacher and a child tells you that they are questioning their gender, it would be the exception not the rule to decide not to share this information with parents.

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* what are my reasons for deciding not to share this information?

* what harm could result if I DO NOT share?

* what are the implications for the child, for you, for your school if you don’t share?

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Confidentiality is NOT an absolute right. If a child makes a disclosure to you, about their gender, abuse, bullying, family concerns or ANYTHING that could adversely impact them, you should be reminding them that you can’t promise to keep this secret.

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