🧵on gender ID ideology & schools:
1. I am alarmed by the number of educators on #edutwitter tweeting about how they plan to defy the Attorney General's advice re gender ID ideology in schools or have suggested that her comments yesterday were unclear.
2. School leaders in particular should be better-informed about the issue: they should be aware of the findings of the interim Cass Review, they should have read the govt guidance issued in Feb & they should have a strong grasp of the Equality Act.
3. I’d add that they should be taking note of the Tavistock’s closure (labeled as “unsafe” by Cass) & the numerous recent criticisms of orgs such as Stonewall who have been offering legal advice based on the law as they’d like to to be rather than what it actually says.
4. Schools leave themselves open to legal challenges should they go down the route of ignoring government advice. You can no longer make the argument that they were not warned.
5. I think a lot of teachers arguing against Braverman's comments are good people who are, unfortunately, incredibly misinformed about gender ID ideology, the extent to which it has infiltrated our schools & some of the worst aspects of its ideological demands including:
6. Threatening to abolish single-sex spaces, putting children on a medicalised pathway, propagating regressive gender stereotypes, pushing pseudo-scientific concepts, etc.
7. Those of us working in education urgently need DfE guidance before September and a more mature, thoughtful conversation around the issue.
8. Finally, I think it is unhelpful and wrong to attack individual educators or threaten their employment status. The goal should be to educate others about the dangers of gender ID ideology and to try and to inform educators, not attack them personally.
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1. The section of Braverman’s speech dealing with gender politics in schools is a resounding victory for common sense and for the safety & dignity of girls and gender-distressed children.
2. Social transition is not a neutral act. Schools should inform parents about their child’s transition. Schools are not allowed to compel students into using terms from gender ID ideology...
3. Schools should consult an independent medical practitioner before socially transitioning a child (alongside parents, as mentioned). Schools should teach gender ID ideology at an age appropriate level...