Thread by @Transgendertrd

The Guardian speaks to 'Beth' a teacher who works in a "typical state secondary school in the north of England where there are now 25 to 30 pupils questioning their gender."
#edutwitter
theguardian.com/society/2023/m…

Beth runs "an LGBTQ+ club in the lunch break to support pupils experiencing gender dysphoria – a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity."
Read how these clubs spread the idea that transition is the solution to gender distress. 👇
transgendertrend.com/school-lgbt-cl…

She admits transitioning children behind the backs of their parents "We are working in the child’s best interests. We will do what we can to support them – what they ask for is what they will get. We work for the students, we don’t work for the parents essentially."

"A pupil questioning their gender will be assigned a trained mentor, who will write an LGBTQ+ profile that goes to all their teachers, detailing their chosen name & pronouns, how they would like transphobic incidents to be dealt with, which toilets & changing rooms they will use"

Everything Beth says raises serious safeguarding red flags:
*25-30 pupils expressing trans identities
*girls (trans boys) using the boys loos and sharing dormitories on school trips

More red flags:
*staff writing up LGBT profiles for 12-yr-olds
*teachers acting outside their professional competence. Beth says "Parents will be invited to come into school and advised on the professional and medical help available for children with gender dysphoria."

The uncurious Guardian doesn't ask why this is happening, why schools are reporting clusters of girls believing they are boys, what is the evidence that 'social transition' will help these children, what does the authoritative Cass Review have to say.

The Guardian says headteachers are worried the DfE's new transgender guidance may be too rigid.
But inadvertently the article proves that it's the activist teachers that are a major problem.
Because Beth has already said she won't be following the new guidance, rigid or not.