Thread by @ProjectStark_

Case Report: A Drag Queen And Leather Bondage Gear, Inside Prince Bishop's Community Primary School

We've discovered images online of a Durham County-based primary school hosting a drag queen show and holding radical trans activist materials.

This one is frightening. Thread🧵

1. The school, which teaches children from 2 to 11-years-old, says they are driven by 4 core values, dubbed ‘HARK’, including; honesty, ambition, kindness and responsibility.

2. On their website, they boast of their ‘Gold Award’ accreditation by the organisation Educate and Celebrate. This is part of an effort to “eradicate homophobia, biphobia and transphobia”.

3. The Northern Echo reported in May 2018 on a "Drag Queen Fashion Show" held by the school to kick off their pride week, which also featured a colour run commemorating the International Day against Homophobia.

4. The event included the participation of Drag Queen Miss Emma, suspected to be Emma Royd, who is known locally. Royd, along with a teacher, judged children on their creatively painted outfits:

5. We searched Royd’s social media and found a litany of sexualised posts, such as a video from February 2021 showing her twerking in a skin tight one-piece:

Another post on Facebook showed Royd promoting a "dreamboys" event in April 2020:

6. For their 2023 Pride month celebrations, the school's Facebook page showcases children's drawings featuring messages like "love has no gender," "be yourself LGBTQ+ pride," and "boys can wear skirts," accompanied by rainbow iconography.

7. The controversial children's book "Grandad’s Pride" also appeared:

8. In August 2023, ‘Grandad’s Pride’ hit the headlines when parents Will and Maria Taylor, of Hull, East Yorkshire, spotted a cartoon of a partially naked elder man in leather bondage gear contained within.

9. The book also features illustrations of trans-identified females with post-surgical scars:

10. Author Harry Woodgate, who uses they/them pronouns, specifies that the children’s book has a 4+ reading age.

https://twitter.com/waterstoneskids/status/1660940814011318272

11. Some commentators have speculated that his novel promotes the term ‘Minor Attracted Persons’ (MAPs). In recent years, progressive psychologists have used this designation to present paedophilia as a sexual orientation:

12. Woodgate strongly denied these claims, stating that such accusations are "deeply offensive."

13. Headteacher Lynn George writes on the website:

"I am immensely proud of Prince Bishops... we have built something very special. We have staff who are highly skilled and work tirelessly for each and every one of our pupils."

14. Elsewhere, the school claims:

"We are committed to having a balanced and fair curriculum. We believe that our pupils should be exposed to ideas and concepts that may challenge their understanding, to help ensure that pupils learn to become more accepting and inclusive..."

15. Neither the school's social media nor its website presents critiques of gender theory; they only show content that supports it, which breaks existing statutory requirements on political impartiality in UK schools.

via gov.uk/government/pub…

For the full, easily-emailable report, head to our profile and click the link in our bio 👍

@bindelj @libsoftiktok @againstgrmrs @defiaye @MForstater @CharlotteEmmaUK @FamEdTrust @Transgendertrd @Jonnywsbell @blablafishcakes @Bernard_Lane @STILLTish @Serena_Partrick @NoSecretLessons