{"id":1860,"date":"2024-04-08T13:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juventudeemtransicao.pt\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:38:59","slug":"primary-school-teachers-hiding-social-transitioning-from-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juventudeemtransicao.pt\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/primary-school-teachers-hiding-social-transitioning-from-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary school teachers &#8220;hiding social transitioning&#8221; from parents."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1860\" class=\"elementor elementor-1860\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-385b7281 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"385b7281\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48176476\" data-id=\"48176476\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b421b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b421b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Artigo original publicado no The Times<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae6146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cae6146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><time datetime=\"2022-04-21T07:00:01-04:00\" data-timestamp=\"1650538801\">Por <\/time>Nicola Woolcock<\/span><time datetime=\"2022-04-21T07:00:01-04:00\" data-timestamp=\"1650538801\"><!-- notionvc: c5f65c34-df09-44e4-b7e1-1964962db4b1 --><\/time><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312b67c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"312b67c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Some schools in Devon and Cornwall allow children to wear breast binders, against government trans guidance.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764f23c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764f23c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Schools are ignoring government guidance and drawing up trans policies that allow children to wear breast binders or use toilets that match their gender identity.<\/div>\n<div>Analysis of more than 600 equality and trans policies has found confusion and misrepresentation of laws relating to sex and gender. One school trust advised teachers to assist girls using breast binders while on school trips and to allow students to sleep in bedrooms suiting their gender identity if they were trans.<\/div>\n<div>Government guidance says schools should not accept all requests for social transition and should involve parents in any decision that is made, while toilets and changing rooms should remain single sex.<\/div>\n<div>Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, has told parliament that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/w0lTl\/https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/schools-trans-guidance-detail-informing-parents-social-pronouns-8s7p5pxvc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parents should not be excluded<\/a>\u00a0from decisions taken\u00a0by a school or college relating to requests for a child to \u201csocially transition\u201d to the opposite gender.<\/div>\n<div><br \/>\n<div>A dossier was compiled by the network Protect and Teach, which is concerned about gender ideology in schools. It analysed the policies of more than 600 mainstream state schools in Devon and Cornwall and shared its findings with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/w0lTl\/https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/04\/04\/primary-schools-equality-trans-policies-government-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>The network claimed that 73 per cent of schools in Devon and 62 per cent in Cornwall were incorrectly representing equality laws in their policies.<\/div>\n<div>A number of the school policies stated that children \u201cas young as five\u201d can show signs of gender dysphoria and that biological sex \u201cis assigned at birth, depending on the appearance of the infant\u201d. One grammar school defined sex as \u201ca person\u2019s understanding and experience of their own gender identity\u201d.<\/div>\n<div>A trust which runs eight primaries in Devon and Cornwall, including two Church of England schools, said that staff should \u201cnot disclos[e] a person\u2019s LGBTQ+ identity to any pupils, staff, parents or third parties without their permission\u201d and that any communication with parents \u201cwill only be undertaken with the pupil\u2019s consent\u201d.<\/div>\n<div>It said staff will use any name of the child\u2019s choosing, including changing the register, and will \u201cuse their best endeavours\u201d to ensure students can use toilets and changing rooms matching their \u201cgender identity\u201d.<\/div>\n<div>Breast binding is also noted in the policies of another trust which runs 15 academies. It notes that breast binding \u201ccan be hot, uncomfortable and restrictive but very important to their psychological and emotional wellbeing\u201d. PE teachers are told to monitor students and \u201cdiscreetly\u201d offer breaks from exercise in case the binder impairs breathing.<\/div>\n<div>It tells teachers they must \u201cvalidate the young person\u2019s identity as it is now and support any changes that may arise as they come to explore their identity further\u201d.<\/div>\n<div>A Department for Education spokesman said: \u201cWe are absolutely clear about the importance of biological sex, particularly in the context of safeguarding, and the role parents must play in decisions about their children.<\/div>\n<div id=\"last-paragraph\">\u201cSchools and colleges are expected to follow all guidance issued by the government, whether it is statutory or not. Our guidance is clear that in nearly every case schools should not support the social transition of primary-aged children, including not using pronouns that do not align with the child\u2019s sex.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc9728 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"adc9728\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2024.04.04-201124\/https:\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/primary-school-teachers-children-change-gender-parents-trans-guidance-pk6k2kx2j#selection-2753.0-2809.308\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/juventudeemtransicao.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/17161802251556282332-128-q311trhfu3yqs4vs52eo3dcthm4q3qv15t7qzlrlko.png\" title=\"17161802251556282332-128\" alt=\"17161802251556282332-128\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1463951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1463951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IR PARA ARTIGO ORIGINAL<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artigo original publicado no The Times Por Nicola Woolcock Some schools in Devon and Cornwall allow children to wear breast binders, against government trans guidance. Schools are ignoring government guidance and drawing up trans policies that allow children to wear breast binders or use toilets that match their gender identity. 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