​​​​​​​Schools will also be told not to teach children any form of sex education until the age of nine.
  • heyaitscassie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    19 days ago

    When I was growing up in the UK there were similar restrictions in place, and due to the oppressive environment I grew up in, I didn’t realise I was bi until my mid-20s, and didn’t know I was trans until my late 30s, even though I could have been aware sooner if I’d just… understood it.

    This regressive attitude (coupled with the direct erosion of the already-atrocious trans healthcare provision) is plainly an attempt to make people stay in the closet and not even know where the doors are, or that there even is a closet - and that’s the best case outcome of this (the worst of course being a more direct reduction in numbers of non-cisheteronormative people due to declining mental health).

    The one solace we have is that this garbage is the result of the death throes of a government desperate to do as much harm as possible while it still can. At most there’s only 8 months left before there must be an election, and they are widely expected to suffer their worst defeat in history. We just need to demand better of our next administration (I will leave specific details of how up to the reader to infer).

    • frog 🐸@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      19 days ago

      Same here. Section 28 came into effect just before I started school, and wasn’t repealed until after I had left, and I’m certain the lack of proper, unbiased sex education contributed to me not knowing I was trans until my mid 30s.

  • frog 🐸@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Further proof that all the Tories know how to do is re-enact the 1980s. Vote 'em out at the next election. StopTheTories.vote and BestForBritain.org will both be providing localised information on which candidate is best placed to evict your neighbourhood Tory MP, as it’s not a given that Labour are the best choice in every constituency. And make sure you have some form of ID, as you need these to vote now.

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    19 days ago

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    The Times reports that education ministers will warn schools in England today that gender identity is “highly contested” and that teaching the issue could have “damaging implications”.

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has become concerned gender identity is becoming “embedded” in schools as an uncontested fact, the newspaper says.

    Under other proposals, schools will be told not to teach children any form of sex education until year 5, when pupils are aged nine.

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    The new guidance is reportedly part of the government’s response to concerns children are receiving age-inappropriate relationships, sex and health education (RSHE).

    The existing guidance outlines broad lesson modules, stating primary school children should be taught about alternative types of families and healthy relationships.

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