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Chartered College (teaching) signed petition against 'anti-LGBTQ' materials in schools

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partystress · 17/08/2018 22:57

This is the new professional body for teachers - wielding increasing influence on policy, career development paths. They have recent form for an ill-judged tweet, so could be that the intern is back on the Twitter rota, but they have asked people to sign the petition and retweet.

I assume the petition is prompted by the success of the TransgenderTrend crowdfunding and recent climb downs in Scotland. Can I ask any of you who are teachers, especially CC members ( I let mine lapse after first year) to let them know there is a valid alternative view and ask them to actually read the TransgenderTrend pack? Thank you.

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partystress · 18/08/2018 00:00

Thank you - should have thought of linking, but I was a bit in shock I think at our professional body, guaranteed a minimum 20 year life, sitting at the table advising on teacher training, influencing teachers, who in turn are influencing children, seemingly having swallowed the TRA line.

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theOtherPamAyres · 17/08/2018 23:39

Here's the link:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226793

Ban Anti-LGBTQ+ material from schools.

There has been a recent influx of anti-LGBT+ material being sent to schools in England. We are asking that any and all material, that is first and foremost designed to give a negative view of the LGBT+ community, be removed from schools.
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Examples of how such material can be shown to be anti-LGBT+:
• they recommend conversion therapy.
• they scaremonger about conditions that are not legally recognised as clinical or medical conditions.
• they encourage school staff to break equality laws as stated in the EA2010.
• they give false information regarding the legally available treatment for transgender youth in the UK.
www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/homophobic-biphobic-and-transphobic-hate-crime-prosecution-guidance

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