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Teacher asking students if they are straight

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DtPeabodysLoosePants · 01/11/2019 12:34

Hi, it's a while since I posted but you might remember me from my earlier threads about taking dd out of lgbt+ week classes at school. A few days ago she told me assembly had been an lgbt+ one and that one of the teachers had shouted loud and proud that he was gay, and asked them to identify if they were straight. Dd is 12. She wishes she had not been in the assembly and I have told school I do not want her to attend and they assured me she would be taken out.
I will be contacting school but am not sure what to say. In what world is it ok to ask 12 year olds about their sexuality?

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boohome · 01/11/2019 12:40

That’s a really intrusive thing to ask anyone publicly.
I’m struggling to think of any public context where I’d consider that acceptable.

Cwenthryth · 01/11/2019 12:38

I don’t think it’s ever ok to demand anyone publicly identify their sexuality, at any age. Right to private life and all that.

zebrasdontwearbras · 01/11/2019 12:38

That is really not ok at all.

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