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Safe Schools Alliance support Legal action against Oxfordshire Schools Trans Guidance

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GColdtimer · 14/12/2019 20:45

Safe Schools Alliance supports legal action against Oxfordshire County Council. Three claimants (a teacher, a parent and a 13 year old girl) are bringing proceedings on the basis the guidance is illegal, breaks safeguarding protocols and compels teachers to subscribe to gender ideology or be at risk of disciplinary action.

The legal team think there the claimants have a really strong case.

[[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oxfordshire-council-may-be-sued-over-shared-school-lavatories-0d5jkz89r?shareToken=599901c4c91e068da7ef3ae8730ec733&fbclid=IwAR3AjPIakXSUBQo6DAy6Fx1qmy1X4HyHA-jszAxWFZ0mFn2hGVzqCQxR2SU Sunday Times Article]

More details on the website, including the letter which went to OCC in all its wonderful legal glory:

safeschoolsallianceuk.net/legal-action/

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GColdtimer · 03/01/2020 16:17

Some of the nuggets from the guidance here: here

No balancing of rights here, overriding all safeguarding frameworks. Utterly captured. Stonewall law.

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Ereshkigal · 30/12/2019 11:21

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GColdtimer · 22/12/2019 21:29

It's been quite a few days!

If anyone on twitter could give this a share we would really appreciate it. It's the summary of what we are doing in twittter thread form

mobile.twitter.com/SafeSchools_UK/status/1208699711449915394

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WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 20/12/2019 20:38

Crowdfunder is doing well.

StandUpStraight · 19/12/2019 21:24

Contributed and am wishing the team best of luck. So many cases to watch closely.

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GColdtimer · 19/12/2019 21:05

It was front page news in the Oxford mail which is a big deal!

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nonsenceagain · 19/12/2019 09:41

Thank you. Digging in here too.

Cuntysnark · 19/12/2019 09:26

Not many comments yet but they are measured & positive in the majority.

LangCleg · 19/12/2019 09:22

Good article there!

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GColdtimer · 19/12/2019 09:18

Oxford mail piece here here

It's a balanced piece of reporting. Please go and add your thoughts if you have a minute today!

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BovaryX · 18/12/2019 13:23

It is quite extraordinary that children are being taught that girls are identified by liking pink and showing a preference for certain books Why are children being taught restrictive, conformist gender stereotypes? It is quite extraordinary that young girls who are dealing with periods and adolescence are being told to share toilets with boys. School should be a place where children learn facts about a range of subjects and develop critical thinking skills. Not a place where they are subjected to unscientific propaganda replete with regressive, pernicious cliches about their biological sex.

koshkat · 18/12/2019 11:33

Bloody hell. WTF are these people doing?

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GColdtimer · 18/12/2019 11:29

Have you see the latest Safe schools twitter post highlighting some of the solicitors letter. It betters belief we are where we are with OCC still claiming everything is fine: twitter.com/SafeSchools_UK/status/1207249902511828994?s=20

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MichaelMumsnet · 18/12/2019 11:24

Hi all - We don't allow crowdfunding on Mumsnet, so we've removed some posts on this thread that look like they're just soliciting for donations. Feel free to discuss the issues though.

drspouse · 17/12/2019 20:08

Anyone with an ounce of logic can see LTBT is not what you want to reinforce the idea that girl things are only for girls.

popehilarious · 17/12/2019 19:52

wake
Thanks, yes couldn't remember if it was Toys or Clothes I was thinking of, but definitely remembered the Twitter nonsense about the book. Just that the toolkit provides a link to LTBT as another helpful thing to read.

wakemewhenitsallover · 17/12/2019 16:46

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wakemewhenitsallover · 17/12/2019 16:45

Is the Let Toys Be Toys campaign run by a GC woman or am I getting confused?

I've followed LTBT since their early days on mumsnet!

Let Toys Be Toys is run by a group of people, not just one. It seems to me like they tried to sit on the fence for a long time and not get involved, but then this year, one of their group tweeted a children's book promoting trans ideology. They then got a pile on from both "sides" trying to get them to come out either way. IIRC, they didn't really clear it up, whether they're woke, or whether it was a mistake. or whether the group have differing views among them.

Maya Forstater was one of the founding members of LTBT so they certainly didn't start off woke! (She's not involved any more AFAIK).

My best guess is that they have a range of views or are maybe not very well up on the arguments and want to steer clear of this debate entirely. I do worry perhaps they've been infiltrated though.

Let Clothes Be Clothes is a different campaign, not part of Let Toys Be Toys and that campaign is run by one woman, is that what you're thinking of maybe?

HandsOffMyRights · 17/12/2019 15:35

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GColdtimer · 17/12/2019 15:33

The response from OCC to the many people who have written. I shouldn't be surprised. It's the kind of opaque, dismissive response, arrogant response we have had from them for the last year.

Safe Schools Alliance support Legal action against Oxfordshire Schools Trans Guidance
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Lamahaha · 17/12/2019 12:44

^ really happening.

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OhHolyJesus · 16/12/2019 22:29

My old school is also a Stonewall Champion school as is the nearest secondary school to us now.

I've seen the Stonewall Primary school guidance, it feels like a takeover and after Warwickshire and the 'Respect Me' programme I know some eyes have been opened and some parents will be checking on the details of what their kids will be taught. We all need to check and double check as things can change.

It's utter madness that we even need to do this. Our kids should be safe at school.

Will be getting my spade out as soon as I can.

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GColdtimer · 16/12/2019 21:04

Thanks everyone, we are getting so much support. It's heartening.

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