Ofsted have left Stonewall

"KaptainKaveman* it's because any word that connects women to our biology is offensive to some TRAs. It reminds them that they can never be women in the biological sense, therefore those words must be replaced by gender neutral terms.

That is very good news, and hopefully will at least partially stymie Stonewalls intended new focus on schools

@PreservativeFree Stonewall doesn't have the monopoly on rainbows. You can still support LGBT people (and that's still really important) without supporting Stonewall. Some of the children in your school will be LGBT or have LGBT family members and it's important not to throw the baby out with the bath water here. They need to know that they're in a safe environment and learn to respect diversity.

This can be done in a way that isn't indoctrinating them into believing in a harmful ideology.

What an amazing start to the weekend. Long may it continue 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

From the telegraph article:

A Stonewall spokesman said it was “proud to advocate for LGBT-inclusive education” and starting this in primary school “helps all children, especially those from LGBT families, feel included and learn to be accepting from a young age”.

'Learn to be accepting' - does this refer to trans parents? Because there are many children for whom it has been very traumatic.

childrenoftransitioners.org/

www.swimming.org/swimengland/engaging-trans-people-facility-operators/

I’m glad to see Nancy Kelly’s plan to be less confrontational around Trans issues going so well 😆

In all seriousness though, if I were a SW trustee with any brain cells, I’d be having kittens by now!!

And they would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling wimmin

*This has made my morning. I’m composing an email to my DS’s HT about the Stonewall champion membership and this is a great addition.

Could you post it?*

Yes please.

Thanks Over, that's good news indeed. The teuchters would know what biology is, a lot of them being farmers.

It went on to ask if primary schools would be marked as “requires improvement” or “inadequate” – the lowest grades in Ofsted inspections – if children were not made aware of “specifically, sexual orientation and gender reassignment”.

Yes, very clear what is happening here.

They were intending to force schools into capitulating to their extremist position by telling schools "if you do not do what we say, your school will be rated Inadequate or Requires Improvement, no matter how good you are at everything else."

It's a very dark extortion, with a glittery rainbow disguise.

I'm gobsmacked at Stonewall's audacity. I can't believe they've got away with this for so long.

because only women can be mothers

Fortunately the court spotted the logic error there. For people defining "woman" as "adult human female", the statement is true.

For people like Freddie McConnell, who do not define "man" and "woman" based as sex, the statement is not true, and Freddie has to realise that "men" as per their definition can be mothers.

Freddie is being pretty bigotted, basically, with their backwards gender stereotype of what a "mother" is. Mother is not a gendered role. (It's obviously sexed, but people who don't believe in sex may not spot that pattern...)

Swim England too?! Hurrah!

I think this domino effect of organisations getting the hell out from Stonewall shows that, actually, a lot of people who were signing up to this stuff weren't on board in the first place. They went along with it because they felt like they had to, and now they've got a chance to step away from the bullshit they are grabbing it with both hands.

I do hope that organisations such as LGB Alliance can "fill the gap" a little though. Ensuring LGB people aren't discriminated against in the workplace is important and it's not a done deal - there are still a lot of homophobic arseholes in the world - but it should no longer be a case of companies/organisations believing that 'do whatever Stonewall say' is a good strategy.

Sorry cross post, thank you.

I can't find a news article about Ofsted leaving and the reasons for it?

Transgender Trend also have numerous resources including a letter for parents to use about the inappropriateness of Stonewall in schools:

www.transgendertrend.com/equality-act-boys-and-girls/

www.transgendertrend.com/product/stonewall-schools-guidance-a-critical-review/

And same story in The Sun
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/7205232/stonewall-employers-swap-mother-parent-equality-lgbt/amp/

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9651333/amp/Stonewall-tells-employers-not-use-mother-say-parent-given-birth-instead.html?__twitter_impression=true

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I have to wear rainbow colours in this month!

Is that confined to a rainbow lanyard @PreservativeFree or do you have to go the whole hog and dress like a clown?

I'd just forget/lose the lanyard. Or get a colourful one supporting a different issue, like the sunflower lanyards which support hidden disabilities?

I really hope the NHS leaves. The current policies about accommodating trans women on women's wards (including mental health wards) as the default position are very harmful and risky.

Good.