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DrudgeJedd · 09/10/2021 12:36

The GLP are involving themselves in legal case where a 13 yo trans child has been refused a place at a school because they are trans. twitter.com/GoodLawProject/status/1446453657227104273?t=kZOpOY23DeK3P_AxgT5nFw&s=19 I clicked through to read more as this seems like such an obvious case of transphobic discrimination I was surprised it had got to the stage of legal action.
This passage jumped out, I'm now thinking that the 'vulnerable child' mentioned here is probably a sibling of the trans child.
I'm extremely skeptical of Maugham because of the way he conducts himself on Twitter and think he's seen 'trans child' and jumped into the middle of a very fraught family situation and may cause more problems for both children involved. Obviously if it's the straightforward discrimination he claims it is then the school should definitely be held to account. Also the governor's comments mentioned are just silly, no-one is giving 13 year olds surgery.
Something about this is not passing the sniff test though...

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/10/2021 13:33

Surely also he shouldn't be hinting that this child is bigoted or whatever?

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DrudgeJedd · 09/10/2021 13:31

Thanks Clare I thought that was definitely the case. Even if the child's usual social worker has left the service I'm sure they'd be allocated another as a priority.
I'm done giving the fox-killer the benefit of the doubt, here he is comparing the vulnerable child to a racist, he's unhinged

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ClareCAIS · 09/10/2021 13:11

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EmbarrassingAdmissions · 09/10/2021 13:09

this passage jumped out, I'm now thinking that the 'vulnerable child'

It's plausible but so difficult to know. My first thought was that perhaps a pupil with SEN knows the family and could not be relied upon to keep prior knowledge concealed.

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DrudgeJedd · 09/10/2021 13:05

It may be that this is a straightforward case of transphobic discrimination & GLP are doing the right thing.
Is it usual for a child to be in foster care but have no social worker? Who has PR for this child?
Maugham has tweeted that he won't be naming the safeguarding lead & governor involved "for now" which sounds vaguely threatening tbh. Also it would surely compromise the privacy of the children involved if the school is identified.

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OneEpisode · 09/10/2021 12:50

I was looking at Stonewall’s Twitter yesterday and it looked like they -might- be doing something good. They were taking to a football manager whose team had encountered homophobia. There is definitely problems faced by LGB & T people and support is needed.

But maybe not the right to no-gate keeping and T injections at 12.

OneEpisode · 09/10/2021 12:47

It’s possible that the GLP are doing a good thing here. We don’t know the details of the child GLP are representing nor the vulnerable child already at the school. It sounds like an informal fostering arrangement?

In the linked article GLP say Under law, transgender children cannot access irreversible interventions like surgery.. It’s possible that puberty blockers, which GLP are fighting for are reversible but it’s not proven. Webberley is unshared of giving T to a 12 year old. That is irreversible.