Department of education is being sued over transing children without parental consent

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Hoardasurass · 30/04/2023 12:03

From the mail today Parents of trans pupils plan to sue the government https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12029321/Parents-trans-pupils-plan-sue-government.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

Parents of trans pupils plan to sue the government

They accuse Ministers of failing to issue guidance to teachers and letting a 'damaging' gender ideology pushed by LGBT lobbying groups take root in thousands of schools.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12029321/Parents-trans-pupils-plan-sue-government.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

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KCandtheSunlightBand · 30/04/2023 12:39

Is there any gardening required?

ResisterRex · 30/04/2023 12:33

Flowerly · 30/04/2023 12:32

I think that the unions are extremist enough to come out and defend what schools/teachers have been doing.

Even though some of them have been saying this isn't happening, I can see this too!

Flowerly · 30/04/2023 12:32

I think that the unions are extremist enough to come out and defend what schools/teachers have been doing.

ResisterRex · 30/04/2023 12:24

ArabeIIaScott · 30/04/2023 12:19

I'll be very interested to see how the various teachers' unions respond to this.

They may studiously ignore it

nilsmousehammer · 30/04/2023 12:22

Me too Arabella

But this was always going to be the inevitable end point of being too afraid of a politically lobby to do the job properly. Parents/reasonable voices have been easier to upset because they are reasonable, and most agencies, government included, have dithered and dithered in unwillingness to do anything unpopular. But I cannot see that this is going to stand up in law, or the DfE won't be found to have failed to act as they should have done.

ArabeIIaScott · 30/04/2023 12:19

I'll be very interested to see how the various teachers' unions respond to this.

Helleofabore · 30/04/2023 12:19

I shall be watching closely too.

Whatwouldscullydo · 30/04/2023 12:09

I wish them luck. I understand the need for frameworks to be in place to enable action to be taken for children living in abusive situations as dealing with parents isn't always the best thing. But this complete take over of our parental rights to the state is a horror story. We do not send our kids to school to be absolved of all responsibility and decision making. We send them to be educated so they have a future. Things have gone too far. We need our parental responsibility and rights back. And those decisions don't need the approval of anyone else. They are only the business of the family.

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