I'm not very well versed in all this, <waves hands> not v brave and work in a large public sector employment context so generally keep my head down but did start reading here when the prison stuff became news.
DC came home from school and was talking with friends about a pshe lesson they'd had in which they'd had to learn about the "gender unicorn" and how it was all really contradictory and also based on stereotypes. I googled it and found a page run by TSER that had things on it like, "it's important we don't use the term sex because of the vagueness of the definition of sex and it's place in transphobia." Wtf?
The gender unicorn diagram is problematic in so many ways and seems completely bamboozling for kids.
I emailed school and asked to see the lesson plans and copy of what DC were shown and asked to do.
It's all been sent to me along with a message to say it's endorsed by Metro and PSHE Association and is compliant with Dept for Education guidance. Also included was a lesson plan about the Stonewall riots and his they were led by TW (I thought that was contested?) and a glossary that is all based on adherence to belief in gender and erases same sex attraction entirely.
The TSER page is full of campaign materials on how to fight single sex colleges in the US (it is mind blowing, truly).
I don't really know what to do now. School clearly feel this is entirely above board and presumably would defend against any complaints. It all makes me so uncomfortable.
DC is fine. Thinks it's all bonkers and has moved on quickly. I've fallen down a rabbit hole ..