"Teachers to tell children Gender Ideology is a contested belief"

Haven't listened to The Times Radio but listened to a fair of R4, so I agree with this point about R4.

They had ONE text read out towards the end that I heard, although there could have been more from 8:45(?) or so onwards

Times radio had callers talking about gender ideology being used in schools

R4 try pretty hard not to hear that view from anyone in the small part I heard

Gender ideology is a Vatican coined phrase formed to push back against LGBTQ rights across the board.

Are you sure about that? Here's an academic article from 1984 which I'm hightly sceptical has anything to do with the Vatican:

https://newleftreview.org/issues/i144/articles/johanna-brenner-maria-ramas-rethinking-women-s-oppression

It doesn't make it clear if it's actually using gender ideology as the contested belief rather than gender critical. Gender ideology is a Vatican coined phrase formed to push back against LGBTQ rights across the board. I'd be worried by the former, in terms of direction of travel, but not so much by the latter.

X posted with you @ResisterRex And that tweet shows exactly what the BBC have been up to this morning.

On R4 Emma just read out a comment by a woman who said her child had come home from school with very confused comments about gender. She asked to see the information at school and was dismayed at its content. She said she was very happy to hear about this new guidance.

Im glad Emma has read that out because the whole show seems to be “nothing to see here, it’s all politics”.

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This has featured heavily on R4 Today this morning (I've been listening since 5:30, so caught the news bulletin as well)

Admittedly I usually have the news on as background noise, so don't pay a huge amount of attention, but it feels a bit like Womens' Hour.

Amol Rajan has upped his game.

Pupils should be taught the facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way.

Oh yes. And what "the facts" and "the law" are regarding gender identity seem to be up to individual teachers to decide.

(See also "age-appropriate" and "inclusive".)

While that's true, if you put that in front of one of the denialists they'll then shift the goalposts to say "but I was talking about gender identity ideology because that's not really a thing. Gender identity is a thing, because we all have one."

there's no evidence that teaching is taking place in schools according to gender identity ideology

And yet the current mandatory guidance says it has to be taught

Pupils should be taught the facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way. All pupils should feel that the content is relevant to them and their developing sexuality. Sexual orientation and gender identity should be explored at a timely point and in a clear, sensitive and respectful manner

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education

It looks like this was the female teacher cheerleading No Outsiders:

Rebecca Leek, who is also interim headteacher at a primary school north of Ipswich, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that sex education typically isn't taught in primary schools until Year 6, and "parents already have a right to withdraw" their child if they wish.

It's so infuriating.

there's no evidence that teaching is taking place in schools according to gender identity ideology

My head would also say this but it's not true, and he knows it.

Correction, Pepe Di'Iasio:

https://twitter.com/BBCr4today/status/1790635186113126438

Of course but isn’t that BBC nothing to see here top line agenda

It’s all those pesky women and culture wars, that’s their editorial line

On GMB now. Let’s see if Ed Balls can discuss with less bias than he showed when interviewing Kathleen Stock last year..

The overall message I'm picking up is that there's no evidence that teaching is taking place in schools according to gender identity ideology.

They had two teachers on Radio 4. One said it was all a nothing and in any case kids were getting the appropriate teaching from resources like No Outsiders. The other, Pepe d'Atheo (sp?), said that it's all about backbenchers and kids are being used as political footballs.

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Yes I thought the framing in the 7.10 piece wasn’t great. The primary head was clear that ‘not much should change’ so presumably she would agree that if currently some schools are teaching these things (gender ideology and/or explicit sexual content) in primary, this is probably inappropriate.

Oops cross post

Was covered about half an hour ago on Radio 4 with two headteachers trying very hard not to say very much at all.

No Outsiders are pieces of shit, who knowingly change the protected characteristics of sex to that of gender.

In resources designed (with their tagline) for "Teaching the Equality Act in Schools"

And who admitted (in an email forwarded to me) that they always use gender, not sex, in primary schools, as "it makes explaining gender reassignment easier".

Where a head says the "hot area" is same sex. No no no. It's gender identity, ad we all know! And goes on to tell us all that No Outsiders is AMAZING.

Also another piece on the Today programme about 7.10ish.