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Child excluded for using a ‘dead name’.

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OhForTheLoveOfMoney · 26/06/2024 20:27

I keep my GC credentials close to my chest but a friend has just told me this and I am so furious I had to share here. (I NC’d for anonymity as this is not my DC).

My friend’s DC has a friend that they have known since primary school. This friend has is now non-binary and changed their name. My friend’s DC, in all innocence, has used the name they have known their friend as for their entire life and has been excluded for dead naming and it has been cited as a hate crime.

FFS.

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OhForTheLoveOfMoney · 26/06/2024 20:35

AmberKoala · 26/06/2024 20:31

Really? I have been in education for 21 years. Never heard of anything like this?

My friend and I both work in education too and I agree.

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9quidicecream · 26/06/2024 20:35

I’ve been in education nearly 3 decades and I bet there’s a lot more to this

AmberKoala · 26/06/2024 20:31

Really? I have been in education for 21 years. Never heard of anything like this?

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OhForTheLoveOfMoney · 26/06/2024 20:30

9quidicecream · 26/06/2024 20:28

I doubt that very much

Doubt it all you like. I don’t know how I can prove it to you but I assure you it’s true.

If the DC in question had been taking the piss, then I would agree with the exclusion but not with a simple error.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 26/06/2024 20:28

Ludicrous. I wonder if the Safe Schools Alliance might be able to help, or the Free Speech Union.

9quidicecream · 26/06/2024 20:28

I doubt that very much