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Teacher forced to use terms

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TheAmpleRedTurtle · 14/10/2025 20:32

Hi,
Sorry, haven’t posted here before. I just need some advice. I teach in a secondary school and have to deliver a session next week and the PowerPoint uses the terms cisgender and discusses other related issues. I’m very very uncomfortable with this as I feel this is being forced on me and the students. How on earth do I deal with this?

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TheAmpleRedTurtle · 14/10/2025 20:44

Thank you. It’s such a minefield. I feel like I’m definitely in the minority at my school. I just don’t feel it’s fair to tell the children this when their parents may not agree with any of this.

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BonfireLady · 14/10/2025 20:42

Welcome to posting on this board OP 💐

I'm not a teacher but my suggestion would be to say that you feel uncomfortable using content that affirns gender identity as if it's factual because there may be children in the class who are vulnerable to believing they are in the wrong body.

You could point to paras 204-208 of the KCSIE guidance, which in turn mentions the Cass Report where it is stated that social transition is not a neutral act. Therefore, from a safeguarding perspective, you don't feel comfortable promoting a belief which celebrates social transition, putting the vulnerable children described in the KCSIE paras at risk of entering a pathway towards irrerversible medical intervention.

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TheAmpleRedTurtle · 14/10/2025 20:41

An external company.

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FrenchBunionSoup · 14/10/2025 20:40

Who prepared the slides?