A film encouraging chest binders should not be shown to 11yr old at school

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Film about trans teen will be shown to pupils as young as 11

A film showing the use of cross-sex hormones and chest binders among teenagers is to be made available in state schools across the country as part of LGBTQ+ History month.

1 Year is a short documentary about Ben Hodge, a transgender teenager from Merseyside, as he transitions from female to male during his final year of school. After detailing the bullying he was subjected to in his early teens, the film describes how at sixth-form ­college Hodge changed his name and began wearing chest binders

Read in The Times and The Sunday Times: https://apple.news/AAHFSr-PdTuu5gw79pzPnvg

(I don’t have a free link but the first paragraph s tell us a lot about this film).

A document for teachers says 1 Year is suitable for children aged 11 and over and suggests discussion points once they have watched it.

But Lucy Marsh, of the Family Education Trust, said that showing the film, first released in 2020, to children as young as 11 represented a “huge ­safeguarding failure”.

She said: “There is no ­mention of the serious, ­irreversible side-effects of taking testosterone or that its long-term use risks infertility. The film also encourages breast binding without explaining the serious potential health risks, which can include permanent nerve damage and rib fractures.

“We know from the Cass review that social contagion is a factor in the huge rise of children believing they are transgender and that there is no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of gender-affirming medical treatments.”

This is disgusting. Do they not know the dangers of chest binders? Let alone promoting this to children. That poor girl. Her parents should be had for child abuse.

I saw that too. I'm going to ask our school if they plan on showing it.

It is a scandal that’s been allowed to happen. Even with the Cass review this film is going ahead. Beyond belief.

But it’s not the poor parents fault. Parents are doing what they are informed, by professionals, is best for their child. They are trying to do the right thing because they don’t want their child to suffer. It’s the authorities and professionals involved, who are abusive, and who should be called to account.

I agree but I do believe the parents have a part to play in this. Some of them actively push this onto their children.

Do they??

I think schools should inform parents if they are planning to show this, so we can all choose if our child watches or not.

They can either watch it at school, and have a conversation about it .. OR, watch it elsewhere with no-one to discuss it with.

‘A film showing the use of cross-sex hormones and chest binders among teenagers is to be made available in state schools across the country as part of LGBTQ+ History month.’

In state schools across the country. ‘Made available’ .. Be good to know exactly which schools plan to show it.

The original link I posted, from the times, has been changed. So now goes to a different article. Strange.

(You can tell because the text I posted isn’t in the article now linked)

I found a similar article here

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14354369/amp/pupils-young-11-trans-film-sixth-former-chest-binders.html