AIBU to be pissed off with my unions supports of GRA at Pride?

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twitter.com/lgbtexec/status/1015547733862731777?s=21
Just seen the following tweet. I am a teacher. I was a member of the NUT my entire career, before they turned into the NEU (which I’m still in!)
I’m furious. This issue is nothing to do with education, and from my perspective, is eradicating my rights.
I’m not allowed to be political on a public platform because I am a teacher - is there a way to complain about this?? I can’t beleive it. There was never a ballot on supporting GRA. There are so many actual issues facing teachers.

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twitter.com/lgbtexec/status/1015547733862731777?s=21

Doing a little more digging, I think this is about respecting trans educators under a wider policy of ensuring education staffs LGBT rights are respected. The signs are a little misleading though, I agree.

The GRA ones shouldn't have been used without a vote, the respect my gender ones could have been worded better.

Interesting...as an ex teacher if I was a member of the union i wouldn't be able to see that as they have obviously used a TERFBLOCKER.

I wonder if under the GDPR they are allowed to do that, as an official twitter site.

hmm. I've never interacted with this account on twitter, but I'm blocked. They might call themselves LGBTEXEC, but it looks like a personal account rather than an official Union account?

I also thought it was a personal account. So maybe worth checking the official union page to see what they've said about it.

I should add that the tweet was retweeted by the NEU (which is how it popped up in my twitter feed) and the placards have the logo in the corner. I don’t have an issue with the respect my gender ones but the GRA ones hit a nerve ... Its such a controversial piece and I resent my union subs possibly being spent supporting it

Good god, can you imagine if a student accidentally misgendered or even "dead named" a trans teacher? Given how it is apparently "literal violence" that would probably be the end of their education at that school.

Sometimes we have to remind organizations that there are nine protected categories under the Equality Act and that prioritizing one over all the others is inappropriate.

I’ve noticed organisations and celebrities and politicians have been falling over themselves this year to support Pride for virtue points.

Kiri Tunks is GC though - I wonder if this is a personal account?

Very confusing. I'm cross if this is the route they're going in as it's not got my backing.

I’m blocked from their tweets. Don’t think I’ve ever come
Across them before tho so don’t know what I’ve done to upset them.

@bigoldscaredycat I’ve noticed organisations and celebrities and politicians have been falling over themselves this year to support Pride for virtue points.

Me too. My FB newsfeed has been rammed with dozens of sponsored (i.e. paid-for) posts by institutions I am not even connected with, all bigging up themselves for being so right-on and massively woke. It is a handy way to cross them off a mental list of who not to give my custom to though.

On the plus side Kiri Tunks has not been prevented from being open with her gender critical views. But she did lose the debate at conference and the NEU is officially in favour of self-id. Crazy.

My union has erased sex from its list of characteristics to be protected against hatred and discrimination.

I've just been going around the teacher unions looking to rejoin one (I'm the lone figure trying to get back IN to teaching) - and I'd noticed NEU had gone Pride TTTTTTTTTTTTT (oh and a little bit of LGB) bonkers on twitter.

I think at least the NEU has Kiri Tunks as president. She has been openly and eloquently gender critical, as well as championing their campaign to end sexism in schools. She's what keeps me in the NEU