Gender ideology a hindrance if a pupil identifies as trans

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Comment by Carolyn Brown, an educational psychologist in the Times:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/25995f2e-65ff-11ed-9ccc-9d160947f622?shareToken=d4b8479529a28e62524b2113694b3d78

"What teenager does not feel uncomfortable in their own body? It is the job of all to reassure and support pupils to learn to accept their biological bodies and love themselves for who they are."

exactly this. I'm not awake to comment more, I need more tea.

Thanks for the share token

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thanks for the share token. Short article but absolutely spot on.

Spot on and blindingly obvious points made. Why is Scotland hell bent on no debate?

Isn’t it amazing that the last sentence is now somehow controversial?

Excellent article, thank you for sharing. I think those who choose to continue to promote gender ideology instead of genuine care for children and young people will face a serious reckoning in a few years. The warnings are there; if you choose to ignore them then be prepared to explain why you've allowed young people to be so badly damaged by your belief system.

I’m so pleased to see more and more people speaking out about this and more press coverage. Every time I write to Shirley Anne Somerville I get this obnoxious reply which says the school guidance is just meant to be helpful and schools can choose to use it or not use it as they see fit. Completely ignores the fact that too many schools view it as official endorsed, really-do-need-to-follow-it direction from ScotGov.

"What teenager does not feel uncomfortable in their own body? It is the job of all to reassure and support pupils to learn to accept their biological bodies and love themselves for who they are."

That's my take on the* issue for a lot of young people. Not liking their body during puberty is normal, it doesn't automatically mean they have gender dysphoria* and as the adults- drs. Parents, educators- we do have the responsibility to help them.

Have the Scottish government decided to add guidance to the list of terms they’re linguistically gerrymandering?

Or is it just an extension of the government’s gaslighting policy for dealing with the public?

I am increasingly uncomfortable about how the narrative exacerbates stigma around mental health. The entire trans agenda treats the mental health as a horrible taboo and responds with horror to any hint that people who are uncomfortable in their bodies such that it affects their ability to function effectively might be approached as a mental health issue at all.

It’s horrendous. It absolutely reinforces the idea that mental health issues are deeply shameful and not something anyone should have associated with them.

It’s yet another way in which the whole ideology is deeply regressive and problematic.