Drag queen storytime should be allowed in schools for ‘inclusivity’, says teachers’ union

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I cannot understand why any teacher continues with his or her membership of the NEU.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/05/drag-queen-story-time-allowed-schools-teachers-union-neu/

"Drag queens should be invited into schools to help challenge the “heteronormative culture and curriculum”, the country’s biggest teaching union has said.

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted to support initiatives like drag queen storytime at a conference in Harrogate on Wednesday morning.

Drag queens and LGBT+ authors visiting schools challenge the “heteronormative culture and curriculum that dominates education”, the approved motion stated.

NEU members agreed that the Government is “creating a hostile environment” for trans people by blocking Scotland’s gender reform plans to allow people over 16 to change their legal sex by signing a statutory declaration.

This has “encouraged the far-Right to organise further attacks on drag queen storytime and has created an atmosphere where hate crime can thrive,” they said.

Shelby Millard, a teacher at the conference, told delegates: “The fact that Rishi Sunak has used Section 35 to stop the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Act is sickening.”

She claimed that he is “supporting the far-Right attacks on drag queen story time”."

Much more on the Telegraph linked above.

Alternative trades unions for teachers and lecturers include Affinity https://workaffinity.co.uk/ or if you just want the backing of some legal advice Edapt (not a trades union , edu-law specialist, not quite the same) https://www.edapt.org.uk/ . Teachers in my family have mostly recently switched to Edapt but if their schools were particularly tough or employment likely to be less stable they'd have gone for Affinity.

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They are weakening their plight by the hour. Absolutely not. Irish mum here but wouldn't be happening on my watch.

I'd find their commitment to balancing heteronormativity more convincing if they were inviting butch lesbians in to read stories. Or people with visible and hidden disabilities. But it's always about the glitter and pouting isn't it?

They are trying to rewrite the sex curriculum in Ireland to include trans education for primary school kids. It has received huge backlash & hopefully will be scrapped.

Inclusivity for me would be Syrian or Ukrainian hour to educate children about inclusivity. Ireland has had a huge influx of refugees & that would be my priority. Huge learning opportunities for children too surrounding for example Ukraine..
Have a native Ukrainian in the classroom to tell the children Ukrainian folktales, about the music, food, history, Geography, language & about the plight their country is currently under.
Could have Syrians, Afghans, Georgians, Iraquis, Iranians also.
This is what the Irish & UK government need to be doing for integration & inclusivity not drag time story hour!

Surely nasuwt is left but not like this? I've never heard of the ones you mentioned.

I left the NEU a few years ago as it was pretty obvious that they were heading down this road. I see I was right to do so.

What and who can be excluded from schools and what is the criteria to include some people, whst about thise historically excluded?

Schools weren't fenced in my day, I think it's to pen in the children rather than keep threats out, unless parents are the threat?

Teachers?
By the sounds of it, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near kids!
Were it not for heteronormativity, there'd be no kids in schools for them to corrupt!
Bunch of pervs!

Hmm, but absolutely no transparency with the parents about the exact nature of these "break the mould" classes.

If you're so proud to smash things up, let the parents know exactly how.

I mean, like the masked TRAs outside lesbian meets, you've got nothing to hide, surely?

Lgbt authors in schools - great, as long as those representing the T aren't pushing a belief system without expecting challenge or debate.

Drag queens performing? No, not appropriate. And massively sexist/misogynist. And nothing to do with diversity. Lots of different gender non-conforming adults reading to children? Great. People with various disabilities reading or doing activities? Great. Etc etc

I really don't know why drag has become the go to for unthinking "diversity" tick box exercises.

https://mobile.twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1643560377806880770

This is the next step.

Seriously thinking of emigrating to avoid this crap.

I was going to join the NEU in solidarity with teacher colleagues but I’m now not going to as the face of modern drag is totally different to what it used to be.

Reposted without a word that MNHQ deem unacceptable when applied to drag . But it’s a word that Stonewall include under their Umbrella so 🤦‍♀️

@ThunderDad

Where to? We aren't alone

This.

Japan. They are pretty based over there and they have some great international schools.

How on earth did drag queens ever become the poster boys for inclusion & diversity? There's countless groups of children struggling to access education, needing investment & support yet the NEU rates sexualised male adult entertainers as the most appropriate?
No wonder increased numbers of parents are deciding to Home Ed.

Lmao far right views to not see the need for drag queens in schools. What a joke, the teaching profession is suffering from chronic understaffed, underfunding, the Ofsted controversy, teachers working extra hard in challenging conditions due to children not being able to access assessments and support and this is what they're wasting precious time on. I'd rather my child learnt to be tolerant of everyone but that people aren't defined by their sexual orientation- these characatures that exist to make money from mocking women have no place in a school, they aren't teaching anything useful. It's genuinely disturbing.

Japan also recognise transgender as the third sex & have facilities in place for male, female & trans. All happily coexist peacefully, same in Thailand.

It is not appropriate under any circumstances to push a narrative that people can change their sex. It's misleading and dangerous (see interviews with de-transitioners for evidence of this).

In terms of inclusivity I believe schools SHOULD be promoting understanding and tolerance of different races and religions. My son is mixed race and has had a few horrific comments thrown his way in primary school e.g. "Go back to your own country". I would argue this is a relevant issue that should be addressed with children.

@MakiSushi thís is my proposal.

The term inclusivity has lost all reasonable meaning.

It's all about the TQ+ and no one else gets a look in.
Trade Unions have really lost their way though.