The schools still supporting trans ideology behind parents’ backs

[IwantToRetire]

Published within the space of 12 months, the Cass Review and the Supreme Court gender ruling were hailed as fundamental shifts away from the trans ideology that has captured just about every area of British public life.

In schools, however, it has been a different story. According to whistleblowing parents, governors and staff, a pro-trans rearguard action is under way, with activists in schools, local authorities, unions, sex-education groups, charities and other external bodies determined to ensure schools stay “gender affirming”, teaching children they can change sex.

Full article at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/04/schools-trans-ideology-children-parents/

And at https://archive.is/sEOb9

(I think most on FWR are aware of this, so posting as much to say even if only the Telegraph it isn't that people aren't aware. More shame on the Government for not getting on with enforcing the Supreme Court ruling.)

thought you were on mat leave

you can’t be a teacher as its basically part of KCSIE. And was in 2024. So even if you’ve missed it on May leave you’ll have had to have read kcsie last year

It's possible to identify as being on mat leave. Obviously nobody should feel under pressure to make a decision about whether that's the right type of employment benefit for them, so popping back occasionally to deliver the odd assessmbly makes sense.

Edited to add: 🙃

You realise 'discussion' doesn't qualify as incessant moaning about not being able to maintain an echo chamber? Perhaps if you were able to offer more relevant contributions for the prolific amount of threads you post might get some traction in at least one of them.

You seem to want to play OP without understanding the purpose of one.

Thank you for this highly pertinent and elucidating post. Pity about the grammar. You can only end a sentence with a ? if the sentence is asking a question.

"Discussion" on FWR means moving from Materialist Feminism 101 to the more interesting and less bleeding obvious material, without having to repeatedly spell out what "materialist feminism" even means in the face of people who deny that the material reality of sex even matters and claim that materialist feminism is a form of bigotry.

You repeatedly disrupt threads and you know it. You are being dishonest when you pretend that you don't.

You have to wonder as to what is the agenda of those who constantly intervene, not to progress discussion but to bog it down into the mire of misdirection.

Exactly the same at my school.

(It seems there are indeed a few teachers here Marymary.)

Think you'll find there are certain topics that excite more than others? Running down parents, being rude to parents, implying that some of the most mentally vulnerable children are being badly parented seems to be a bit of a theme.

Parental alienation of vulnerable children from their families runs through transactivism as in a stick of rock. As we can see here.

Ha ha 🤣 @Howseitgoin.

Teens have mental heath issues and need affirmation.

Schools don’t affirm anorexia or bulima or body integrity disorder. But chop off your tits - sure bangin choice!

And some of us have expertise in pastoral care, safeguarding and working with children with eating disorders, anxiety, suicide ideation & self harm (to name just a few). The differing attitudes to how these vulnerable children are dealt with compared to those children believing their bodies are flawed but a sex change might be the cure, is stark.
Schools are very aware how careful they have to be with all the former groups, trying hard to minimise social contagion and ensuring that the appropriate professional support is generated for them.
The latter group are often just thrown to the wolves with certain activist teachers & highly unsuitable trans activist groups in some cases being able to socially transition children - sometimes in secret from their parents.

“That they are oblivious to their child's psychological suffering”

So you recognise transgender ideology stems from mental health issues?

Clearly a trans identifying man. They are trans women and it follows they are women. Women give birth and have maternity leave.

You can? Howse posts an awful lot of nonsense, but their colloquial English in that post was perfectly understandable for once.

Not at all. Unlike armchair 'experts' I defer to world medical experts in psychology like the American Psychological Association who don't classify trans identity as a mental disorder.

The 'suffering' is in reference to gender dysphoria which is a result of gender incongruence.

Really? Please point to MN guidelines that confirm this particular limitation on discussion of feminist thought?

The arrogance in the assumption of speaking for all feminists is breathtaking but certainly not unexpected from GC ideology. Ironically, it mirrors patriarchal prescriptivism.

In my opinion, Howse is a PITA who posts unmitigated bilge for shits and gigs. I used to engage but have realised that I am just feeding Howse's urge. I have also experienced deletions where Howse or someone else feels that I have crossed the line. I now try to respond with an ODFOD without saying ODFOD

The grammar reference in my last post was to Howse's sentence: "You realise 'discussion' doesn't qualify as incessant moaning about not being able to maintain an echo chamber?"

Howse loves Howse's use of English. I was simply taking the piss out of ending a statement with a ? as if that turned it into a question.

Long story short. I think that Howse is a right Crown and Anchor but I'm not allowed to tell him that.

Your conclusion is correct imho.

1. You are conflating a restriction on posting topics with a desire to discuss topics to a more advanced extent without disruption. They are not the same thing and you are dishonest when you pretend that they are.
2. That you cause disruption is is the observable consensus of most active posters, as evidenced by the collective sigh that can be heard from space every time you post. See also: posts on this very thread from Janes, Retire, and ROGC.

You aren't so much failing to read the room as closing your eyes, jamming your fingers in your ears, and singing "la la la I can't hear or see how pissed off you all are with me".

Lol 'popularity rules'. I have no words….

There are literally no other large discussion forums that would dare to make such bizarre claims about how discussion works because most people understand echo chambers are antithetical to discussion.

Did it ever occur to you 'the disruption ' is a result of the engagement of others rather than my posting which is always relevant to the topic as opposed to others you seem to conveniently ignore? And given you yourself claim that this dominates threads that's counter to your claim of 'popular' dissatisfaction?

The spectacular irony of on one hand crying about censorship of GC views but on the other demanding opposing voices be silenced is certainly on form with the incoherence of this ideology. The fact that their adherents can't bear to even skip over comments that challenge their views is really revealing about the ability to self analyse…..a core tenet of truth seeking. Only cults are made in such ways…

@selffellatingouroborosofhate Schoolchild error.

Yeah, I know. I keep promising myself that I'll stop engaging, and can never quite manage it.

https://xkcd.com/386/ seems appropriate.

I know. I so want to respond with "Well that's a load of illconsidered bollocks because...." but that is exactly what feeds the fucker. I'm trying a more de minimus approach.

It's disruption when a poster consistently tries to take threads away from their original focus. They could start a new thread to discuss whatever it is they wish to highlight or express. But some posters delight in trying to take an existing thread over and getting it focussed on them and their agenda. It's possible to hijack a thread accidentally – and I'm guilty of having done so, and I apologise if I have annoyed people. But when a particular poster gets a well deserved reputation for disrupting threads and manipulating them to serve their own agenda, he or she would do well to engage in a little self reflection.

Skip over the bait. As soon as you see his name, titter gently to yourself & scroll on to find more informed, less tediously prolix contributions.