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IDK, this reminds me of that one time Arkansas refused to comply with something education-related. /j

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Sunak defends sex education plans as ban on teaching gender identity compared to Thatcher’s hated Section 28

2 hours ago

Rishi Sunak has defended his controversial sex education plans after they were compared to Margaret Thatcher’s hated Section 28.

Ministers are to bar sex education classes for children younger than nine years old.

And the teaching of gender identity will be banned right up until the age of 18, education secretary Gillian Keegan said.

Critics have compared the plans to the heavily criticised Section 28 policy, which prohibited the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities, including in schools.

Earlier, Ms Keegan admitted ministers did not know how widespread the teaching of "inappropriate" material about gender identity was.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 46256.html

I like MellieC's comment on it's comment section, citing: -

Tory party lessons on transpeople
1) it's impossible
2) it's vanishingly rare - it can't possibly be you
3) Even if it is possible and it is you, you had *damned * well better not choose be like that
4) It's all your fault
5) There's no such thing as a transgender child
6) If we ignore it and keep kids in the dark, they won't choose to be like that... and we can pretend it's an 'adult problem '
And yet...
1) It IS possible
2) It is a lot more prevalent than many choose to believe and occurs irrespective of geography, culture and time
3) Trans people do not choose their gender identity- it is thrust upon them, probably in foetal development
4) Oh puuuhleeease!!!
5) Most trans people know they don't fit into the norm around the age of cognisance (4,5,6)
6) It didn't stop it in the past- just drove people deeply into the closet so they ended up coming out later in life with massive consequences for their mental health

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https://x.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1791481633410891868

New Hampshire has passed 3 anti-trans bills in a single day, with potentially more to come.

Bills passed include a sports ban, a bill defining LGBTQ+ topics as "objectionable" in school, and a surgery ban for youth.

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