Tory minister Nadhim Zahawi suggests teachers should out trans kids to parents

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  1. While I would hope most would be grand with it you just know there will be some absolute cretins that will bully their poor kids if they find out.

  2. Zahawi can fuck right off with this notion.

    A lot of LGBTQ kids are in conservative households, and enacting a policy where teachers should out them to their parents could lead to persecution, abuse, or worse… “honor killings”.

  3. The way my mum flipped out when I came out almost scared me back into the closet, and I was 22 and living by myself…

    if i’d still been a teenager living at home, it would have been hell. You don’t get to out other people. That’s their choice to make not yours

  4. Thankfully, any sane teacher should understand why this is a terrible idea and will ignore this suggestion. Coming out is a major decision and there will be plenty of children not a position to do so, either out of safety or simply not being ready yet. They should be allowed to come out on their own terms, not forced out because of a government policy from an education minister with no understanding of the LGBT community.

  5. In reality? Best not.But a teacher should be able to confer with a school councilor who is also bound to keep their mouth shut, in order to act in that childs best interests. Unfortunately that takes funding for every school to ensure that councilor would be a full time staff member.

    In reality? Best not.But a teacher should be able to confer with a school councilor who is also bound to keep their mouth shut, in order to act in that childs best interests. Unfortunately that takes funding for every school to ensure that councillor would be a full time staff member.

  6. Really, *really*, hate the Americanisation of politics in this country.

    Give it 3 months before CBeebies and CBBC presenters are labelled as groomers

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