Mick Hartley

From the Times today:

Primary school children are being taught that a person’s sex is “assigned” to them by a doctor at birth and that gender can be a “sliding scale”.

More than 800 schools have been sent copies of What Does LGBT+ Mean? which claims that a doctor or nurse “looked at our body and gave us a label based on what they could see”.

Written by mother-and-son diversity campaigners, it features a picture of a doctor holding a clipboard and pen by a row of babies under the “assigned sex” chapter. The book adds that “gender is different from assigned sex” and is who they “feel” they are, with examples given as “male, female, both or neither”.

It includes a section on “gender as a spectrum”, saying: “Some people find it useful to think of gender as a sliding scale between male and female.” The scale is shown with labels in between male and female, including mostly female, partly female, both or neither, partly male and mostly male.

Helen Joyce, from the advocacy group Sex Matters, told The Times: “Nobody is assigned a sex. I’ve given birth twice and both times I knew what sex the baby was at 20 weeks. It’s just absurd. How did we get to a place where teachers feel they can sit and say to primary children, ‘Some people feel male, some feel female, some feel both and some feel neither’?”

How indeed. It's beyond belief that such cultish nonsense should be deemed suitable for presentation to young children. It's those activist teachers again.

What Does LGBT+ Mean? was published in October and is described as an educational book for children aged between 8 and 11 and written to be easy to use in the classroom. Its author is Olly Pike, director of the LGBT+ educational resource Pop’n’Olly; Mel Lane, a diversity campaigner; and her son, James Canning.

The book claims “people feel happier and included when their pronouns are respected” and includes definitions of those who identify as transgender, non-binary and intersex. On pronouns, it adds: “We can’t just assume pronouns. If you are not sure about another person’s pronouns, it is OK to politely ask.”

The book features all the LGBT+ flags, as well as suggested activities for pupils to try in school. There are also two pages dedicated to an explanation of sexual orientation, with labels of heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and asexual.

Data provided on the Pop’n’Olly website shows that the book has been donated to at least 814 primary schools. When asked how widely it was being read by teachers, Pike said: “Teachers have expressed interest, thanks and gratitude towards this book. It’s helping the teachers as much as students.”

A quote on the back of the book, from a key stage two teacher, says: “This book contains everything I need to cover the new RSE curriculum, with examples that make sense to children.”

An education source said: “Britain is one of the most tolerant countries in the world, but it’s neither constructive nor appropriate to be concerning young children with culture war issues. We should let kids be kids.”

And here's a delightful promotional video:

🥳 NEW VIDEO 🥳 Gender Explained for Kids – Part 1 💜 Designed specially to use alongside our brand new book “What Does LGBT+ Mean” this video is perfect to help introduce the idea of gender to kids 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

To access the resources, head to https://t.co/xPzoQB55Q2 pic.twitter.com/KMnbDjSx8k

— Pop'n'Olly (@PopnOlly) January 19, 2022

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Via the Glinner, who notes correctly that "this is grooming".