Parents blocked from viewing school sex education material which ‘denies biological sex’
by Megan Hinton, LBC:
Sex education providers are “actively seeking” to block parents from viewing material being taught to their children which teaches children that “gender identity that should take priority over biological sex”.
Some providers are preventing access to teaching resources by citing commercial confidentiality, according to former director of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald of River Glaven.
To tackle this “obfuscation”, the independent crossbencher is among a number of peers backing a proposed change to the law that will give parents a legal right to review curriculum materials.
He made his comments as the House of Lords continued its detailed scrutiny of the Schools Bill.
Lord Macdonald told the upper chamber that the Government had updated in 2019 the relationships and sex education (RSE) guidance.
He said: “The guidance was clear that content should be age-appropriate, developmentally appropriate and – I underline the next words – anchored in science and material facts.
“It seems that a significant number of independent so-called RSE providers have created materials that promote to schoolchildren, including quite young children, the idea that biological sex is a spectrum, that we all have an inner gender identity that should take priority over biological sex and that our assumed genders are assigned to us at birth.
“One may agree or disagree with those propositions, and one may agree or disagree with them being put forward as scientifically based fact, but it is also clear that the 2019 guidance made paramount that parents should have visibility of what is being taught to their children.”
See also: Claire Fox (Baroness Fox of Buckley) in the House of Lords: ‘Earlier today I explained why it’s a problem when schools invite in third-party providers (eg Stonewall or campaigns advocating Critical Race Theory) and then deny parents access to materials. But more importantly, why aren’t we asking what we *should* be debating in Schools Bill – what is education for? Without knowing, schools can become open to indoctrination.’ Watch here
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