Teachers will be forced to tell parents that their child is questioning their gender even if the young person objects under new guidance for schools in England, the equalities minister has indicated.

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      Parents shouldn’t get absolute dominion over a human being just because. At some point society is also raising and protecting all children.

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          Is this a serious reply?

          “Who from society” would be people like the child’s teachers, counselors, friends, relatives, mentors, etc.

          Funny you mention red-herrings and extremes and then go on to talk about how we’ll all be living under a Saudi-like dictatorship if teachers don’t snitch on kids to their parents about something like personal identity.

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            No. Absolutely fucking not. Full stop. My child, my choices. Period. End of story? Don’t like it? Pound sand.

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                When people have conversations involving making decisions concerning my child on my behalf, the actual reply is much more violent.

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                    This only appears to just be ramping up now. I really do think this is not a policy that any political party should be pushing, lest they find themselves the target of like minded people like myself. People wonder why homeschooling is becoming more prevalent. It’s shit like this.

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      Educators and the government should not be outing students.

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      By your logic, minors wouldn’t be allowed to confide in anyone they trust unless it’s their parents.

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      What does this have to do with “parents making decisions about their children?” What decision are they being deprived of if a teacher doesn’t report everything a child expresses at school to the parent?

      For a parallel, what if the law was instead about race rather than gender? “Teachers must report white children expressing interest in talking to black children”

      You: “Well what’s wrong with that? It’s muh right!”