After UNN’s report last week on the Canadian schoolboy who was suspended for saying there were only two genders, a similar story has surfaced much closer to home…
Queen Elizabeth II school in Peel on the Isle Of Man has suspended its sex education curriculum after a drag queen guest reportedly told pupils there were 73 genders. When a child argued that there are ‘only two’ genders, they were forced to leave the classroom.
An independent review has been launched into after several Year 7 children (aged 11-12) were left ‘traumatised’ after being taught about gender reassignment operations and a variety of sex acts.
The review of the school’s personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum, led by the island’s government, comes after parents raised concerns about the lesson – particularly the ‘graphic, disproportionate, indecent presentation’ of sexual acts and gender identities being taught to their children, The Telegraph reports.
When a pupil said ‘there’s only two’, the drag queen made the child leave the classroom.
The children were also taught about oral and anal sex, while another group were informed about sex-change operations and how skin grafts can be used on an artificial penis.
One teacher is also said to have had to teach pupils in Year 7 and 8 how to masturbate.
Eliza Cox, vice-chairman of Marown Parish Commissioners, told Energy FM on the island: ‘A lot of children are just too traumatised to even talk to their parents. As a parent, you don’t know what children are being taught.’
A petition, addressed to the school’s head teacher, has been started by parents calling for an ‘immediate investigation’ into the lessons.
It reads: ‘We consider the attendance of a “drag queen” in class and alienating students clearly confused about the information discussed during this session wholly inappropriate. How, who and why was this guest speaker permitted to discuss gender issues to an inappropriate child audience by an inexperienced and untrained adult?’
The Isle of Man government has said it has launched an independent review to gain an understanding of what has taken place.
It comes after the island introduced a new relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum in September.
Charlotte Clarke, the school’s head teacher, said: ‘Having viewed a video which is currently circulating on social media relating to the school’s RSE curriculum and its delivery, we are concerned that there could be a number of inaccuracies with the information being shared. Given the concerns being raised, and in order to be open and transparent, we requested an independent review into the situation. As such, I am happy to take part in the independent review which is being deployed by the Department of Education, Sport and Culture and would encourage our community to avoid speculation at this time.’
A spokesperson for the Department for Education added: ‘Schools must make sure all content they use is factual and age-appropriate, and engage with parents so they are aware of what their children are being taught. We will write to all schools this term to emphasise the rights of parents to see teaching materials being taught to their children in schools.’
Jacqui Deevoy has been a full time freelance journalist for more than three decades. Over the last few years, she’s lost faith in the MSM and now prefers to work for news outlets that deal in truth, not lies.
In 2021, she launched a personal investigation into euthanasia in the NHS and this resulted in her producing the shocking documentary ‘A Good Death?’ She is currently crowdfunding for a second film – ‘Playing God’ – due for release soon.
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