The Times and The Daily Mail both quote Safe Schools Alliance in articles this week about drag queen Aida H Dee reading stories to children in UK libraries. The Times article notes that we have written to Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England about this. We believe that Drag Queen Story Hour is … Continue reading Aida H Dee and the Drag Queen Story Hour summer tour
The Sex Education Free-for-all
The Times quotes Safe Schools Alliance in its report today on the dangerous and misleading "sex education" from external providers that some schools are using for Relationships and Sex Education. The article particularly focuses on the provider Bish which offers an online resource for teenagers and parents. The Times reports that this describes prostitution as … Continue reading The Sex Education Free-for-all
Future of Legal Gender
In 2020 our spokeswoman Tanya Carter was interviewed for the Future of Legal Gender project, based at King's College London. The final report of this project has now been published. The Future of Legal Gender was a mock law reform project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, exploring the implications of reforming how English law deals … Continue reading Future of Legal Gender
The Family Sex Show
The Daily Mail quoted Safe Schools Alliance in its recent report on the Family Sex Show, which was due to be held at the Theatre Royal in Bath. After considerable public protest, including a petition signed by 38,000 people, the show was cancelled. It did however go ahead as a private performance. We do not … Continue reading The Family Sex Show
Survey asks children as young as 13 when they first had sex | The Telegraph
The Telegraph quotes Safe Schools Alliance in its report on a Welsh government-backed survey into children's experiences with sex. This is an excellent article exposing the Welsh Government's misuse of £1,137,584 of public money on a poorly designed survey. When dealing with children a safeguarding-first approach must be used. This did not happen here. There … Continue reading Survey asks children as young as 13 when they first had sex | The Telegraph
Advice on social transitioning of trans-identified children
The Sunday Times revealed today that Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council in Wales has become the latest council to withdraw its 'trans toolkit' after a school used it to socially transition a child in their care without his parents' knowledge. You can read the full article on the Safe Schools Alliance Facebook page. Our … Continue reading Advice on social transitioning of trans-identified children
Schools pay for “misinformation from Stonewall” | The Telegraph
The Telegraph reports this morning on a series of guidance packs produced for schools by Stonewall, the trans lobby group. Our spokeswoman Tanya Carter explains why Safe Schools Alliance are very concerned about the safeguarding aspects of these. Stonewall's guides inform schools that there should be no single-sex toilets, and that boys and girls should … Continue reading Schools pay for “misinformation from Stonewall” | The Telegraph
Breast binding at Nonsuch High
As reported in The Sunday Times this morning, Safe Schools Alliance has reported Nonsuch High School for Girls to the Department for Education over very worrying safeguarding failures and breaches of the 1996 Education Act. Our concerns include its promotion of the damaging practice of breast binding, as well as providing children with links to … Continue reading Breast binding at Nonsuch High
Stonewall’s School Champions Awards | Lesbian and Gay News
Jo Bartosch reports on the fact that Stonewall are relaunching their “School & College Champions Awards”, quoting analysis from Safe Schools Alliance and Legal Feminist. SSA UK advise that schools should refer to latest DfE guidance on teaching of PSHE and RSE, and refer to their safeguarding knowledge and not sign up to this. Bartosch … Continue reading Stonewall’s School Champions Awards | Lesbian and Gay News
Crowdfunding: mothers and feminist women continue doing what they always have | Reuters report
This Thomson Reuters article on crowdfunding needed two journalists to ‘investigate’ why it is that British women are raising money to protect their sex-based rights. What did they find? Yes – that ordinary women in Britain feel that their rights are being undermined and their children placed at risk by agenda-driven lobby groups. That they … Continue reading Crowdfunding: mothers and feminist women continue doing what they always have | Reuters report