EXCLUSIVE: Sex Education Opt-Out for Child With Learning Difficulties Denied by Welsh Authorities

Published on March 27, 2024

Authorities have denied a mother’s request to opt-out her child with learning disabilities from controversial gender ideology aspects of mandatory sex education in Wales, despite concerns of potential “damage.” The Education Tribunal Of Wales has ruled on the authorities’ side that a 6-year-old child with serious learning disabilities must attend compulsory Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in school. The mother, who does not want to be named or identified, said that she feared the sexual and gender ideology elements of the curriculum would be “potentially damaging” for the child owing to his developmental stage, saying that his brain “will take things literally.”...