Gender Ideology Should Not Be Taught in Schools, New Guidelines Say

New government guidance aimed at protecting children recommends that schools in England should not teach the “contested” subject of gender ideology. No sex education should be given to children at all before year 5, when they are 9 or 10 years old, the guidelines published on Thursday state. Parents will be given the right to see resources used to teach their children Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) lessons, following what the Department for Education described as “multiple reports of disturbing materials” being used for this subject. The government plans to make the guidelines statutory following a public consultation, meaning schools will be expected to follow them, although with a general election due this year, a Labour administration might scrap them. The current status is that schools must have “a good reason” for not adhering to them....