Roderic O’G: Transgender issues added to primary curriculum

This has been what a lot of it is coming down to, that knowing something will somehow cause people to change rather than people being more comfortable to discuss these out loud vs. keeping it bottled up and telling no one.

In the example supplied, there should be uproar that we tell children that people with webbed feed exist, it's an even smaller % of the population than trans and then what is the measured benefit of telling children that webbed feet can exist.

Oh, but what if they got a brain transplant from a girl?

I suppose the real issue here is, what the benefit of this proposal?

We already have a huge amount of social acceptance of trans issues to the point where being critical or hurtful towards a trans person will likely result in a person being ostracised by the majority of people.

Does sitting primary school children down to explain the mechanics of transgenderism improve the quality of life of trans people beyond what it currently is in any demonstrable fashion?

I think it's possible to be opposed to this proposal without being ardently against trans people or their rights.

We have exceeded social acceptance of trans issues and we are entering a situation where an over saturation of trans issues may well end up having a regressive impact that undoes progress that has been made.

There has to be respect given to trans people but that respect also has to be extended to people who feel their children may not be mature enough in primary level education to learn about trans issues.

You can't bludgeon people over the head with these things and expect universally positive responses.

Parents can already opt their kids out of the sexual education, don't see why that still wouldn't apply.

And I doubt the curriculum would bludgeon anyone over the head with details.

Have you a link to a hard science peer reviewed study on this? Genuinely interested to know.

https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/448787

A structural magnetic resonance imaging study in transgender persons on cross-sex hormone therapy

"Gender identity and gender incongruence could not be reliably identified (all pFDR > 0.05"

Be careful what you wish for, LGBT issues were never taught to me back in primary school, that didn't stop me or the vast majority of the adult voting population into voting for adult homosexual people to be finally allowed to get married in this state.

On the other hand, maths was taught to me in primary school and I unfortunately detest the subject.

Unusual does not equal not normal and because something is unusual does not mean it should be hidden and ignored

Why not put on classes or information evenings where parents and kids can go and learn together. Why do kids have to opt out of this. Why don't people who are interested in this opt in and go to them outside of school hours?

That you believe discussing differences is “sexualisation of children” denotes a seriously warped sense of sexuality