Sex education is suspended in Isle of Man after drag queen guest speaker ‘tells 11-year-olds there are 73 genders – and made a child who said there are ”only two” leave the class’
- An independent review has been launched into Queen Elizabeth II High School
- The review comes after parents raised concerns about sex education lessons
A school has suspended its sex education curriculum after a drag queen guest reportedly told pupils there are 73 genders and made a child who argued there are ‘only two’ leave the classroom.
An independent review has been launched into Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel, Isle of Man, after Year 7 children were left ‘traumatised’ after being taught about sex change operations and sexual 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 over the lesson.
The concerns centre around the ‘graphic, disproportionate, indecent presentation’ of sexual acts and gender identities being taught to their children, The Telegraph reports.
It includes a drag queen teaching the children some of whom were as young as 11, that there are 73 genders.
An independent review has been launched into Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel, Isle of Man
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 to on an artificial penis.
One teacher is also said to have had to teach pupils in Year 7 and 8 how to masturbate.
Vice-chairman of Marown Commissioners Eliza Cox told Energy FM Isle of Man: ‘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 now been launched 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.
The concerns centre around the ‘graphic, disproportionate, indecent presentation’ of sexual acts and gender identities
‘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 sex education curriculum in September.
The school’s head teacher Charlotte Clarke 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.’
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