Delegates at the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) conference have characterised as “insensitive” the opposition by a Catholic school management body to teaching children about transgender ideology. The INTO has previously produced videos in support of such ideology.

The Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA) said any move to teach primary pupils about transgenderism “would be counterproductive, generating unnecessary divisions in school communities where none now exists”. Gender ideology says that your ‘gender’ might be different from your biological sex. It can result in minors being given puberty blockers and sex hormones, and in some cases operations to remove organs such as breasts.

The CPSMA said that sometimes there is a ‘contagion’ effect as sometimes several children in the same classroom declare themselves to be transgender at the same time.

Delegates at the INTO’s annual congress in Killarney “condemned” these comments and welcomed the “timely review” of the 20-year-old relationships and sexual education curriculum which may result in gender ideology being taught.

INTO General Secretary John Boyle said, “Schools should and must be inclusive to all. As a union, we are, and will remain an unapologetic advocate for equality”.
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2023/04/12/union-criticises-insensitive-opposition-to-teaching-of-gender-identity-in-primary-schools/