Children are having their lives 'destroyed' by delay of trans guidance trends now

A maths teacher who was sacked for refusing to affirm a pupil’s gender change says youngsters are having their lives ‘destroyed’ by the delay of trans guidance.

Kevin Lister, 60, who taught at a further education college in Swindon, lost his job for not referring to a 17-year-old pupil, who was born biologically female, by their preferred male name and he/him pronouns in A-level lessons.

He is now taking legal action against the school for unfair dismissal, and blames ‘weak’ heads who are being influenced by ‘trans activist teachers’.

Mr Lister said: ‘The longer that there is uncertainty and the longer the Government doesn’t make a definitive statement, then the more kids and more young people’s lives will be destroyed.'

He added: ‘The transgender industry has got a hold on schools that the tobacco industry never managed to get.

‘My experience is that senior managers are very weak and they basically give the whip hand to the trans activist teachers.

‘It is absolutely outrageous that we’re allowing this in schools. This is normalising the teaching of absurdities.’

Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis academy trust, which has 52 schools and educates more than 31,000 pupils, said his organisation was forced to come up with its own LGBTQ guidance in the absence of Government policy. 

He added: ‘We have a policy and a code of practice around our support for young people who are questioning their gender and support for parents.

‘We have students in primary schools and secondary schools, as all schools do, who don’t identify with their birth gender. There needs to be a sensible approach.’

The call for clear advice follows claims among campaigners that teachers are keeping parents in the dark about their trans policy while they await official guidance from the Government. 

The Department for Education is now expected

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