An image of school children holding a trans-inclusive flag has sparked a fresh transgender ideology row after the image went viral on social media.
The London primary school was hit with widespread backlash for sharing an image of their pupils holding a large pride flag, with a caption that read: "Being proud of who we are and celebrating pride values."
The move was condemned by Labour MP Rosie Duffield, who took to X, formerly Twitter, to defend the "tiny children" that have "no real concept or meaningful understanding of sexuality/gender identity".
Debating the image on GB News, LGBT liberation campaigner Peter Tatchell said it doesn't mean the children are "taught about sex in school", but they are "merely attempting to acknowledge that some of the kids in the school will have same sex parents".
Emily Carver confronted activist Peter Tatchell after he defended the image of the school pupils
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Noting the symbolism on the Pride Progress flag, which includes pansexuality, host Emily Carver argued that the children holding the flag representing the pansexual community means it is "obviously about sex".
Tatchell disagreed with Emily, claiming it is "about an identity", to which Emily fumed "oh come on Peter!"
Emily told Tatchell: "It's displaying pansexuality, that's obviously about sex."
Tatchell then hit back: "It's about saying some people may fall in love with someone of the same gender or a different gender, that's all it's about."
Labour MP Rosie Duffield condemned the primary school for posting a photo of children holding a trans-inclusive flag
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In disbelief at Tatchell's argument, Emily fumed: "I don't believe that you actually genuinely think that young children this age should be handed the progress flag and learning all about gender identity and whatnot. Is it not a bit much? They are very young."
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Acknowledging Emily's point, Tatchell admitted he partly "agreed" with the GB News host, adding: "It all depends on whether the children understood the issues, but we have to remember that young kids today are becoming aware of their sexuality or gender identity at a very young age.
"Those who have same sex parents or a trans parent, they need support and to not feel left out, not feel excluded, not feel marginalised. It's about kindness to pupils in our schools who come from different families and different parents."
Sharing his view on the debate, co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists James Esses expressed his concern for the "indoctrination" of gender ideology in schools.
Esses told GB News: "This image essentially encapsulates the notion of children being ideologically indoctrinated. But more than this, being sexualised at school by their teachers.
Emily Carver was in disbelief as Peter Tatchell claimed the pride celebrations were 'not about sex'
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"This goes far beyond acceptance, respect, tolerance of same sex attraction and age appropriate sex education. This is teachers pushing their own ideologies, nefarious ideologies on their pupils."
When pressed by Tom Harwood on whether the children are being taught the "sex of male and female" as opposed to "sexual intercourse", Esses claimed that certain sexualities displayed on the flag are examples of "who people are sexually attracted to".
Esses said: "I've spoken to parents from this school who've reached out and said they are extremely concerned by what's going on. They were never informed about this.
"They were never even asked for their consent for their children to be used in this photograph that was posed online - the whole thing is a disgrace."
The school has since deleted the post following the widespread criticism received.