Parents have accused British schools of "punishing" their children for daring to question transgender ideology as whistleblowing teachers slam a "systematic, top level down perversion of the whole education system", GB News reveals in a new documentary.
Documents show one school requires children as young as eleven to refer to a non-binary teacher as "Mx" - a gender-neutral honorific, instead of the usual 'Mr' or 'Miss'.
Upon the return to school this September, the child of the outraged parent found themselves in class with a teacher presenting as female.
Weeks into the school year, the concerned parent stated it had not yet been made clear to the students that this teacher would prefer to be addressed as 'Mx' rather than the standard 'Miss'.
The parent claims the conflict began when the pupil, who is in Year 9, addressed the female teacher as 'Miss', to which the pupil claims the teacher retorted: "I'm not Miss, I'm Mx".
In response, the confused child allegedly asked: "Well, what does that mean?"
The child was then issued a detention for being rude to their teacher, according to the parent who refutes the punishment, countering that the kid largely stays out of trouble, has always had good feedback and is "not a bad child".
The parent says the school has disputed the claim that the detention was related to the child's use of 'Miss' rather than 'Mx' to address the teacher, however, communications seen by GB News suggest the underlying issue has been the use of chosen pronouns.
The People's Channel has seen messages from multiple parents at the same school corroborating the concerned parent's sequence of events. Many of these parents' own children, they claim, have been given punishments such as detentions for addressing the teacher as 'Miss' rather than 'Mx'.
Data GB News can exclusively reveal in this documentary shows councils and schools have spent thousands of pounds of public cash drafting in charities who support transgender ideology to run seminars and teaching sessions for children.
Bexley Borough Council had paid one such organisation £2,295 for “training on Relationship and Sex Education (RSE)”. Islington had paid £199 for “advice and guidance on RSE”. Northumberland paid £1095 for “access to resources for professionals and termly seminars on RSE for children”.
Wandsworth confirmed it had contracted the group’s services but refused to say how much it had paid, asserting that it received “RSE training for professionals working with parents” and for the local authority’s school governors. These funds are aside from what individual schools would pay.
Documents show one school requires children as young as eleven to refer to a non-binary teacher as 'Mx'
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GB News' documentary also hears from teachers who have lost their jobs for having transgressed transgender policies.
Kevin Lister was sacked and then barred from working with children for expressing his disagreement: "I am banned from teaching and banned from pursuing my profession. Nobody's going to employ me. I can't get back into the industry. I certainly can't get into teaching. I can't even even drive a van for Tesco".
The former teacher blames a set of laws exposed in the documentary that came in under the previous Labour government for the pervasiveness of trans ideology in education: "There's this absolute systematic, top level down perversion of the whole education system in this country."
GB News met concerned parents who fought for the freedom of children and teachers to refuse to use transgender pronouns, who claim their young son was labelled "transphobic" and won a change in government guidance.
In this documentary, they tell the People's Channel these freedoms are being undermined as they sound the alarm that Labour could weaken protections.
Andrea Williams helped represent a teacher who was struck off for 'misgendering' a pupil. She told GB News there are hundreds of cases where parents have been silenced and teachers have lost their jobs for confronting woke policies: "There is a multitude of these cases. What happens to every single person is you are told you must not speak about this."
The parent whose child was allegedly punished for questioning their teacher's transgender pronouns confirmed the pupil has been allowed back into their lessons with the teacher but has been told to address them as 'Mx'.
They countered: "I told them no, that is not happening".
To overcome the stalemate, the parent says the school suggested a workaround: the pupil may raise their hand silently to address the teacher, thus avoiding the use of gender.
Feeling uneasy at this prospect, the parent sighed: "[My child] is really anxious, they think they're going to be bullied."
The now resolute parent said: "[My child] is not going back in that class. I regret sending them to that school. I feel like I've let them down."
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Kevin Lister was sacked and then barred from working with children for expressing his disagreement
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The school in this case told GB News in a statement: "[Ours] is an inclusive school which represents and works with a diverse group of local families and staff.
"The school works with everyone in the community to encourage tolerance and respect regarding their views, lifestyles and beliefs, and heritage and backgrounds.
"This fundamental principle is at the heart of the school and sits at the centre of what we all understand about British Values.
"The Executive Principal has spoken this year to all students about celebrating the differences we see around the school, but also to reach out to identify what we hold in common with one another.
"These similarities help build a cohesive community based upon the school’s core values of kindness and trust.
"Whilst we do not comment on individual cases, we are always willing to engage with and listen to any member of our community to ensure that their voice is heard."
