The Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel in the Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, had suspended their sex education curriculum after a drag queen guest reportedly told eleven-year-old pupils there were 73 genders and even made one child who argued that there are “only two” leave the classroom.
It is said one group were also taught about oral and anal sex, while another group were informed about sex-change operations and how skin grafts can be used on an artificial penis.
A petition signed by over 500 parents, addressed to the school's head teacher Charlotte Clarke, had urged for an “immediate investigation” into the school's curriculum.
It read: "We consider the attendance of a ‘drag queen’ in class and alienating students clearly confused about the information discussed during this session wholly inappropriate.
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, which had introduced a new relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum in September, had said they would launch an independent review to gain an understanding of what had taken place.
UK’s The Telegraph reported that the said review of the school's personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum was brought about by parental concerns about the lessons, particularly the “graphic, disproportionate, indecent presentation” of sexual acts and gender identities being taught to their children. It was even claimed the children had been left “traumatised”.
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”.
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