r/unitedkingdom • u/PinkNews Verified Media Outlet • 5d ago

Keir Starmer says he doesn’t want schools teaching young people about transgender identities ...

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/25/keir-starmer-trans-education-general-election-2024/
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u/notleave_eu 5d ago

Trans and tolerance for all generally needs to be addressed as a whole, though what I don’t understand currently is why something that affects around 0.5% of the population taking over such a high percentage of the news cycles.

This doesn’t affect 99.5% of the population of England and Wales but it’s constant news. There are more people who are homeless, or children living in poverty than there are trans people. A call every 30 seconds is made to the police regarding domestic violence which affects 1 in 5 of everyone (male or female) during our lifetime.

I’m not saying ignore it, or not address it, I just that I don’t understand why the other issues are pushed aside for this.

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u/kutuup1989 5d ago

Personally, it's because at least one of that 0.5% is a close friend and I don't appreciate them being treated like they're freaks or less than human through exclusion in educating children about the world they will grow up in.