A Whitehall diversity ambassador told civil servants working in schools that trans children’s demands for puberty blockers should take precedence over their “parents’ will”.
Saorsa-Amatheia Tweedale, a transwoman civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), told colleagues that children who want to transition have the right to ignore their parents’ wishes and compared taking puberty blockers to taking the contraceptive pill.
The official also claimed that the belief that sex is binary is not “the modern scientific view” and that “there are as many genders as there are individuals because we’re all unique individuals”.
Ms Tweedale, who acts as the DWP’s National Diversity Ambassador on trans issues and is the co-chair of the cross-Civil Service LBGT+ network, gave an online lecture to DWP civil servants on 26 October 2023.
The talk, which focussed on gender identity and pronouns, was given to the National Group of Support for Schools Advisers, a group of officials in DWP who offer career advice in schools.
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