‘Mixed-berry muffins’ used to push gender fluid ideology on school kids in Wales

‘Gender fluidity’ has been promoted to children as young as seven in resources produced in partnership with the Welsh Government and the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.

Bizarre lessons, including teaching children about different gender identities using ‘mixed berry gender muffins’, have been taking place in Wales since 2016.

The material has come to light as Rishi Sunak committed to bringing forward a review of statutory guidance on Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in England, after it was revealed that inappropriate materials were being used in English schools.

Agenda

The 170-page “Agenda” sex-ed pamphlet published by Cardiff University states that biological sex is “not just ‘male’ and ‘female’”.

The document recommends that staff teach children about ‘gender identity’ through a “mixed-muffin gender berry challenge”, where the different colour berries represent different gender identities.

Teachers are told how some children want to swap their pronouns or have no gender at all, while gendered uniforms and single-sex toilets are criticised for “reinforcing gender norms”.

Laura Anne Jones, Wales’s Shadow Education Minister, accused First Minister Mark Drakeford of being “determined to push gender ideology”.

‘Highly inappropriate’

Jones said the materials being “pushed and approved” by the Government are “highly inappropriate and not at all age-appropriate for our children.”

She stated that the “images and suggested teachings are not based on biological fact”, and accused the Government of being “determined to push gender ideology, against the wishes of the Welsh public”.

In an attempt to distance the Government from the material, a spokesman said it had not commissioned the resource. “Any resources that schools use must be in line with the legal requirements and they must be developmentally appropriate. It must also be factual and neutral.

“We have also encouraged schools to discuss their proposals on Relationship Sex Education teaching with parents and carers in an engaged and constructive way, we know that many parents have found this approach useful.”

Delayed guidance

In England, efforts by the Department for Education (DfE) to issue transgender guidance to schools have stalled under a succession of Education Secretaries since last April.

A DfE spokesman said: “It is incredibly important that we take the time to get the guidance right, and the education secretary is working closely with the women and equalities minister to produce a draft for consultation before final publication later this year.”

President of the Association of School and College Leaders, Evelyn Forde, said the delayed guidance should be produced as soon as possible. The Association’s General Secretary, Geoff Barton, called for a “sense of urgency from government” around the issue.

Miriam Cates MP has told the Prime Minister that children are being “subjected to lessons that are age-inappropriate, extreme, sexualising and inaccurate, often using resources from unregulated organisations that are actively campaigning to undermine parents. This is not a victory for equality, it is a catastrophe for childhood.”