Charity trains teachers on gender surgery
A REGISTERED charity has been training teachers to tell children about hormone blockers and surgical procedures.
OutHouse, an LGBT+ charity formerly known as OutHouse East, received almost £24,000 in grants last year (£100,000 in total since 2019), with funders including Colchester council.
The charity also runs projects for “young people 13-19 who identify as trans+, non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid or in any other way gender questioning” and training for “LGBTQ+ awareness” for businesses, schools and colleges.
Training module discuss “sex assigned at birth”, “the science of being trans” and “medical and surgical gender affirmation”.
Last year students from the LGBTQ+ society of an Essex grammar school were taken to OutHouse to share experiences “as Queer people”, while Tracey Martinez, a former awareness coordinator for The OutHouse, delivered LGBTQ+ training to the staff at a local school.
Ms Martinez is the former chair of the Essex Police LGBTQ+ network and runs a consultancy service, which she helped achieve “recognition as a top-ranking Stonewall Workplace Champion”.
OutHouse regularly posts artwork made by young people on its Instagram page, such as a drawing of two penguins holding hands. It has also publicised Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week and Omnisexual Visibility Day.
Conservative MP Miriam Cates said: “No organisation that promotes extreme political ideologies such as Queer Theory should be in receipt of taxpayer funding. And no organisation that promotes Queer Theory should be allowed near children.
“We must identify charities and NGOs that promote dangerous and unevidenced ideas about sex and gender to kids and withdraw funding.”
Lucy Marsh of the Family Education Trust said: “In light of the Cass Review, how can any publicly funded body justify spending money on an organisation which promotes medical transition to children and tells them puberty blockers and crosssex hormones are ‘reversible’?
Colchester council said: “The council’s responsibility is to encourage a dialogue about inclusivity and supporting young people.
Martinez said: “My training is supported by UK legislation. I disagree that my training delivers dangerous ideology.”
The OutHouse said: “We are committed to providing vital services that support the wellbeing of young people and their familieswhom may be dealing with a variety of challenges. All our services are carried out with safety and safeguarding as the main priority.”