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(The Guardian) Greens respond to new Catholic guidelines on gender identity
The Greens have responded to reports the Catholic education system has adopted new guidelines on gender identity.
According to The Australian, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will advise schools that: Research data strongly suggests that, for the vast majority of children and adolescents, gender incongruence is a psychological condition through which they will pass safely and naturally with supportive psychological care.
It reportedly stipulates that pastoral care initiatives that are “in conflict with the generosity of the Christian vision” are also to be “respectfully avoided”, including concepts that say gender is arbitrarily assigned at birth, gender is fluid and that gender is separate from biological sex.
The Greens schools spokesperson, Penny Allman-Payne, said: As a teacher for 30 years I know how challenging school can sometimes be for young people figuring out their gender identity. They need to be supported and encouraged to affirm their genders, not abandoned during what can be an incredibly difficult and confusing time.
Archbishop Peter Comensoli says Catholic schools adhere to the principle that everyone is loved by God. Abandoning vulnerable students is an odd way for them to show it.
The party’s LGBTQ+ spokesperson, Stephen Bates, said: Trans and gender diverse children already suffer elevated rates of poor mental health outcomes and suicide risk as a result of the discrimination and bullying they regularly experience. Schools should be a place where we set young people up with the confidence and skills to thrive in our society, but instead the Catholic Bishops Conference wants to see schools undermine the agency and acceptance of already marginalised communities.
(The Guardian) Greens respond to new Catholic guidelines on gender identity
The Greens have responded to reports the Catholic education system has adopted new guidelines on gender identity.
According to The Australian, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will advise schools that: Research data strongly suggests that, for the vast majority of children and adolescents, gender incongruence is a psychological condition through which they will pass safely and naturally with supportive psychological care.
It reportedly stipulates that pastoral care initiatives that are “in conflict with the generosity of the Christian vision” are also to be “respectfully avoided”, including concepts that say gender is arbitrarily assigned at birth, gender is fluid and that gender is separate from biological sex.
The Greens schools spokesperson, Penny Allman-Payne, said: As a teacher for 30 years I know how challenging school can sometimes be for young people figuring out their gender identity. They need to be supported and encouraged to affirm their genders, not abandoned during what can be an incredibly difficult and confusing time.
Archbishop Peter Comensoli says Catholic schools adhere to the principle that everyone is loved by God. Abandoning vulnerable students is an odd way for them to show it.
The party’s LGBTQ+ spokesperson, Stephen Bates, said: Trans and gender diverse children already suffer elevated rates of poor mental health outcomes and suicide risk as a result of the discrimination and bullying they regularly experience. Schools should be a place where we set young people up with the confidence and skills to thrive in our society, but instead the Catholic Bishops Conference wants to see schools undermine the agency and acceptance of already marginalised communities.
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