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Children are never too young to learn about rainbow sex

By Lyle Shelton - posted Monday, 9 May 2016


Junior high brings more teaching on masturbation and the introduction of anal sex to the classroom through the Victorian Government's Building Respectful Relationships program.

Guides for sexualising role-playing exercises advise teachers on how to "de-role" children to help them avoid falling into "a state of distress or disassociation" which the program author obviously considered a real risk.

The Safe Schools Hub, a website funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training, now hosts controversial Safe School Coalition resources.

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These resources tell schools to allow boys identifying as girls to use the girls' toilets and provide schools with step by step guides on "Supporting a Student to Affirm or Transition Gender Identity at School."

Imagine an 18-year-old man identifying as a girl using the same toilets, showers and change rooms as your 13-year-old daughter. This scenario is now envisaged via a Turnbull Government-funded website.

Special facilities for transgender students are okay, the Safe Schools hub says, but they should never stop a student from using the toilet facility of their "gender identity" as this would be demeaning.

The Safe Schools hub also encourages schools to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia.

There is no international day against bullying over body image – the most rampant form of bullying in schools by a long way.

The Safe Schools Coalition is far from "gutted", as many thought it was after the review of it by University of Western Australia Emeritus Professor Bill Louden.

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The Andrews Government in Victoria has point blank refused to abide by the recommendations of the Louden review to prune Safe Schools.

The pre-Louden version of Safe Schools will be compulsory in Victorian public high schools by 2018.

Premier Andrews labels anyone who questions his rainbow programs as "bigots".

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Lyle Shelton is Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby based in Canberra.

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