Labour MP Rosie Duffied has come under fire after she criticised a primary school after it shared an image of young students posing alongside a Progress Pride flag during Pride Month in June.
The MP for Canterbury, Whitstable and the Villages, who has been criticised from within Labour for her opposition to gender ideology, wrote on social media: “These tiny children can have no real concept or meaningful understanding of sexuality/gender identity – theirs or anyone else’s.”
These tiny children can have no real concept or meaningful understanding of sexuality/gender identity – theirs or anyone else’s. They should be left alone to discover these things for themselves as teenagers/young adults, not while still using dummies! https://t.co/tZQCT8VcQ6
— Rosie Duffield MP (@RosieDuffield1) July 16, 2024
In previous years the school had asked pupils to wear bright colours on Pride Day and donate £1 which would go to LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall as well as to buy more inclusive resources.
A spokesman for the school said: “As a school with LGBTQ parents, we celebrate Pride by allowing our children to attend in non-uniform. All our personal, social and health teaching is in line with the national curriculum.”
