I re-read my post and now feel that I should explain
a bit further.

What I tried to do with the link I cited earlier
was for us to look at the
sufferers from gender dysphoria as fellow
citizens deserving of toleration and compassion as they
struggle to find themselves. I was hoping that after reading
the link - it would lead towards a desire to try to maintain
a genuine community connection.
Instead I got "horsecrap."

Foxy,

As an atheist, I have friends that are committed Christians, a Muslim, and a couple of Hindus. I treat them with the same tolerance and compassion as the rest of my friends. I don't need to twist my belief system to accommodate all their beliefs. Similarly, I have treated the one individual that I have worked with that was "transitioning", with tolerance and compassion without having to believe that gender is fluid.

I have the greatest sympathy for those suffering from gender dysphoria and believe that they should be treated as any other citizen and allowed to present in any gender they choose. However, it does not require all children to be indoctrinated in an ideology that has no scientific basis for the 1 in 200 individuals that they might meet.

In short tolerance and compassion good, safe schools horse crap.

Dear Shadow Minister,

Fair enough.