GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry has revealed how she responded when her toddler son told her about a female classmate identifying as a boy at his nursery.
The broadcaster shared that she "promptly had none of that" and explained to her son that "boys cannot become girls and vice versa".
Her comments come amid controversy over a toddler reportedly suspended from nursery for alleged transphobic views.
"I do actually have a toddler who is in nursery as we speak and he did come out to me the other day that his friend, who is a girl, was actually a boy", Michelle said on GB News.
She added: "If my toddler repeated that at nursery, I would be quite pleased with him", referring to the recent case of a child being removed from nursery.
The case Michelle referenced involves a child aged three or four who was suspended from a state nursery for "abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity" during the 2022-23 academic year.
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The Department for Education data revealed this information but did not disclose further details about the specific incident.
The suspension has sparked debate about how gender identity issues are handled in early education settings.
The data shows that 94 pupils at state primary schools were suspended or permanently excluded for transphobia or homophobia in the same academic year.
This included 10 pupils from Year 1 and three from Year 2, where the maximum age is seven.
Essex recorded the highest number of such suspensions with 16, followed by Birmingham with 15, Bradford with 11 and Norfolk with eight.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has condemned the nursery's decision, describing it as "totalitarian insanity".
Posting on X, Rowling said: "If you think small children should be punished for being able to recognise sex, you are a dangerous zealot who should be nowhere near kids or in any position of authority over them."
Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at human-rights charity Sex Matters, criticised the nursery's actions.
"Every once in a while, the extremes of gender ideology throw up a story that seems too crazy to believe, and a toddler being suspended from nursery for so-called 'transphobia' or homophobia is one such example", she said.
Joyce added that teachers involved "should be ashamed of themselves for projecting adult concepts and beliefs onto such young children".
Across all primary schools and state schools, the number of pupils suspended or expelled for homophobic or transphobic behaviour increased from 164 in 2021-22 to 178 in 2022-23.
Lord Young, director of the Free Speech Union, told the Telegraph: "I would have thought that if your ideology is so rigid it justifies you punishing toddlers for not complying with it, that's a powerful argument for discarding it in favour of something less dogmatic."
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The broadcaster shared that she "promptly had none of that" and explained to her son that "boys cannot become girls and vice versa".
Her comments come amid controversy over a toddler reportedly suspended from nursery for alleged transphobic views.
"I do actually have a toddler who is in nursery as we speak and he did come out to me the other day that his friend, who is a girl, was actually a boy", Michelle said on GB News.
She added: "If my toddler repeated that at nursery, I would be quite pleased with him", referring to the recent case of a child being removed from nursery.
The case Michelle referenced involves a child aged three or four who was suspended from a state nursery for "abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity" during the 2022-23 academic year.
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The Department for Education data revealed this information but did not disclose further details about the specific incident.
The suspension has sparked debate about how gender identity issues are handled in early education settings.
The data shows that 94 pupils at state primary schools were suspended or permanently excluded for transphobia or homophobia in the same academic year.
This included 10 pupils from Year 1 and three from Year 2, where the maximum age is seven.
Essex recorded the highest number of such suspensions with 16, followed by Birmingham with 15, Bradford with 11 and Norfolk with eight.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has condemned the nursery's decision, describing it as "totalitarian insanity".
Posting on X, Rowling said: "If you think small children should be punished for being able to recognise sex, you are a dangerous zealot who should be nowhere near kids or in any position of authority over them."
Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at human-rights charity Sex Matters, criticised the nursery's actions.
"Every once in a while, the extremes of gender ideology throw up a story that seems too crazy to believe, and a toddler being suspended from nursery for so-called 'transphobia' or homophobia is one such example", she said.
Joyce added that teachers involved "should be ashamed of themselves for projecting adult concepts and beliefs onto such young children".
Across all primary schools and state schools, the number of pupils suspended or expelled for homophobic or transphobic behaviour increased from 164 in 2021-22 to 178 in 2022-23.
Lord Young, director of the Free Speech Union, told the Telegraph: "I would have thought that if your ideology is so rigid it justifies you punishing toddlers for not complying with it, that's a powerful argument for discarding it in favour of something less dogmatic."
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