A main college is asking younger youngsters attending its courses if they’re transgender or homosexual.
Merkinch Major College in Inverness is quizzing its pupils aged between 5 and 12 in an equality and variety survey.
The ballot – which has been savaged by numerous campaigners – asks if the youngsters how they establish.
It additionally asks the kids if they’ve ever laughed or been unkind to somebody as a result of they’re homosexual or transgender.
The undated questionnaire has been posted on-line and has attracted criticism over its content material
MailOnline has contacted the college for touch upon the survey however has acquired no response.
It emerged days after Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish authorities pressured by way of eradicating the necessity for a medical prognosis of gender dysphoria earlier than making use of to alter gender, in addition to decreasing the minimal age to 16.
Ladies’s teams have mounted protests whereas Harry Potter writer JK Rowling has labelled Ms Sturgeon a ‘destroyer of girls’s rights’.
Rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Eager mentioned of the college survey: ‘It’s actually sinister. Asking youngsters’s identification at that age is admittedly inappropriate. The survey is asking fascinated by one thing that doesn’t apply.
Melissa Watson with youngsters Leo Watson and Clive Carroll exterior Merkinch Major College in Inverness, which has banned single-sex occasions from its college sports activities day. Stood behind them is Victoria Renny with daughter Bella Peters
‘Colleges shouldn’t be locations to indoctrinate youngsters with these ideologies.
‘There’s overwhelming hurt of educating any little one they is likely to be within the improper physique.
‘We do not know what the repercussions of that is likely to be.
‘Anyone who cares about youngsters shouldn’t be introducing concepts like this to them so younger.’
The college has a historical past of stirring controversy amid the transgender debate.
In 2018 mother and father blasted its resolution to finish girls and boys solely races at sports activities day.
It made the transfer after the Highland Council emailed out new pointers to enhance inclusion for pupils who’re lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI).
The choice meant all the youngsters competed collectively, however moms and dads feared it may trigger the youngsters to be bullied.
On the time Mom-of-two Melissa Watson mentioned: ‘It was an enormous speaking level for me and my mates.
‘There was a race between 5 women and one boy and he got here final and all of the boys have been like “Ha ha, you bought overwhelmed by a woman”.
‘In my eyes this opens the youngsters as much as being bullied.’
The Highland Council dismissed the concept that the college scrapped same-sex races on the college as a result of publication of its LGBTI pointers.
A spokesman for the council mentioned: ‘Each effort was made to make sure that youngsters ran in heats of comparable skills. The pinnacle trainer didn’t make this resolution due to any pointers issued to colleges however from an concept she had seen at one other college the place there have been mother and father blended races.
‘Headteachers have delegated authority in Highland to make choices resembling this as they see applicable and finest for the training and wellbeing of their pupils.’
