Firefighters have been taught that sex is “just a label” and may run along a spectrum, whereas “in white Western cultures, gender is seen as being an either/or choice, also known as a binary”. The Telegraph has more.
Training material for emergency service staff at West Sussex Fire and Rescue, seen by the Telegraph, shows that they have received instruction in “transgender and non-binary” inclusion.
A bitesize guide for staff at the fire service makes a series of claims, including a section asking “what is the gender binary?”, in which firefighters have been informed that “in white Western cultures, gender is seen as being an either/or choice, also known as a binary”.
The training material relates to best-practice for inclusion, and informs emergency service staff that gender is a set of behaviours, while “sex is the label we’re assigned by a doctor when we’re born”.
This label does not cover the “range of innate gender identities a person might have”, the material claims, adding that biological sex may also run along a spectrum.
It states: “In truth, our understanding of the amount of difference between bodies is only just emerging, and current research indicates that there is probably more of a physical spectrum of biological sex rather than the simple binary of male and female.”
The guide goes on to claim that scientific research “increasingly shows that everyone’s biology is complex and doesn’t fit a simple binary anyway”, adding that things like hormonal make-up, reproductive systems and sex chromosomes are “irrelevant to the gender they are”.
Along with these claims, the guide offers several caveats, warning people should respect the pronouns of trans people and apologise if they use them incorrectly and concludes saying “celebrate trans identity, community, and creativity”.
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