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Two Year 8 pupils at Rye College in East Sussex were ordered to stay behind after a lesson having refused to accept their classmate's claim.
TikTok recording of gender identity discussion was shared on social media
A spokesman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that it is not right for children to be influenced by the 'personal views' of teachers when it comes to transgender issues.
The pupil said she was made to stay after class by the teacher, who can be heard in a secret recording calling her view that gender is binary 'really despicable' and 'very sad'.
Recording emerges online of a teacher calling students 'homophobic' and 'despicable' after they 'really upset someone' by 'questioning their identity'. They were told they would not be welcome at the school if they continued to express the view that only boys and girls exist