What do you see in the pictures? Where are they, what is happening, what are the clues? Why is it happening?
The pictures show a vigil in Birmingham last week for the teenager Brianna Ghey.
Who is Brianna Ghey? What is a vigil?
Brianna Ghey was a 16 year old girl from Cheshire, described as, "strong, fearless and one of a kind with a larger than life character." by her family. She was murdered on 11th February. Two 15 year olds have been charged with her murder.
Brianna was transgender.
What does this mean?
The children will know and give definitions. Encourage exploration of this term to develop understanding and non judgement. Remind the children everyone is welcome at our school- we say there are no outsiders.
This article from the BBC explains, "A trans person's gender identity is not the same as the sex on their original birth certificate. As babies our sex is recorded based on physical characteristics. Gender identity is based on self-perception - how we see and describe ourselves and how we "present" to the world. For example, someone whose sex is female might identify as male or vice-versa "
This week there have been vigils in remembrance of Brianna in many cities across the UK involving thousands of people.
Did all these people know Brianna? Why are they coming together to remember her?
The photo from Birmingham shows thousands of people coming together; people of different race, religion, age, sexuality, ability;
What does this show about people in the UK today and their attitude towards people who are transgender?
Police are saying Brianna's murder was not a hate crime.
What is a hate crime? We may never know if this incident was a hate crime or not; does that matter?
What does the law say about people who are transgender? (The Equality Act 2010)
What do British Values say about people who are transgender (Mutual respect/ rule of law)
What do we say in our school about people who are transgender?
What other groups of people are welcome in our school?
What can we learn from Brianna?
Why is this about No Outsiders?
Thank you Birmingham Pride for the photos of the Birmingham Vigil.
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