Thousands of teenagers studying for their exams are at the centre of a cultural dispute after a GCSE Spanish revision guide instructed pupils on how to express admiration for transgender rights activists. Published by Pearson, the UK educational giant, the textbook features translated phrases allowing 15 and 16-year-olds to state they admire someone because they fight for the transgender community, which gender-critical campaigners described as classroom indoctrination.
This latest dispute follows a series of heavily scrutinised curriculum updates from the same publisher. Last month, it emerged that Pearson updated its syllabus to allow language students to use gender-neutral pronouns and alternative spellings in their French, Spanish and German written exams, a move that drew sharp criticism from traditionalists and international education figures alike.
