Written question AQW 17110/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 21 October 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 17110/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 415034
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will withdraw the document entitled Guidance for Schools, EOTAS Centres and Youth Service on Supporting Transgender Young People, published by the Education Authority.
31 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Uncertain
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- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.60 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.61).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- The answers did not meet either automatic threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.21 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.04 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.21 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.23 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.44 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.55 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.60 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.61 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.04 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.01 |
| Adopts it | 0.34 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.98 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.01 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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