
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Are the claims true? What are “furries”? And is it all really about gender identity?
Reports that a school child in Scotland identifies as a wolf have gone viral on social media. Some say stories like it are whipped up to attack trans gender identity; others that they are a sign of gender ideology running rampant in the education system. What do we know about the latest example? The child is said to identify as a “furry” - what does that mean? And what really happened when a child in south-east England was reported to identify as a cat?
Presenter: Adam Fleming
By BBC Radio 42.7
66 ratings
Are the claims true? What are “furries”? And is it all really about gender identity?
Reports that a school child in Scotland identifies as a wolf have gone viral on social media. Some say stories like it are whipped up to attack trans gender identity; others that they are a sign of gender ideology running rampant in the education system. What do we know about the latest example? The child is said to identify as a “furry” - what does that mean? And what really happened when a child in south-east England was reported to identify as a cat?
Presenter: Adam Fleming

894 Listeners

2,095 Listeners

32 Listeners

58 Listeners

41 Listeners

71 Listeners

102 Listeners

671 Listeners

775 Listeners

3,400 Listeners

1,093 Listeners

760 Listeners

48 Listeners

57 Listeners

69 Listeners