Isle of Man school got death threats after false sex education reports

Staff received tirade of abuse' after inaccurate news reports about drag queen teaching sex education

Teachers at a school on the Isle of Man have faced death threats over false reports that children had been left traumatised" by inappropriate and graphic sex education taught by a drag queen, the island's government has said.

Staff at Queen Elizabeth II school had faced a tirade of abuse" ranging from threats to turn up at the school, demands for staff to be dismissed, to demands for people to be arrested and executed", according to education minister Julie Edge.