Student walkout

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Anonymous wrote:Kids shouldn’t be “experimenting” with gender identity at school and teachers shouldn’t be encouraging it. School is for academics. Let’s keep the focus where it needs to be.

Teachers aren't "encouraging" anything related to gender identity other than respect for all.

A teacher willingly calling a child by the name that child states is preferred is not encouraging exploration of gender identity; it is respect.

-- If William goes by "Quinn" because he happens to be William V and "Quinn" is close to "quint," meaning "five," the teacher should call him "Quinn," and should not ask why he goes by Quinn.

-- If Hye Min goes by "Kristin" because she is embarrassed that her given name, in English, sounds similar to a part of anatomy, the teacher should call her "Kristin," and should not ask why she chooses to be called Kristin.

-- If Carson wants to go by their middle name-- Lee-- at school because there are two other Carsons in class, the teacher should call that student "Lee" and should not ask why "Lee" is the preferred name.

-- If Quoc asks to be called "Joey" because he worries that his legal name, in English, sounds like a vulgar word for anatomy, the teacher should call him "Joey."

-- If Juan wants to go by "Jan" at school, the teacher should call them "Jan."

-- If Leslie wants to be called "Les," the teacher should use the name "Les" when referring to that child.

-- If Alexander and Alexandra both go by "Alex," the teacher should call them both "Alex."

-- If Richard goes by "Skip," the teacher should call him "Skip."

I cannot imagine that there is any teacher out there stating "Let's explore our gender identity" in class, nor can I imagine that any teacher is asking students to explain why they use a nickname or alternative name. Instead, most (if not all) teachers ask students on the first day, "Please correct me if I am mispronouncing your name or if you go by something other than the name on my official roster." What could possibly be wrong with that? That is respectful. It is not political, nor is it taking power away from parents.

Secondary teachers have 130-200 students each, and it is likely that close to half of those children use a nickname or alternative name (For example,, many students from East Asia or Southeast Asia choose to use an "American" name at school.) It is not feasible to go check the file of every student who asks to be called a different name to see if the parents approve of that name choice.

Actually, at leaston one fcps high school teacher is encouraging and pressuring students to embrace this issue and participate in a protest during school hours.

Great. Civic engagement is important.

The GOP should realize that they are incentivizing a whole new batch of voters to GOTV.

Sure, civic engagement is important - on your own time. Schools should be discouraging these "protests" and focused on their core mission of education.

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Anonymous wrote:If parents want to know everything about their kids, why don’t they talk to them? The kids keeping a secret like this clearly don’t feel safe to talk to their parents. Instead of using the force of the state to know about their kids, they should try parenting.

This!! The kids that can't tell their parents stuff have crappy-ass parents who have made it clear that there is a "right" way to be and they better not step out of gender norms.

Most of the girls in my kids class who are identifying as boys without telling their parents have very liberal parents who say the exact same thing that you just posted.

There are close to 50 to 60 percent of the girls in my kids fcps middle school who are claiming a different gender. Most of their parents are very blue, very kind and involved parents and have zero clue that this is going on.

The kids hiding this from their parents has nothing to do with having "crappy ass parents"

The hiding stuff from parents is normal, mainstream, developmentally appropriate teen behavior that has nothing to do with the quality of a trans kids parents.

The problem is that for some reason, on this particular issue, activists have cowed schools and parents and brainwashed students into believing that parents should be cut off from their kids by schools as a best practice. This is simply wrong, particularly on such an emotionally charged and potentially dangerous to the kids well being mental health issue.

These "statistics" are purely fabricated. Name it, cite it, or STFU with putting them forth like they are valid.

Talk to any middle school kid or middle school teacher in fcps.

They will confirm that many if not most of the middle school girls are going by any gender but girl.

Not true at all. Are you even a FCPS parent?

Elections are coming up. Seems like more GOP astroturfing.

Absolutely it is true for middle school. Yes, ai am a parent of a fcps middle schooler.

I assume that you are a good parent and probably on the preferred fcps side of this issue.

But if you have a middle school daughter, even one who presents very girly, and even if you are a trans ally, your middle school daughter who you think is a girl is very likely identifying as a boy at school without you having a clue. Based on what my kid and the neighborhood kids And teacher friend say, the odds could be as high as 50/50.

Even if this is true, I am still okay with it and with FCPS's approach. Let's say one of my kids (I have a tween boy and tween girl) decides on a whim or as part of a fad or whatever else you are telling me is happening, that they identify as the opposite gender and this goes on at school and I am not informed. Okay. What am I goin to do if I have this information anyway? If it is a fad, they will get over it and no harm done. If it is real and they are not ready to tell me, I respect that. I'd be sad, because I think I am close to both kids and I'd like to think they'd be comfortable telling me this, but if they are no, they are not. Now if my kid is going through some sort of mental health crisis, I am 100% sure that there are other signs I am seeing at home. Other than that, I don't need school to tell me my DD wants to go by Tommy and use he/him/his pronouns. Because here is the thing: There are trans kids who will not be welcomed with loving arms at home and I don't want that kid to go through that just so I can be sure the school keeps me up to date on my kids pronoun use at school. Also, if one of my kids tells me they want to go by a different name and pronouns and I write a note, I don't want the teacher to be able to object based on personal beliefs. Which is it--leave this stuff to the parents or not?

Honestly, I am asking--if your kid turns out to be trans (not just PP, anyone reading this), do you really not want the teacher calling them by their preferred name and pronouns?

No, I wouldn't. Children need to learn that adults don't and won't indulge them in every delusion and fantasy they have. Nor would I want to force others to participate in that delusion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids shouldn’t be “experimenting” with gender identity at school and teachers shouldn’t be encouraging it. School is for academics. Let’s keep the focus where it needs to be.

Teachers aren't "encouraging" anything related to gender identity other than respect for all.

A teacher willingly calling a child by the name that child states is preferred is not encouraging exploration of gender identity; it is respect.

-- If William goes by "Quinn" because he happens to be William V and "Quinn" is close to "quint," meaning "five," the teacher should call him "Quinn," and should not ask why he goes by Quinn.

-- If Hye Min goes by "Kristin" because she is embarrassed that her given name, in English, sounds similar to a part of anatomy, the teacher should call her "Kristin," and should not ask why she chooses to be called Kristin.

-- If Carson wants to go by their middle name-- Lee-- at school because there are two other Carsons in class, the teacher should call that student "Lee" and should not ask why "Lee" is the preferred name.

-- If Quoc asks to be called "Joey" because he worries that his legal name, in English, sounds like a vulgar word for anatomy, the teacher should call him "Joey."

-- If Juan wants to go by "Jan" at school, the teacher should call them "Jan."

-- If Leslie wants to be called "Les," the teacher should use the name "Les" when referring to that child.

-- If Alexander and Alexandra both go by "Alex," the teacher should call them both "Alex."

-- If Richard goes by "Skip," the teacher should call him "Skip."

I cannot imagine that there is any teacher out there stating "Let's explore our gender identity" in class, nor can I imagine that any teacher is asking students to explain why they use a nickname or alternative name. Instead, most (if not all) teachers ask students on the first day, "Please correct me if I am mispronouncing your name or if you go by something other than the name on my official roster." What could possibly be wrong with that? That is respectful. It is not political, nor is it taking power away from parents.

Secondary teachers have 130-200 students each, and it is likely that close to half of those children use a nickname or alternative name (For example,, many students from East Asia or Southeast Asia choose to use an "American" name at school.) It is not feasible to go check the file of every student who asks to be called a different name to see if the parents approve of that name choice.

Actually, at leaston one fcps high school teacher is encouraging and pressuring students to embrace this issue and participate in a protest during school hours.

Great. Civic engagement is important.

The GOP should realize that they are incentivizing a whole new batch of voters to GOTV.

Sure, civic engagement is important - on your own time. Schools should be discouraging these "protests" and focused on their core mission of education.

I’m sure y’all would be fine if they engaged in a pro-2A demonstration…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents want to know everything about their kids, why don’t they talk to them? The kids keeping a secret like this clearly don’t feel safe to talk to their parents. Instead of using the force of the state to know about their kids, they should try parenting.

This!! The kids that can't tell their parents stuff have crappy-ass parents who have made it clear that there is a "right" way to be and they better not step out of gender norms.

Most of the girls in my kids class who are identifying as boys without telling their parents have very liberal parents who say the exact same thing that you just posted.

There are close to 50 to 60 percent of the girls in my kids fcps middle school who are claiming a different gender. Most of their parents are very blue, very kind and involved parents and have zero clue that this is going on.

The kids hiding this from their parents has nothing to do with having "crappy ass parents"

The hiding stuff from parents is normal, mainstream, developmentally appropriate teen behavior that has nothing to do with the quality of a trans kids parents.

The problem is that for some reason, on this particular issue, activists have cowed schools and parents and brainwashed students into believing that parents should be cut off from their kids by schools as a best practice. This is simply wrong, particularly on such an emotionally charged and potentially dangerous to the kids well being mental health issue.

These "statistics" are purely fabricated. Name it, cite it, or STFU with putting them forth like they are valid.

Talk to any middle school kid or middle school teacher in fcps.

They will confirm that many if not most of the middle school girls are going by any gender but girl.

Not true at all. Are you even a FCPS parent?

Elections are coming up. Seems like more GOP astroturfing.

Absolutely it is true for middle school. Yes, ai am a parent of a fcps middle schooler.

I assume that you are a good parent and probably on the preferred fcps side of this issue.

But if you have a middle school daughter, even one who presents very girly, and even if you are a trans ally, your middle school daughter who you think is a girl is very likely identifying as a boy at school without you having a clue. Based on what my kid and the neighborhood kids And teacher friend say, the odds could be as high as 50/50.

Even if this is true, I am still okay with it and with FCPS's approach. Let's say one of my kids (I have a tween boy and tween girl) decides on a whim or as part of a fad or whatever else you are telling me is happening, that they identify as the opposite gender and this goes on at school and I am not informed. Okay. What am I goin to do if I have this information anyway? If it is a fad, they will get over it and no harm done. If it is real and they are not ready to tell me, I respect that. I'd be sad, because I think I am close to both kids and I'd like to think they'd be comfortable telling me this, but if they are no, they are not. Now if my kid is going through some sort of mental health crisis, I am 100% sure that there are other signs I am seeing at home. Other than that, I don't need school to tell me my DD wants to go by Tommy and use he/him/his pronouns. Because here is the thing: There are trans kids who will not be welcomed with loving arms at home and I don't want that kid to go through that just so I can be sure the school keeps me up to date on my kids pronoun use at school. Also, if one of my kids tells me they want to go by a different name and pronouns and I write a note, I don't want the teacher to be able to object based on personal beliefs. Which is it--leave this stuff to the parents or not?

Honestly, I am asking--if your kid turns out to be trans (not just PP, anyone reading this), do you really not want the teacher calling them by their preferred name and pronouns?

No, I wouldn't. Children need to learn that adults don't and won't indulge them in every delusion and fantasy they have. Nor would I want to force others to participate in that delusion.

You're assuming it's a delusion or a fantasy. Puberty is a common time for people to begin to realize they are transgender, but it's also a common time for kids who won't be transgender long-term to experience more uncertainty about their gender and sexual identities. It's not so easy to say who is who for parents, kids, or anyone. I say healthy, safe exploration of changing names/pronouns at school is way better than squelching this and then having it come out later when they are over 18 and it's potentially more disruptive to their lives.

Also, already without Youngkin's policy no teacher is forced to participate unless the parent has made the change on the official school record. So no teacher is forced to follow the "whims" of a student unless the parent has indicated it officially. There is also absolutely currently nothing stopping a teacher from setting their own policy around names like you can change your name once from what is on the roster for my class, but that's it. All a teacher currently has to honor is if the name/pronouns are changed on the official roster.

What Youngkin wants to change is that no teacher is allowed to honor what name a kid wants to be called if it doesn't fit his list of "acceptable changes" unless a parent has affirmed their kid's gender identity difference and made it part of a student's official record. Which constrains teachers who want to honor what kids ask to be called and parents who don't want gender identity information on their kid's official record but also want to give their children freedom to use a preferred name. It only give rights to parents who don't want their kid to use a name without their permission. But you know most kids who don't want their parents to know about this are just going to hide it from the teachers now too.

Some of the kids who currently use a different name/gender at school and don't want to tell their parents, will probably just tell their teachers to use their original name and do what kids used to do which is bury these feelings in forms of substance abuse and self-harm rather than being allowed to see if the gender identity solves problems for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are fcps sending out emails to the kids via schoology stolrongly encouraging them to walk out.

Mount Vernon high school is one of the schools where a teacher sent an emphatic letter essentially telling the kids they needed to participate in the walk out and that news media would be at their school.

This email was sent through official fcps channels, essentially pressuring the kids to participate in a political protest, endorsed strongly by the Mount Vernon teacher, with no considerwtion for students who might not want to participate.

This is wrong.

I support the walkout but agree that would be 100% wrong for a teacher or staff member to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are fcps sending out emails to the kids via schoology stolrongly encouraging them to walk out.

Mount Vernon high school is one of the schools where a teacher sent an emphatic letter essentially telling the kids they needed to participate in the walk out and that news media would be at their school.

This email was sent through official fcps channels, essentially pressuring the kids to participate in a political protest, endorsed strongly by the Mount Vernon teacher, with no considerwtion for students who might not want to participate.

This is wrong.

I support the walkout but agree that would be 100% wrong for a teacher or staff member to do.

And you see there hasn't yet been any supporting evidence providing that a) the email exists, and b) if it does, it says what this poster claims.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of people who actually agree with the policy. Schools should never keep information about kids from parents.

Not lots. That’s a fringe perspective.

DP. A "fringe" perspective that parents should not keep information about their kids from them (the parents)?? I think we've found the fringe element ^^^. Wow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of people who actually agree with the policy. Schools should never keep information about kids from parents.

Not lots. That’s a fringe perspective.

DP. A "fringe" perspective that parents should not keep information about their kids from them (the parents)?? I think we've found the fringe element ^^^. Wow.

Sorry - meant to say it is in no way a "fringe perspective" that schools should share student information with parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids shouldn’t be “experimenting” with gender identity at school and teachers shouldn’t be encouraging it. School is for academics. Let’s keep the focus where it needs to be.

Teachers aren't "encouraging" anything related to gender identity other than respect for all.

A teacher willingly calling a child by the name that child states is preferred is not encouraging exploration of gender identity; it is respect.

-- If William goes by "Quinn" because he happens to be William V and "Quinn" is close to "quint," meaning "five," the teacher should call him "Quinn," and should not ask why he goes by Quinn.

-- If Hye Min goes by "Kristin" because she is embarrassed that her given name, in English, sounds similar to a part of anatomy, the teacher should call her "Kristin," and should not ask why she chooses to be called Kristin.

-- If Carson wants to go by their middle name-- Lee-- at school because there are two other Carsons in class, the teacher should call that student "Lee" and should not ask why "Lee" is the preferred name.

-- If Quoc asks to be called "Joey" because he worries that his legal name, in English, sounds like a vulgar word for anatomy, the teacher should call him "Joey."

-- If Juan wants to go by "Jan" at school, the teacher should call them "Jan."

-- If Leslie wants to be called "Les," the teacher should use the name "Les" when referring to that child.

-- If Alexander and Alexandra both go by "Alex," the teacher should call them both "Alex."

-- If Richard goes by "Skip," the teacher should call him "Skip."

I cannot imagine that there is any teacher out there stating "Let's explore our gender identity" in class, nor can I imagine that any teacher is asking students to explain why they use a nickname or alternative name. Instead, most (if not all) teachers ask students on the first day, "Please correct me if I am mispronouncing your name or if you go by something other than the name on my official roster." What could possibly be wrong with that? That is respectful. It is not political, nor is it taking power away from parents.

Secondary teachers have 130-200 students each, and it is likely that close to half of those children use a nickname or alternative name (For example,, many students from East Asia or Southeast Asia choose to use an "American" name at school.) It is not feasible to go check the file of every student who asks to be called a different name to see if the parents approve of that name choice.

Actually, at leaston one fcps high school teacher is encouraging and pressuring students to embrace this issue and participate in a protest during school hours.

My DD wants to I gave her my blessing. Too many rights being infringed upon due to shameful behavior from GOP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of people who actually agree with the policy. Schools should never keep information about kids from parents.

Not lots. That’s a fringe perspective.

DP. A "fringe" perspective that parents should not keep information about their kids from them (the parents)?? I think we've found the fringe element ^^^. Wow.

Sorry - meant to say it is in no way a "fringe perspective" that schools should share student information with parents.

The issue isn't "sharing information." Why do we need to coerce teachers who teach hundreds of students in a day to have to under threat of law keep track and report things kids have told them? Teachers teach and share the academic grades. They usually try not to get involved in the personal stuff. They need to engage with your kids in class so they ask them their name (not everyone likes to be called their full name so usually on the first day of class you just go through your roster and kids tell you the name they want to be called). Why don't you just ask your kid -- "what name are you called at school?" if you're worried about it. If you don't trust their answer, ask their teacher, "What name has my child been asked to be called at school?"
We don't need a governor invading all our lives telling our kids what kinds of nicknames are okay and what are not and making everybody keep track of it all when you can just talk to your kids and your kids' teachers if you are worried. It's like the people who are all up in arms about parent's rights don't actually want to do the work of being a parent.

Anything else is your responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will call my students what they ask me to call them, because that is a basic sign of respect and dignity.

If that gets me fired, so be it. It will be worth it compared to deadnaming a kid and knowing I am causing a kid pain every day.

Sorry, but you've stepped beyond your bounds.

It's not about respect and dignity. You're talking about a medical issue (mental health). That's an issue for parents with advise from a doctor.

Also keep this in mind:

Code of Virginia § 1-240.1. Rights of parents.
A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child.

Or is there some obscure, alternate meaning to the word "fundamental" which you think the GA had in mind when it passed this law?

Of course, there is a process that enables the school officials that believe that disclosing information about the child to parents would create a serious risk to the child's health, safety or well-being to go before a judge, see that guardian ad litem is appointed to represent the child's interests, and get an order from the court permitting non-disclosure or other needed measures, such as placing the child in foster care to avoid the bad home situation. Of course, at some point, the parents need notice and opportunity for a hearing to contest the action. That has nothing to do with "respect" though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of people who actually agree with the policy. Schools should never keep information about kids from parents.

Not lots. That’s a fringe perspective.

DP. A "fringe" perspective that parents should not keep information about their kids from them (the parents)?? I think we've found the fringe element ^^^. Wow.

Sorry - meant to say it is in no way a "fringe perspective" that schools should share student information with parents.

The issue isn't "sharing information." Why do we need to coerce teachers who teach hundreds of students in a day to have to under threat of law keep track and report things kids have told them? Teachers teach and share the academic grades. They usually try not to get involved in the personal stuff. They need to engage with your kids in class so they ask them their name (not everyone likes to be called their full name so usually on the first day of class you just go through your roster and kids tell you the name they want to be called). Why don't you just ask your kid -- "what name are you called at school?" if you're worried about it. If you don't trust their answer, ask their teacher, "What name has my child been asked to be called at school?"
We don't need a governor invading all our lives telling our kids what kinds of nicknames are okay and what are not and making everybody keep track of it all when you can just talk to your kids and your kids' teachers if you are worried. It's like the people who are all up in arms about parent's rights don't actually want to do the work of being a parent.

Anything else is your responsibility.

This is more than nicknames and you know it. This is bout gender disphoria which is a medical issue. How many times have we seen on this forum that teachers are not medical professionals? They're not. Going along with an underage child's preferred names/pronouns when the child does not really have the condition (as decided with a medical professional) could cause a lot more mental harm to the student than good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I will call my students what they ask me to call them, because that is a basic sign of respect and dignity.

If that gets me fired, so be it. It will be worth it compared to deadnaming a kid and knowing I am causing a kid pain every day.

Sorry, but you've stepped beyond your bounds.

It's not about respect and dignity. You're talking about a medical issue (mental health). That's an issue for parents with advise from a doctor.

Also keep this in mind:

Code of Virginia § 1-240.1. Rights of parents.
A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child.

Or is there some obscure, alternate meaning to the word "fundamental" which you think the GA had in mind when it passed this law?

Of course, there is a process that enables the school officials that believe that disclosing information about the child to parents would create a serious risk to the child's health, safety or well-being to go before a judge, see that guardian ad litem is appointed to represent the child's interests, and get an order from the court permitting non-disclosure or other needed measures, such as placing the child in foster care to avoid the bad home situation. Of course, at some point, the parents need notice and opportunity for a hearing to contest the action. That has nothing to do with "respect" though.

+100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents want to know everything about their kids, why don’t they talk to them? The kids keeping a secret like this clearly don’t feel safe to talk to their parents. Instead of using the force of the state to know about their kids, they should try parenting.

This!! The kids that can't tell their parents stuff have crappy-ass parents who have made it clear that there is a "right" way to be and they better not step out of gender norms.

Most of the girls in my kids class who are identifying as boys without telling their parents have very liberal parents who say the exact same thing that you just posted.

There are close to 50 to 60 percent of the girls in my kids fcps middle school who are claiming a different gender. Most of their parents are very blue, very kind and involved parents and have zero clue that this is going on.

The kids hiding this from their parents has nothing to do with having "crappy ass parents"

The hiding stuff from parents is normal, mainstream, developmentally appropriate teen behavior that has nothing to do with the quality of a trans kids parents.

The problem is that for some reason, on this particular issue, activists have cowed schools and parents and brainwashed students into believing that parents should be cut off from their kids by schools as a best practice. This is simply wrong, particularly on such an emotionally charged and potentially dangerous to the kids well being mental health issue.

These "statistics" are purely fabricated. Name it, cite it, or STFU with putting them forth like they are valid.

Talk to any middle school kid or middle school teacher in fcps.

They will confirm that many if not most of the middle school girls are going by any gender but girl.

And.... This is the part I don't understand, what's the actual problem that is so serious that we need to create legislation about it? Are children incapable of learning in classrooms with students expressing gender that is different than the one assigned at birth? Are girls getting UTIs because they are so afraid to enter bathrooms that may have a transgirl behind the stall door? Are chosen names making it impossible to call roll in a timely fashion? What is so terrible, so absolutely awful, that we need to create policy that denies children the right to be called what they want to be called and treated the way the want to be treated?

Here's my two cents, which will likely get my post deleted. I think that during puberty is the time to basically come to grips with the transition from being a child to being an adult. It's messy. It's emotional. Your body suddenly feels foreign to you. It's an age appropriate time period to work through those very normal feelings and come out on the other side. However, many girls are instead getting the message that the reason why they're feeling like this is because they must be a boy instead. Or if they don't like stereotypically girly things or look particularly feminine, the answer is they must be a boy. Changing their gender is putting a band aid on the real underlying issues of anxiety and body dysphoria so that they never actually deal with the problem, only the symptoms. They miss out on what is supposed to be an age appropriate development phase and it's delayed by several years or they become more anxious once they realize that that great feeling they initially had by changing their gender doesn't last and they're left with the same mental health struggles. They end up more fragile and more vulnerable because of the delay.

The short version is that I think it's harmful. I also think the data supports my position given the meteoric rise of mental health issues in girls which correlates to the increase in gender exploration and nobody has bothered to do the correlation or causation comparison. I sincerely believe society's approach to these issues is damaging an entire generation of girls.

I don't have the same viewpoint for trans girls as I think the life experiences for trans girls and trans boys are so different.

Thank you for this thoughtful post.

Based on my family's experience with this issue with several girls, I think your post is spot on and brings up important points that are being ignored in the US. I think we need to look at European countries like England and Sweden on this issue since they are several years ahead of us and see how they are having to pick up the pieces of the unintended consequences to young women who were caught up in this movement and now have to deal with so many life destroying health and body issues.

We can be compassionate without embracing what countries who were ahead of us by years on this issue are now frantically walking back.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are fcps sending out emails to the kids via schoology stolrongly encouraging them to walk out.

Mount Vernon high school is one of the schools where a teacher sent an emphatic letter essentially telling the kids they needed to participate in the walk out and that news media would be at their school.

This email was sent through official fcps channels, essentially pressuring the kids to participate in a political protest, endorsed strongly by the Mount Vernon teacher, with no considerwtion for students who might not want to participate.

This is wrong.

I support the walkout but agree that would be 100% wrong for a teacher or staff member to do.

And you see there hasn't yet been any supporting evidence providing that a) the email exists, and b) if it does, it says what this poster claims.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/fairfax-students-protest-youngkin-transgender-policy