GOP endorsed school board candidates
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Anonymous
So they weren’t “ignored completely” then? Don’t let facts get in the way of a good story. |
Anonymous
DP - I personally would like Reid to send out as many emails addressing academic issues as she does on equity issues. |
Anonymous
The book is not data-based. It’s an opinion piece by an anti-trans activist. You realize this is just your opinion on a well researched book based on a topic with very limited data, right? Likewise, please do share what libraries in FCPS have copies of Irreversible Damage available. At a recent School Board meeting, a member of the community brought up the book and author to be considered in our schools. What have the school librarians done about it? How about the advocates for students who identify as LGBTQ? And do Civics teachers include discussions about censoring in the U.S. as described in the article? |
Anonymous
You're not interested in anything by your agenda. There is no part of an FCPS curriculum or plan that is "solely focusing on gender issues" and you know it. |
Anonymous
Narcissism? That word does not mean what you think it does . . . . as evidenced by how you're using it. Maybe work on your own education first? |
Anonymous
Sounds like you care about equity after all. LOL. Drudging up "the poors" when it suits you . . . |
Anonymous
It’s objectively not a “well researched” book. My kids learned about censorship AND misinformation in Civics class. |
Anonymous
+1 “The poors” who tended to have more vulnerable health situations and many who actually preferred virtual. Again, don’t let facts get in the way of your political narrative. |
Anonymous
Exactly. |
Anonymous
…On Tuesday, one of the blog’s long-time contributors, Dr. Harriet Hall — a family physician and flight surgeon in the Air Force with dozens of publications to her name — posted a favorable review of my book. She examined the scientific claims as well as the medical ones and wrote that the book “combines well-researched facts with horrifying stories about botched surgeries, people who later regret their choices and therapists who are not providing therapy but just validating their patient’s self-diagnosis.” Dr. Hall not only shared my criticisms of “affirmative care” — that is, immediately agreeing with a teen’s self-diagnosis of gender dysphoria and proceeding to hormones and surgeries — but also noted that many physicians and therapists feel the same way but are afraid to say so… …How have we gotten here? How have we gotten to the point where having conversations about important scientific and medical subjects requires such a high level of personal risk? How have we accepted a reality in which Big Tech can carry out the digital equivalent of book burnings? And why is it that so few people are speaking up against the status quo? I can’t think of a person better situated to answer these questions than Abigail Shrier, the author of today’s guest essay… Extracted from: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-books-are-already-burning |
Anonymous
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202012/new-book-irreversible-damage-is-full-misinformation?amp
New Book “Irreversible Damage” Is Full of Misinformation Shrier did not interview most of the transgender adolescents she wrote about. The author’s note points out that she only interviewed their parents, who uniformly did not accept their children’s transgender identities. Many of them were estranged from their kids because the children were so hurt by their parents' rejection. To actually understand the psychology of these young people, one would need to talk to them, not simply rely on stories from parents with whom they do not speak. Further arguing against Shrier’s objectivity is her crass and offensive language throughout the book. Shrier claims that “in most cases—nearly 70 percent—gender dysphoria resolves," and thus youth should not be provided gender-affirming medical care. That statistic is false. Shrier claims that a large number of kids who say they are transgender are actually LGB and afraid to say so because transgender identity carries less stigma than being LGB. Actual data suggest otherwise. Shrier states there is evidence that providing adolescents with puberty blockers makes them more likely to continue to identify as transgender. That’s false. Shrier ignores all of the data showing that gender-affirming medical care results in improved mental health outcomes for transgender youth. It’s anti-trans political propaganda. |
Anonymous
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This thread has devolved into an argument covered in several other threads.
Do ANY of the candidates say they are going to do something practical like look at the IB program in FCPS and determine if changes need to be made? That is an actual academic (and operating efficiency) issue. |
Anonymous
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The issue is that the current School Board’s core group of supporters want to make everything about LBGTQ rights every day, all the time.
They think they get a gold star for constantly attacking someone like Abigail Shrier when most local parents don’t have a clue who she is, would agree with her if they knew what she’s written, and would still prefer to have a School Board that paid more attention to academics and basic operating matters and less to defending Gender Queer in school libraries and biological males in girls bathrooms. |
Anonymous
BS. The only reason LGBTQ is even a topic is because the Rs are continually attacking them. Who bright up Shrier? Rs. Rs have no platform aside from pushing LGBTQ hate. |
Anonymous
Oh for crying out loud. Guidance lessons could be tailored around treating *everyone* fairly and kindly. There does not have to be this ridiculous emphasis on sexuality, race, etc. Teaching kids that everyone is different and everyone deserves respect does not need to delve into their sexuality or gender (or race). Grow up. |