Is being bi-gender a "thing" at your kid's school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

Doesn't that make him a transvestite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP why do you think this is up to school administrators to confront?
You fixed nothing since that isn'the what she said.

It would be nice if school administrators had the guts to say -- enough of this nonsense; it's not going to happen at school. Dress up like princesses all you want to at home, but you are in school to learn physics, math, chemistry, foreign languages and everything else that will make this country strong and competitive in the years ahead. We, as educators, are not here to indulge your fantasies and whims.

But of course the snowflake parents who believe that Johnny and Suzie are special and should be "expressing themselves," even to the point of distracting/ annoying/ amusing everyone else, would never stand for that.

Specifically what isn't going to happen at school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

He's a very sad nutcase, unfortunately. This should not be permitted at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any parents struggled with the burgeoning beastiality fad at all? It's beginning to be the new boundry pushing phenom. Each generation opens our eyes to new love.

I can't wait to see what the left has in store for us in five years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

He's a very sad nutcase, unfortunately. This should not be permitted at work.

Being a very sad nutcase should not be permitted at work? Have you discussed this with HR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP why do you think this is up to school administrators to confront?
You fixed nothing since that isn'the what she said.

It would be nice if school administrators had the guts to say -- enough of this nonsense; it's not going to happen at school. Dress up like princesses all you want to at home, but you are in school to learn physics, math, chemistry, foreign languages and everything else that will make this country strong and competitive in the years ahead. We, as educators, are not here to indulge your fantasies and whims.

But of course the snowflake parents who believe that Johnny and Suzie are special and should be "expressing themselves," even to the point of distracting/ annoying/ amusing everyone else, would never stand for that.

Specifically what isn't going to happen at school?

Resounding to the bold: boys pretending to be girls and girls pretending to be boys. Not to mention, endless discussions about the topic and how we must all play along

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

He had the operation in Brussels, complete with new vagina built from his former scrotum. He called the women's rights march a bunch of "feminazis." He's a gospel spouting fundamentalist who was thrown out by his church but still believes men should dominate women and he's been doing speed dating to find a man (not successful so far). He's still a he to me, no matter his surgically altered genitals. I honestly think he was attracted to other men but couldn't square it with his religious beliefs so now insists he was always a woman. This 6'4" former linebacker wears pink frocks and frilly hats to work - every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

He had the operation in Brussels, complete with new vagina built from his former scrotum. He called the women's rights march a bunch of "feminazis." He's a gospel spouting fundamentalist who was thrown out by his church but still believes men should dominate women and he's been doing speed dating to find a man (not successful so far). He's still a he to me, no matter his surgically altered genitals. I honestly think he was attracted to other men but couldn't square it with his religious beliefs so now insists he was always a woman. This 6'4" former linebacker wears pink frocks and frilly hats to work - every day.

This is more information than either you or I need to know. Nobody needs to know anything about any co-workers' genitals. Use whichever pronoun your co-worker wants you to use, because that's polite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP why do you think this is up to school administrators to confront?
You fixed nothing since that isn'the what she said.

It would be nice if school administrators had the guts to say -- enough of this nonsense; it's not going to happen at school. Dress up like princesses all you want to at home, but you are in school to learn physics, math, chemistry, foreign languages and everything else that will make this country strong and competitive in the years ahead. We, as educators, are not here to indulge your fantasies and whims.

But of course the snowflake parents who believe that Johnny and Suzie are special and should be "expressing themselves," even to the point of distracting/ annoying/ amusing everyone else, would never stand for that.

Specifically what isn't going to happen at school?

Resounding to the bold: boys pretending to be girls and girls pretending to be boys. Not to mention, endless discussions about the topic and how we must all play along

And what, specifically, do you expect school administrators to do to stop it?

I agree that endless discussions are disruptive. You know what would stop the endless discussions? Letting people be who they are, or who they say they are, and then getting on with the school day. As you yourself say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP why do you think this is up to school administrators to confront?
You fixed nothing since that isn'the what she said.

It would be nice if school administrators had the guts to say -- enough of this nonsense; it's not going to happen at school. Dress up like princesses all you want to at home, but you are in school to learn physics, math, chemistry, foreign languages and everything else that will make this country strong and competitive in the years ahead. We, as educators, are not here to indulge your fantasies and whims.

But of course the snowflake parents who believe that Johnny and Suzie are special and should be "expressing themselves," even to the point of distracting/ annoying/ amusing everyone else, would never stand for that.

Specifically what isn't going to happen at school?

Resounding to the bold: boys pretending to be girls and girls pretending to be boys. Not to mention, endless discussions about the topic and how we must all play along

And what, specifically, do you expect school administrators to do to stop it?

I agree that endless discussions are disruptive. You know what would stop the endless discussions? Letting people be who they are, or who they say they are, and then getting on with the school day. As you yourself say.

Oh no pp, that's where you're wrong. This will not end with "tolerance." We must go for full acceptance and next it will be (actually in some ways it already is) - this is what everyone needs to try.

[Anonymous]

Are there actually endless discussions at school? Listening to my teenager, it doesn't sound like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there actually endless discussions at school? Listening to my teenager, it doesn't sound like it.

Ha. You're not a DC private school family, are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

He had the operation in Brussels, complete with new vagina built from his former scrotum. He called the women's rights march a bunch of "feminazis." He's a gospel spouting fundamentalist who was thrown out by his church but still believes men should dominate women and he's been doing speed dating to find a man (not successful so far). He's still a he to me, no matter his surgically altered genitals. I honestly think he was attracted to other men but couldn't square it with his religious beliefs so now insists he was always a woman. This 6'4" former linebacker wears pink frocks and frilly hats to work - every day.

If you know your coworker prefers a particular pronoun, you should try to use it. I think there's a chance that you're correct that she was more able to come to terms with herself as a woman than as a gay man, but as sad as that is, it's not your place to try to push.

I'm one of the people who worries because if my daughter is a butch lesbian or my son a flaming homosexual they'd be encouraged to consider themselves transgender. I'd like them to feel comfortable to embrace who they are rather than feeling like they need to change what they are to fit a stereotype. To know women can be masculine in behavior and appearance and still be women. Men can be effeminate in behavior and appearance and still be men. And it's just fine to be gay. But I don't think being cruel to a coworker would benefit my children in any way, nor do I think it would help model for them the type of person I'd like them to become. Refusing to use the pronouns she prefers is pointlessly mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one "transgender" coworker, in his 60s. All he's interested in is makeup, hair, nails and dressing up. He has no idea what it means to be a woman and no real respect for women. He's just an exhibitionist who likes all the attention, in my view.

He's not transgender, or even "transgender". He's a cross-dresser.

He had the operation in Brussels, complete with new vagina built from his former scrotum. He called the women's rights march a bunch of "feminazis." He's a gospel spouting fundamentalist who was thrown out by his church but still believes men should dominate women and he's been doing speed dating to find a man (not successful so far). He's still a he to me, no matter his surgically altered genitals. I honestly think he was attracted to other men but couldn't square it with his religious beliefs so now insists he was always a woman. This 6'4" former linebacker wears pink frocks and frilly hats to work - every day.

This is more information than either you or I need to know. Nobody needs to know anything about any co-workers' genitals. Use whichever pronoun your co-worker wants you to use, because that's polite.

I'm sorry but WTF. United Health Care is now covering gender re-assignment but doesn't effectively cover mental health. No wonder health care costs are skyrocketing.