Fundraiser for Binders for Trans Youth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP person. My kid has asked for a binder and I will not get them one because of health concerns (and yes, those concerns do exist, even when done properly.) I would be irritated if some group at school gifted them a binder.

Hang on, let me go get my long list of things various people or groups have done at my children's schools that have irritated me. How dare they have done such things that irritated me!

I'm puzzled by your comment. Because the school system does other things that irritate me, I am not allowed to mention this thing that irritates me?

You can "mention it"

However it just makes you show the world what a heinous person you are. Your poor kids growing up in a home this stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is now busy with everything except education

+ 1
MCPS supports everything but education. They’re so caught up with inclusion….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this isn’t a troll post, then I suspect a Tracey Flick type striver is doing this precisely so they can write about it in their college application essay.

Op: why not name the school and club? This is an anonymous forum that mcps teachers and admin follow. Easy way to put the info out there without being labeled.

I still think this is a troll post.

I doubt it. I could see this happening at my kid’s high school, for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I don't want to start a sh*tshow, but I just learned that my child's school has a club, which had a table set up at its club fair during the school day, so presumably administration and a faculty member served as a sponsor for it. This club's purpose is to raise funds for students who wish to buy binders (i.e. undergarments that flatten the appearance of chests). This is a high school so some ninth grade students are still growing, in puberty etc. (13-14 year old girls). There was a google form for any student to request a binder and the club would provide one. I'm sure there are students who can't have these things mailed to their homes or lack the funds to buy them. But in terms of medical supervision, mental health support etc., should this be a student-run school club? It just seems crazy to me that kids are doing this for other kids without parents and medical supervision but ostensibly with consent of MCPS (although I am fairly sure they have no idea this is happening).

I don't want this to devolve into a conversation about being transphobic. I am not suggesting kids who want/need these binders should not have access to them. I am suggesting some adult in their life may want to know they are doing this before causing potentially irreparable damage or injury to themselves.

Is this worth bringing up to someone at the school or are kids just allowed to organize whatever they want? I think as a parent if my child did not want me to know and was obtaining a binder through school without my knowledge but with the knowledge of the school I'd be livid. Or does this fall into the bucket of things kids can do at school that they don't need parental involvement for (such as advocating for a different name to be used, changing their gender from the one assigned at birth, etc.)

MYOB

And we see exactly who you are. I feel bad for your kids to have such an ignorant parent. Grow up and stay out of other people's business.

Do you have a daughter that wants to transition? I do not, but I have a friend who does, and it is incredibly difficult for her. A "binder fundraiser" trivializes the magnitude of this decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
MYOB

And we see exactly who you are. I feel bad for your kids to have such an ignorant parent. Grow up and stay out of other people's business.

Do you have a daughter that wants to transition? I do not, but I have a friend who does, and it is incredibly difficult for her. A "binder fundraiser" trivializes the magnitude of this decision.

I'm guessing that if your friend made a list of things that are making her child's transition incredibly difficult for her, this fundraiser would not be anywhere near the top.

[Anonymous]

I feel like the risk from binders isn’t that different from the risk of kids selling donuts. I’m actually sympathetic to parents feeling like trans-positivity has the potential to cause collateral damage if it becomes a trend or gets twisted, but I’m not seeing it here. Kids clubs do a lot of fundraisers. They’re trying to be supportive of kids who might be struggling with gender identity with families who aren’t supportive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does this affect you Op? Who cares. I’m not trans, but I had giant boobs from the time I was 12 and I had to wear supper right shirts under another shirt as a “binder”. It doesn’t affect you. Butt out.

A tight shirt is not a “binder”. Binders can and have caused health problems for kids who wear them, including permanent damage. Students at school schools not be providing them to other students behind their parents backs. MCPS is asking for trouble by allowing this to happen on school grounds.

Incorrectly worn binders can cause issues - not binders in general. It's gender affirming for many. It's important to not only provide binders, but to show proper use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the risk from binders isn’t that different from the risk of kids selling donuts. I’m actually sympathetic to parents feeling like trans-positivity has the potential to cause collateral damage if it becomes a trend or gets twisted, but I’m not seeing it here. Kids clubs do a lot of fundraisers. They’re trying to be supportive of kids who might be struggling with gender identity with families who aren’t supportive.

Well, your "feelings" are wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
MYOB

And we see exactly who you are. I feel bad for your kids to have such an ignorant parent. Grow up and stay out of other people's business.

Do you have a daughter that wants to transition? I do not, but I have a friend who does, and it is incredibly difficult for her. A "binder fundraiser" trivializes the magnitude of this decision.

I'm guessing that if your friend made a list of things that are making her child's transition incredibly difficult for her, this fundraiser would not be anywhere near the top.

Agree. I have a child who wore a binder for a bit and has some gender fluidity. I think they would be happy to see something like binders being so mainstream as to have a fund raiser. They would feel supported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the risk from binders isn’t that different from the risk of kids selling donuts. I’m actually sympathetic to parents feeling like trans-positivity has the potential to cause collateral damage if it becomes a trend or gets twisted, but I’m not seeing it here. Kids clubs do a lot of fundraisers. They’re trying to be supportive of kids who might be struggling with gender identity with families who aren’t supportive.

Well, your "feelings" are wrong.

Perhaps - but research shows that the PP is correct.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Not a troll. This is happening at B-CC.

[Anonymous]

https://instagram.com/bethesda.binder.fund?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Anonymous]

What a privilege to be assigned female at birth and only have to worry about flattening your breasts in high school. Also a privilege for white girls to not have to think about this until high school. Black and brown girls have boobs in elementary school. Seems like there are many more pressing issues kids could be raising money for. How about making sure very teen in MoCo jas their basic needs met with a place to live, a bed, food, and period products?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a privilege to be assigned female at birth and only have to worry about flattening your breasts in high school. Also a privilege for white girls to not have to think about this until high school. Black and brown girls have boobs in elementary school. Seems like there are many more pressing issues kids could be raising money for. How about making sure very teen in MoCo jas their basic needs met with a place to live, a bed, food, and period products?

You clearly don’t know white girls if you don’t realize they start young too.

[Anonymous]

It's a club. Not a department or the school nurse or anything, it's a voluntary student club, which no one has to contribute to for their fundraiser.

I would be more worried about school safety, but I guess you are at the rich school, so don't have the same worries the rest of us do.