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Anonymous wrote:What a lot of these posters don't understand is that removing all mention of same-sex relationships in schools isn't "neutrality." It's affirmatively taking the position that only opposite-sex relationships are normal because those relationships are everywhere in our culture, including in our schools. You're still talking about sex in school. You're just only talking about straight sex.

I know it feels better to say you just want schools to be silent on the issue, but that's not what you're actually asking for. You're asking schools to be silent only on one side of the issue.

Nope, because straight people aren’t putting it on posters. I would have the same problem with some poster that said “unapologetically STRAIGHT.”

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit.

Do you feel that way when teachers read their elementary school students stories that mention a mom and a dad, or a husband and wife? That's talking to kids about sexual orientation, so by your logic, it's talking to them about sex. Are you aghast if someone in your kid's kindergarten class asks the teacher if she's married, and she says "Yes, I have a husband and two dogs at home"? Is that "parading" sex around in the classroom?

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. At the risk of becoming dumber by responding, kids are social beings - they can understand relationships in their own way and not know what having sex is at the age of 7. You can understand relationships including marriage from an age-appropriate viewpoint. But when you talk about SEXUAL orientation with these terms you are now explicitly talking about SEX.

So what's wrong with a statement that people can have same-sex relationships? Why is it age-appropriate to talk about opposite sex relationships, but talking about same sex relationships is by definition talking about SEX?

Another genius I see. Because straight people aren’t putting I am unapologetically STRAIGHT on posters.

Do you need a snack or something? You seem cranky.

Straight people don't need to put up "I am unapologetically STRAIGHT" posters because no one in this culture is asking them to apologize.

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit.

Exactly. That's why you shouldn't talk to kids about marriage, or families, or parents. 7 year olds should have no idea how babies are made, even if they have younger siblings and have actually seen their mother pregnant. Just tell them storks bring babies. Teachers better not mention if they are married or have their own kids. No books with families in the. Eeew. Kids have no idea what romantic love or crushes are.

Oh, when you said "sexual orientation," you only meant gay. Got it.

Nope. If there was a poster that said “UNAPOLOGETICALLY STRAIGHT” I would have the exact same problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit.

Do you feel that way when teachers read their elementary school students stories that mention a mom and a dad, or a husband and wife? That's talking to kids about sexual orientation, so by your logic, it's talking to them about sex. Are you aghast if someone in your kid's kindergarten class asks the teacher if she's married, and she says "Yes, I have a husband and two dogs at home"? Is that "parading" sex around in the classroom?

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. At the risk of becoming dumber by responding, kids are social beings - they can understand relationships in their own way and not know what having sex is at the age of 7. You can understand relationships including marriage from an age-appropriate viewpoint. But when you talk about SEXUAL orientation with these terms you are now explicitly talking about SEX.

So what's wrong with a statement that people can have same-sex relationships? Why is it age-appropriate to talk about opposite sex relationships, but talking about same sex relationships is by definition talking about SEX?

Another genius I see. Because straight people aren’t putting I am unapologetically STRAIGHT on posters.

Do you need a snack or something? You seem cranky.

Straight people don't need to put up "I am unapologetically STRAIGHT" posters because no one in this culture is asking them to apologize.

Well I’m definitely cranky and you are definitely dumb. The elementary school library is not the place for this.

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

Exactly. Are there ANY private schools in DC that aren’t parading sexual orientation issues to little kids? 😩

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

Ok, let's assume that you're correct when you say "the whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now." (This ignores a slew of anti-trans legislation, book bans, shootings at gay clubs, but for kicks, let's pretend.) So? Valorizing the LGBTQ community isn't attacking another community. When the straight community isn't the center of the conversation, that isn't an attack or a put down. That's just "not being the center of the conversation" for a bit. It feels like oppression when you're used to special treatment, but it isn't.

Straight kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are for being straight by literally every cultural institution in the country, including schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit.

Do you feel that way when teachers read their elementary school students stories that mention a mom and a dad, or a husband and wife? That's talking to kids about sexual orientation, so by your logic, it's talking to them about sex. Are you aghast if someone in your kid's kindergarten class asks the teacher if she's married, and she says "Yes, I have a husband and two dogs at home"? Is that "parading" sex around in the classroom?

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. At the risk of becoming dumber by responding, kids are social beings - they can understand relationships in their own way and not know what having sex is at the age of 7. You can understand relationships including marriage from an age-appropriate viewpoint. But when you talk about SEXUAL orientation with these terms you are now explicitly talking about SEX.

So what's wrong with a statement that people can have same-sex relationships? Why is it age-appropriate to talk about opposite sex relationships, but talking about same sex relationships is by definition talking about SEX?

Another genius I see. Because straight people aren’t putting I am unapologetically STRAIGHT on posters.

Do you need a snack or something? You seem cranky.

Straight people don't need to put up "I am unapologetically STRAIGHT" posters because no one in this culture is asking them to apologize.

Well I’m definitely cranky and you are definitely dumb. The elementary school library is not the place for this.

Do you want to remove books that approve of straight relationships from elementary school libraries?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit.

Do you feel that way when teachers read their elementary school students stories that mention a mom and a dad, or a husband and wife? That's talking to kids about sexual orientation, so by your logic, it's talking to them about sex. Are you aghast if someone in your kid's kindergarten class asks the teacher if she's married, and she says "Yes, I have a husband and two dogs at home"? Is that "parading" sex around in the classroom?

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. At the risk of becoming dumber by responding, kids are social beings - they can understand relationships in their own way and not know what having sex is at the age of 7. You can understand relationships including marriage from an age-appropriate viewpoint. But when you talk about SEXUAL orientation with these terms you are now explicitly talking about SEX.

So what's wrong with a statement that people can have same-sex relationships? Why is it age-appropriate to talk about opposite sex relationships, but talking about same sex relationships is by definition talking about SEX?

Another genius I see. Because straight people aren’t putting I am unapologetically STRAIGHT on posters.

Do you need a snack or something? You seem cranky.

Straight people don't need to put up "I am unapologetically STRAIGHT" posters because no one in this culture is asking them to apologize.

Well I’m definitely cranky and you are definitely dumb. The elementary school library is not the place for this.

Do you want to remove books that approve of straight relationships from elementary school libraries?

If they use the word “straight” or talk about sexual orientation, absolutely!

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

Exactly. Are there ANY private schools in DC that aren’t parading sexual orientation issues to little kids? 😩

I don't know of any private schools that prohibit parading sexual orientation issues to little kids. They don't even ban books about families having babies or prohibit teachers from mentioning their spouses.

There may be schools prohibit parading certain types of sexual orientation issues to little kids. I don't know what they are. But at least be honest when you ask the question.

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

Exactly. Are there ANY private schools in DC that aren’t parading sexual orientation issues to little kids? 😩

I don't know of any private schools that prohibit parading sexual orientation issues to little kids. They don't even ban books about families having babies or prohibit teachers from mentioning their spouses.

There may be schools prohibit parading certain types of sexual orientation issues to little kids. I don't know what they are. But at least be honest when you ask the question.

What do you mean “be honest” - you are idiotic beyond measure.

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

Ok, let's assume that you're correct when you say "the whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now." (This ignores a slew of anti-trans legislation, book bans, shootings at gay clubs, but for kicks, let's pretend.) So? Valorizing the LGBTQ community isn't attacking another community. When the straight community isn't the center of the conversation, that isn't an attack or a put down. That's just "not being the center of the conversation" for a bit. It feels like oppression when you're used to special treatment, but it isn't.

Straight kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are for being straight by literally every cultural institution in the country, including schools.[b]

This is just not true in any meaningful sense. There is no explicit messaging to straight kids or families praising them for that aspect of their lives. You're argument is, at best, that it is baked in because it is the default, but saying that something is the default is very different from something being expressly praised. If it's the default, it is unremarkable, and nobody cares.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah that’s complete non-sense. So talking to elementary school aged kids about sexual orientation is basically talking to them about sex. Is that appropriate for a 7 year old? If it’s not appropriate to talk to that age about sex, why parade around terms like LGBTQ in the elementary school classroom? You can be inclusive but still keep things AGE appropriate. That poster in the high school library wouldn’t bother me one bit.

Do you feel that way when teachers read their elementary school students stories that mention a mom and a dad, or a husband and wife? That's talking to kids about sexual orientation, so by your logic, it's talking to them about sex. Are you aghast if someone in your kid's kindergarten class asks the teacher if she's married, and she says "Yes, I have a husband and two dogs at home"? Is that "parading" sex around in the classroom?

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. At the risk of becoming dumber by responding, kids are social beings - they can understand relationships in their own way and not know what having sex is at the age of 7. You can understand relationships including marriage from an age-appropriate viewpoint. But when you talk about SEXUAL orientation with these terms you are now explicitly talking about SEX.

So what's wrong with a statement that people can have same-sex relationships? Why is it age-appropriate to talk about opposite sex relationships, but talking about same sex relationships is by definition talking about SEX?

Another genius I see. Because straight people aren’t putting I am unapologetically STRAIGHT on posters.

Do you need a snack or something? You seem cranky.

Straight people don't need to put up "I am unapologetically STRAIGHT" posters because no one in this culture is asking them to apologize.

Well I’m definitely cranky and you are definitely dumb. The elementary school library is not the place for this.

Do you want to remove books that approve of straight relationships from elementary school libraries?

If they use the word “straight” or talk about sexual orientation, absolutely!

Can you please explain what it means to you to talk about sexual orientation in an elementary school? What kind of material fits into that category? A book where the main character has two dads? Or has a same sex boyfriend or girlfriend? A lesson about different types of families that includes a same sex couple among other examples? A video where a character attends a same sex wedding?

Is it just using the words "straight" or "queer"?

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I would be way more worried about your child coming out entitled than LGBTQ from going to Maret. My kids were taught about these things in elementary (not explicit things but that different types of relationships/families exist) and they are all well adjusted elder teens/20s. It appeared to have zero impact on how they view themselves. This seems like a fake post to me

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Anonymous wrote:How progressive are they? Toured last year and saw some interesting things like a “Unapologetically Queer” in the elementary school library. Do they talk to elementary aged kids about gender identity? Any insight is appreciated.

Are you referring to an adult, a child, a poster, a book? What exactly did you see? And if anything being unapologetically queer bothers you, go elsewhere.

This. Also, there are all types of kids there but it is a progressive school. More power to them.

Not OP, but I think many parents are somewhat concerned about the extent to which progressive political sloganeering has become part of the educational environment. I don't think the concern is with queer people per se, but rather, having everything be such a main focus of time and attention. Of course, everyone wants their kids to be accepting and welcoming. That is not the same thing as having an environment where certain groups are essentially put on a pedestal, and then there is social pressure to be like that or to go out of your way to praise it (when other kids aren't getting that praise just for being who they happen to be).

The entire culture is designed to support cisgendered heterosexual relationships. Straight kids get validation for who they happen to be every day - that's the default in our culture. Every plotline in a movie where a man and a woman fall in love, every ad that shows an opposite sex couple, every story that talks about a family with a mom and a dad -- that's praise, and it's been the default for centuries. It's more than a little disingenuous to claim that straight kids are harmed when they aren't centered for 30 seconds.

This is just more progressive bs. Look around. The whole LGBTQ community is valorized everywhere all the time now. You are shunned for even questioning that. It’s a nice tactic, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. And, regardless, none of the other kids at school are constantly being told how awesome they are just because they are straight. That is the problem.

Exactly. Are there ANY private schools in DC that aren’t parading sexual orientation issues to little kids? 😩

I don't know of any private schools that prohibit parading sexual orientation issues to little kids. They don't even ban books about families having babies or prohibit teachers from mentioning their spouses.

There may be schools prohibit parading certain types of sexual orientation issues to little kids. I don't know what they are. But at least be honest when you ask the question.

What do you mean “be honest” - you are idiotic beyond measure.

I mean that, when you say that you "just want to keep all talk of sexual orientation away from little kids," that's not what you're actually asking for. Kids hear about straight sexual orientation all the time, including in elementary schools. You're asking for certain types of sexual orientation to be excluded. But that doesn't sound as good, so you don't phrase it that way.