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

[Anonymous]

You know what is really nuts? All these DCUM people who think it's cool to insult each other for no good reason.

I can see disagreeing, but why do you have to say someone is dim or creepy or pervy, etc? I sincerely don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what is really nuts? All these DCUM people who think it's cool to insult each other for no good reason.

I can see disagreeing, but why do you have to say someone is dim or creepy or pervy, etc? I sincerely don't get it.

It's important to put some people in their place and deny them any inch of credibility. People who fixate on how teens identify themselves are despicable (deplorable?) and not worthy of any sort of credence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, kids are impressionable and they're being told all of these differences are to be celebrated. Not just tolerated, mind you, but celebrated. So yes, there is a rash of confused kids embracing these identities.

Yes, and they enjoy the attention from it and the feeling of being special and unique.

Pp here. They don't get much attention. I think most wise adults, teachers and parents, just roll their eyes and go with it just as they would if they were trying on an emo identity or goth identity or jock identity. It's a little puerile but there's nothing fundamentally wrong with it. And to the degree it provides a supportive environment for kids who actually are transgendered or whatever, that's a plus. Only the ugliest of jackass adults would get their panties in a twist over it. There is literally no harm in humoring it, but plenty of harm in fighting it.

Oh the fuddy dud, old fashioned parents who can't just "roll with" their kids "experimenting" in sexual behaviors.

I have two middle schoolers with friends trying on there identities. None of them are experimenting with anything but labels. They aren't actually sexually active. I think that is common.

If you are talking about 11, 12, 13 year olds who still haven't figured out whether they are boys or girls, and you can't see what a problem that is, then you have your head completely in the sand. Most of us figure that out by the age of 2 or so.

You do sound like you are two, in fact.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know what is really nuts? All these DCUM people who think it's cool to insult each other for no good reason.

I can see disagreeing, but why do you have to say someone is dim or creepy or pervy, etc? I sincerely don't get it.

It's important to put some people in their place and deny them any inch of credibility. People who fixate on how teens identify themselves are despicable (deplorable?) and not worthy of any sort of credence.

It's not a "fixation," sweetheart. This is the topic we are currently discussing. If you're tired of talking about it, go to bed.

[Anonymous]

Kids "try on" lots of behaviors as a normal part of growing up. This is a fairly new one, certain to alarm the adults within their sphere. I "tried on" dressing and acting like a boy briefly in high school, long before it was popular. I also tried on Jesus freak, armband wearing revolutionary and apathetic intellectual before finally settling for myself.
I don't think trans identity should be treated with any meds, etc. before 21.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what is really nuts? All these DCUM people who think it's cool to insult each other for no good reason.

I can see disagreeing, but why do you have to say someone is dim or creepy or pervy, etc? I sincerely don't get it.

+1. Except, as you will note if you read much of this, some people have really lost their minds on this issue. They honestly cannot tell whether a fellow human being is male or female. We should probably also advise them that it most likely will not snow tomorrow in Washington. They seem to be that limited in their cognitive abilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids "try on" lots of behaviors as a normal part of growing up. This is a fairly new one, certain to alarm the adults within their sphere. I "tried on" dressing and acting like a boy briefly in high school, long before it was popular. I also tried on Jesus freak, armband wearing revolutionary and apathetic intellectual before finally settling for myself.
I don't think trans identity should be treated with any meds, etc. before 21.

Big difference.

If you decide to be a Jesus freak, an armband wearing revolutionary or an apathetic intellectual, you can do it. That doesn't involve a change in the facts. Trying to be a boy is something you can never be. Just like you can try to be a giraffe all you want to, but you will never be one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

The news has been filled with stories about transgender bathrooms in fcps schools, in Target, in gyms etc. It's definitely a trendy thing nowadays. So many new words too, to define one's gender/sexual identity. Most of the kids doing this are just "trans-trenders". Very few of them are actually trans gender or confused about gender. It's kind of sad that this has become a trend, because it's really damaging to real, actual trans gender people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

Yep, in fact this is why our DD is leaving this area to finish high school. After being repeatedly pursued by girls repeatedly to try out lesbianism or worse, the boys and the social media about threesomes our DD said get me out of crazyville. Insane how permicuous it now is at fourteen years old and the parents that support it, just insane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

The news has been filled with stories about transgender bathrooms in fcps schools, in Target, in gyms etc. It's definitely a trendy thing nowadays. So many new words too, to define one's gender/sexual identity. Most of the kids doing this are just "trans-trenders". Very few of them are actually trans gender or confused about gender. It's kind of sad that this has become a trend, because it's really damaging to real, actual trans gender people.

Oh the poor transgendered, please!!! On the first day of school my DD is handed a questionnaire to fill out about his she identifies. Amazing. Even more so when the question airess were used I. Group settings to discuss your intolerance if you didn't say you were bi sexual. Too far, libs, too far.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

Yep, in fact this is why our DD is leaving this area to finish high school. After being repeatedly pursued by girls repeatedly to try out lesbianism or worse, the boys and the social media about threesomes our DD said get me out of crazyville. Insane how permicuous it now is at fourteen years old and the parents that support it, just insane.

Have fun with the MAGA crowd when you move.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, kids are impressionable and they're being told all of these differences are to be celebrated. Not just tolerated, mind you, but celebrated. So yes, there is a rash of confused kids embracing these identities.

Ah, that word tolerance. It sounds so quaint now. Remember when that's all that was expected, to "tolerate" these behaviors? Now it has to be full blown acceptance.

Tolerate has always meant acceptance. This is all a little silly but it isn't unacceptable. What is unacceptable is an adult who would mock or deride a child for this or post on an internet chat board protesting it. Only the most deranged sort of loser adult who is sick in the mind would do something like that.

No tolerate, means to put up with something, not think there's nothing wrong with it.

In this context, you are wrong. And your viewpoint here is not valid. Are you this ugly despicable person to which I was referring? I would like for you to stop thinking so much about teenagers and who they say they fuck. That is creepy and pervy.

It's worse than that. Most of these kids aren't even sexually active yet (at least among dd and her crowd). They're just figuring out who they are. It's the OP and her ilk imagining these nonexistent teen-trans-orgies all happening with the parents' and school admins' blessings. The kids are figuring out what labels they're most comfortable with, since adults seem so determined to label everyone. The adults like OP are the ones making it all about sex. Gender identity isn't the same as sexuality. It's a separate issue.

Bs. You do not have a clue with what's going on. It is not a separate issue any longer and I have see. That first hand among our children's peers. This should not be raken lightly and it saddens me that parents such as yourself are so niave and dismissive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

The news has been filled with stories about transgender bathrooms in fcps schools, in Target, in gyms etc. It's definitely a trendy thing nowadays. So many new words too, to define one's gender/sexual identity. Most of the kids doing this are just "trans-trenders". Very few of them are actually trans gender or confused about gender. It's kind of sad that this has become a trend, because it's really damaging to real, actual trans gender people.

Oh the poor transgendered, please!!! On the first day of school my DD is handed a questionnaire to fill out about his she identifies. Amazing. Even more so when the question airess were used I. Group settings to discuss your intolerance if you didn't say you were bi sexual. Too far, libs, too far.

Pp may I ask where all of this is taking place? Public or private school? DC area?

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Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

Yep, in fact this is why our DD is leaving this area to finish high school. After being repeatedly pursued by girls repeatedly to try out lesbianism or worse, the boys and the social media about threesomes our DD said get me out of crazyville. Insane how permicuous it now is at fourteen years old and the parents that support it, just insane.

Have fun with the MAGA crowd when you move.

I'm not moving sweetie, you have fun with your f d up child because you are trying to prove to the world you are cool rather than parenting There's another thread here about needing a life coach for your college graduate because he won't get off your couch. Go read that, it's your future.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A number of parents have told me that at their kids' high schools they've noticed a (for lack of better word) trend of kids declaring themselves as bi-gender, gender queer, or gender flexible. Apparently this is not the same thing as being transgender because they do not really wish to be the opposite sex and are not taking hormones. It's more that they feel like they are both genders and don't feel comfortable calling themselves either a male or female. One woman told me that a boy in her son's class sometimes dresses as a male and goes by Robert and other times goes female and goes by Roberta. I will fully admit that this is weird as shit to me, but I'm wondering if this is really a common thing in high schools now?

The news has been filled with stories about transgender bathrooms in fcps schools, in Target, in gyms etc. It's definitely a trendy thing nowadays. So many new words too, to define one's gender/sexual identity. Most of the kids doing this are just "trans-trenders". Very few of them are actually trans gender or confused about gender. It's kind of sad that this has become a trend, because it's really damaging to real, actual trans gender people.

Oh the poor transgendered, please!!! On the first day of school my DD is handed a questionnaire to fill out about his she identifies. Amazing. Even more so when the question airess were used I. Group settings to discuss your intolerance if you didn't say you were bi sexual. Too far, libs, too far.

Pp may I ask where all of this is taking place? Public or private school? DC area?

Primarily among upper NW dc private school classmates with Wilson and bethesda public high schools sprinkled in.