MCPS Offers Third Gender Classification for All Students

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-offers-new-option-for-classifying-student-gender/

Students can now classify as X instead of being forced to choose Male of Female.

[Anonymous]

If a gender is not needed why ask anyone for a gender? Same question for MD drivers license. Just leave it off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a gender is not needed why ask anyone for a gender? Same question for MD drivers license. Just leave it off.

Good question.

What is the logic behind having M/F/X if it doesn’t matter?

[Anonymous]

My question is how many parents asked to have this change?

I know lots of parents have asked for lots of things from MCPS (smaller class sizes, for one!) and those parents are completely dismissed.

How many parents lobbied to have this changed? Maybe if we can get that many parents to lobby for smaller class sizes, then we could get that also?

[Anonymous]

Oh for the love

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-offers-new-option-for-classifying-student-gender/

Students can now classify as X instead of being forced to choose Male of Female.

Shrug. Next topic.

[Anonymous]

I find the letter X offensive, as in x rated movies, not having a meaning in math.

[Anonymous]

how to participate school competitive sports for "X" ?
would they be discriminated for being "X" either in the male or female teams ? or schools have to create a team with sex X ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find the letter X offensive, as in x rated movies, not having a meaning in math.

Math wasn't your strong suit was it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a gender is not needed why ask anyone for a gender? Same question for MD drivers license. Just leave it off.

Because its a way of narrowing down info. If there are 2 Taylor Smiths and one is a M and one is an F this helps. Even if one is now an X its still helpful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how to participate school competitive sports for "X" ?
would they be discriminated for being "X" either in the male or female teams ? or schools have to create a team with sex X ?

I may be completely wrong, but im guessing most gender neutral kids are not that sporty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a gender is not needed why ask anyone for a gender? Same question for MD drivers license. Just leave it off.

Because its a way of narrowing down info. If there are 2 Taylor Smiths and one is a M and one is an F this helps. Even if one is now an X its still helpful

What if there are 2 Taylor Smiths and both are Ms? Seems like a lot of trouble to have a whole box on a form just to distinguish between two people with the same first and last names if they are different genders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how to participate school competitive sports for "X" ?
would they be discriminated for being "X" either in the male or female teams ? or schools have to create a team with sex X ?

Interesting question. Wonder what MCpS has to say about this?

Will we now have an X soccer team in Middle schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a gender is not needed why ask anyone for a gender? Same question for MD drivers license. Just leave it off.

Because its a way of narrowing down info. If there are 2 Taylor Smiths and one is a M and one is an F this helps. Even if one is now an X its still helpful

LOL

That sounds bogus. You can have two Taylor Smiths who are both M.

DOB is really a better way to distinguish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a gender is not needed why ask anyone for a gender? Same question for MD drivers license. Just leave it off.

Good question.

What is the logic behind having M/F/X if it doesn’t matter?

Because x is its own gender.