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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised by the number of people in this disussion who are conflating biological sex and gender. Sex is biology (male or female genitalia and hormones) and gender is a social construct (how someone expresses themselves to conform or not to a culture's expectations of how a male or female behaves, whether through dress, parenting duties, length of hair, etc.).

Here's an explanation:  https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/difference-between-sex-and-gender.

Also, I just don't see why so many adults are upset about this.  I think the most recent studies show about 10% of teens say they are either gender non-binary or genderqueer or identify in some way that does not conform with the sex they were born with. It's just a fact of life. Many of our kids are just rejecting the binary world that many of us grew up in and are more comfortable expressing a broader range of gender.  We can try to shame and stigmatize, or we can try to understand.

I imagine if a kid no longer felt at home in an all girl's school, they would leave (unless the parents were not supportive). The question is whether a school can embrace a child who is on a journey to figuring this out.
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And yet, look at the Lia Thomas situation. Lia may identify as a woman, but has a male-sexed body.  Why is that person in women’s sports?   The schools under discussion here are “single-sex” schools.  Why should they change that?[/quote]

The problem with the original PP above is knowing where the line is between supporting students as individuals and changing the mission of the school.  That mission is to educate girls.  So if students don't identify as girls and they don't in fact leave the school, but instead want to change the mission of the school, what then?  School is free to do so obviously, but shouldn't be labeled transphobic if it chooses not to.[/quote]

Not pp but. Or an either or situation.

We have Duaghter in girls school and would like the school to remain being called a girls school and focusing on female sensitive education.

However, I have no problem with changing, more nuanced categories for gender identities. However, youth who do not identify as female should probably consider other schools for their own sakes. [/quote]

Where are nonbinary or trans students assigned female at birth more than likely to find a more accepting environment: a new coed school or an all-girls' school where they've attended since they were younger?[/quote]

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