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The New York Times, by Katie J. M. Baker (Denver Post 1/23/2023)
"Jessica Bradshaw found out that her 15-year-old identified as transgender after she glimpsed at a homework assignment with an unfamiliar name scrawled at the top. When she asked about the name, the teenager acknowledged that, at his request, teachers and administrators at his high school in Southern California had for six months been letting him use the boy's bathroom and calling him by male pronouns.
Bradshaw was confused: Didn't the school need her permission, or at least need to tell her?
It did not, a counselor later explained, because the student did not want his parents to know. District and state policies instructed the school to respect his wishes. 'There was never any word from anyone to let us know that on paper, and in the classroom, our daughter was our son', Bradshaw said.
The bradshaws have been startled to find themselves at odds with the school over their right to know about, and weigh in on, such a major development in their child's life - a dispute that illustrates how school districts, which have long been a battleground in cultural conflicts over gender and sexuality, are now facing wrenching new tensions over how to accommodate transgender children.
The bradshaws accepted their teenager's new gender identity, but not without trepidation, especially after he asked for hormones and surgery to remove his breasts. Doctors had previously diagnosed him as being on the autism spectrum, as well as with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, PTSD and anxiety. He had struggled with loneliness during the pandemic and to his parents, seemed not to know exactly who he was yet, because he and repeatedly changed his name and sexual orientation."
( the rest is behind a paywall ---> here ) Real Clear Politics provides the rest ----> here
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Notable:
"Other self-described liberal parents said they registered as independents or voted for Republican candidates for the first time as a result of this issue. Although they haven’t sued, some have retained lawyers affiliated with the largest legal organization on the religious right to battle their children’s schools."
This is another election issue where conservatives will likely have the upper hand. ( as they should )
"Jessica Bradshaw found out that her 15-year-old identified as transgender after she glimpsed at a homework assignment with an unfamiliar name scrawled at the top. When she asked about the name, the teenager acknowledged that, at his request, teachers and administrators at his high school in Southern California had for six months been letting him use the boy's bathroom and calling him by male pronouns.
Bradshaw was confused: Didn't the school need her permission, or at least need to tell her?
It did not, a counselor later explained, because the student did not want his parents to know. District and state policies instructed the school to respect his wishes. 'There was never any word from anyone to let us know that on paper, and in the classroom, our daughter was our son', Bradshaw said.
The bradshaws have been startled to find themselves at odds with the school over their right to know about, and weigh in on, such a major development in their child's life - a dispute that illustrates how school districts, which have long been a battleground in cultural conflicts over gender and sexuality, are now facing wrenching new tensions over how to accommodate transgender children.
The bradshaws accepted their teenager's new gender identity, but not without trepidation, especially after he asked for hormones and surgery to remove his breasts. Doctors had previously diagnosed him as being on the autism spectrum, as well as with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, PTSD and anxiety. He had struggled with loneliness during the pandemic and to his parents, seemed not to know exactly who he was yet, because he and repeatedly changed his name and sexual orientation."
( the rest is behind a paywall ---> here ) Real Clear Politics provides the rest ----> here
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Notable:
"Other self-described liberal parents said they registered as independents or voted for Republican candidates for the first time as a result of this issue. Although they haven’t sued, some have retained lawyers affiliated with the largest legal organization on the religious right to battle their children’s schools."
This is another election issue where conservatives will likely have the upper hand. ( as they should )
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