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Transgender in Education
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Science shows transgender education doesn’t belong in schools
The National Education Association has introduced national reading days for books about transgender themes like “I Am Jazz.”
Scientists are still debating actual causes, but a consensus is emerging that boys’ and girls’ brains are different, and people with gender dysphoria have a brain structure that does not correspond to their genitalia at birth.
Transgender individuals process the sex hormones estrogen and androgen differently from other people. Exeter University researchers say gender dysphoria is caused by Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, in which “the testosterone receptor is mutated and faulty, and thus cannot function.”
The LGBTQ community is adamant this condition not be stigmatized as mental illness. When the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used by American psychiatrists was updated in 2013, it changed Gender Identity Disorder to Gender Dysphoria.
Trans advocates want greater acceptance. But instructing young kids that it’s normal for boys to become girls and vice versa is going too far. Parents rightly fear their kids are being “groomed.”
In the last two decades, the proportion of minors saying they’re transgender has soared to 1.8%. Gender dysphoria used to be a condition experienced primarily by young boys. It’s suddenly shifted to teens born female. Brown University’s Lisa Littman calls this “social contagion,” meaning teenage girls mimicking their friends and claiming to be trans, without displaying the classic signs of gender dysphoria that emerge in early childhood.
Children need to be protected from gender hysteria and moving headlong into transitioning.
What does the US Constitution say? We have the freedom to practice our own religion. Many Christians and Jews believe God created man and woman. They don’t want their kids indoctrinated in a belief system that claims a person born with “boy parts” can become a girl. Parents in Ludlow, Mass., are suing to stop the public school from teaching transgenderism.
They’re likely to win. The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled last year that an Ohio public university could not force a professor to address transgender students using their chosen pronouns contrary to the professor’s Christian beliefs. This month, Shawnee State University agreed to pay the professor $400,000 to settle his suit.
Transgender advocates have a right to their views, but they don’t have a right to brainwash our kids with them.
Coutesy: Newyork Post 08.09.22 Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York. Twitter: @Betsy_McCaughey
Transgender individuals process the sex hormones estrogen and androgen differently from other people. Exeter University researchers say gender dysphoria is caused by Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, in which “the testosterone receptor is mutated and faulty, and thus cannot function.”
The LGBTQ community is adamant this condition not be stigmatized as mental illness. When the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used by American psychiatrists was updated in 2013, it changed Gender Identity Disorder to Gender Dysphoria.
Trans advocates want greater acceptance. But instructing young kids that it’s normal for boys to become girls and vice versa is going too far. Parents rightly fear their kids are being “groomed.”
In the last two decades, the proportion of minors saying they’re transgender has soared to 1.8%. Gender dysphoria used to be a condition experienced primarily by young boys. It’s suddenly shifted to teens born female. Brown University’s Lisa Littman calls this “social contagion,” meaning teenage girls mimicking their friends and claiming to be trans, without displaying the classic signs of gender dysphoria that emerge in early childhood.
Children need to be protected from gender hysteria and moving headlong into transitioning.
What does the US Constitution say? We have the freedom to practice our own religion. Many Christians and Jews believe God created man and woman. They don’t want their kids indoctrinated in a belief system that claims a person born with “boy parts” can become a girl. Parents in Ludlow, Mass., are suing to stop the public school from teaching transgenderism.
They’re likely to win. The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled last year that an Ohio public university could not force a professor to address transgender students using their chosen pronouns contrary to the professor’s Christian beliefs. This month, Shawnee State University agreed to pay the professor $400,000 to settle his suit.
Transgender advocates have a right to their views, but they don’t have a right to brainwash our kids with them.
Coutesy: Newyork Post 08.09.22 Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York. Twitter: @Betsy_McCaughey
Gender pronouns are the pronouns that people choose to use for themselves. It’s important to remember that this goes beyond binary references of “she” and “he” but is inclusive of those who do not self-identify as male or female.
Gender pronouns and their role in making our language fully inclusive
Type Name Example
Feminine She, her, hers She went to the store.
I spoke to her.
It was her apple.
Masculine
He, him, his He went to the store.
I spoke to him.
It was his apple.
Gender neutral They, them, their They went to the store.
I spoke to them.
It was their apple.
Neo pronouns Ze, zir/zem, zirs, zes Ze finished zir book. It’s zir time to do the dishes.
Xe/ xem/ xeir Xe called yesterday. I’m staying with xem. That’s xeir jacket.
Type Name Example
Feminine She, her, hers She went to the store.
I spoke to her.
It was her apple.
Masculine
He, him, his He went to the store.
I spoke to him.
It was his apple.
Gender neutral They, them, their They went to the store.
I spoke to them.
It was their apple.
Neo pronouns Ze, zir/zem, zirs, zes Ze finished zir book. It’s zir time to do the dishes.
Xe/ xem/ xeir Xe called yesterday. I’m staying with xem. That’s xeir jacket.
Should transgender Pronouns be introduced in schools?
A gender pronoun is "the pronoun that a person chooses to use for themselves" to describe their gender. That can mean that even if a person was assigned female at birth (known as AFB), they may use masculine pronouns to describe themselves, depending on what suits their gender expression. People may also choose to use gender-neutral pronouns such as “they, them and theirs” and neo pronouns such as ze, xe, and sie.
Courtesy: Gender Inclusion Network (GIN) 08.09.22
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