A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class.

  • HopeOfTheGunblade
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    371 year ago

    Said it in another thread on this:

    I’m trans.

    I figured it out, literally in the fifth grade.

    It’s not too early. It’s not too hard. It’s not bad for them. Not having proper knowledge of things has made my life harder and worse than it had to be. If you want to help kids, teaching them things is how you do that. Hiding things from them hurts trans kids, and it makes it easier for predators to predate on kids. If you want to hurt kids, that’s on you, but say it with your fuckin’ chest. Don’t hide behind this line that you know is false.

    Oh, and re nutjob teachers:

    We teach evolution in school, because the data backs it. We don’t teach creationism in school, because the data doesn’t back it. It’s not that hard, this argument is pointless chaff.

    • HuddaBudda
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      171 year ago

      As someone who grew up on the home school christian cult side of things.

      I’ve done the abstinence only teaching, to the point I was in my teens and thought all girls had a penis.

      Ya, ya, laugh it up.

      Only thing I can say is, it doesn’t work, it never did. Once body changes start happening kids have tons of questions and when the answer to those questions is “Do nothing”, that’s not going to be enough.

      Especially when we grow up in a society that encourages asking questions and giving answers. Until it gets into this one topic.