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Kansas' attorney general is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law (www.pbs.org)

submitted 8 months ago by DeadWorld@lemm.ee to c/brainworms@lemm.ee

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[+] Menteros@lemm.ee -15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I wish it wasn't true.

According to the legal document, "Under the Parental Secrecy Policy, Buena Vista teachers and staff would keep secret from parents that their children had articulated confusion about their gender identity, evinced a desire to change their gender identity, or assumed or expressed a new gender identity, unless the student expressly authorized the parents to be informed."

https://www.ksbw.com/article/spreckels-union-school-district-settles-with-parent-over-indoctrination-allegations/44942724

“So, then I just make sure when I am calling home, I use what they prefer,” the teacher admits. Then she adds the coup de grâce, “Even if someone told me I couldn’t do that, and I couldn’t call them whatever they want or the pronouns they want without parent permission…” here she pauses for dramatic effect while leaning into the camera, “…I would still do it.” The teacher who prefers to keep a student’s transition a secret then signs off with a knowing laugh.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12202901/Midwest-teachers-trade-tips-subversively-quietly-transitioning-kids-without-telling-parents.html

Some teachers said they followed the rules, but others discussed being 'subversive,' how their personal 'code of ethics' trumped laws, and how to 'hide' a trans student's new name and gender from their parents.

[–] Strykker@programming.dev 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Your quotes don't support your idea that schools are forcing children to transition... They are literally just protecting a child's confidential statements because there are shitty fucking parents out there that would kill or abuse their children over this.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 months ago

Pressuring kids to transition

Source?

[–] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

So, apparently you've shown that schools are persuading children to change their gender using a 6 line news story and a terf tabloid with a fake news problem, very convincing. After reading the first source, it just shows that the schools settled outside of court, and that there was a policy to keep transitioning secret from the parents, unless the student authorized the parent to know. I'm willing to bet that people would be willing to open up to their family if they were not at risk of harm or ostracization. I say that as someone who is closeted for that exact reason.

Your quotes just show the terrifying nature of schools; using preferred pronouns to... make the children not feel dysphoria? What a conspiracy.