MicroWaveGeorgia school board fires teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity
Potatos_are_not_friendsI’m trying to wrap my head the intent.
Is this a case where she was fired because the book didn’t have anything to do with the class she’s teaching? Or because a bunch of parents went Karen and it made the school district look bad?
If a history class references passages from the bible, I think that is inappropriate in general but it depends on context. But if it’s using the bible to explain say the history of the Holy War, makes sense.
If she was teaching Sex Ed and talking about gender fluidity, in that context it makes sense to me.
The thing is: You need the kids to have this information before puberty really starts to take off so they know what's going on with them when they start to feel things that are related to gender fluidity/homosexuality/whatever, so they grow up without the self-doubts and such but with the feeling that what they are is just another human being.
Things related to sexual attraction (e.g. homosexuality) might start around puberty, but gender dysphoria can start even earlier than that. This source claims that about 3/4 of folks with gender dysphoria first experience it by age 7.
Most Gender Dysphoria Established by Age 7 | Cedars-Sinai
Gender dysphoria manifests early in childhood and can persist for years before patients undergo counseling and treatment, a Cedars-Sinai study has found. The findings also reveal that untreated gender dysphoria can result in poor quality of life for transgender people, beginning in childhood and lasting throughout adolescence and adulthood.Gende...