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First Day Of School, CA Teacher Hands Out Gender Identity Graphic To Middle Schoolers. Parents Are Furious.

Hank Berrien
First Day Of School, CA Teacher Hands Out Gender Identity Graphic To Middle Schoolers. Parents Are Furious.
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A teacher at a middle school in Northern California triggered outrage from parents after he handed out a gender-identity graphic, allegedly to explain why he preferred to be called “Mx” rather than “Mr” on the first day of school.

Luis Davila Alvarado, who teaches seventh and eight grade science at Denair Middle School, used a “Gender Unicorn” graphic from Trans Student Education Resources to explain his choice of preferred pronoun to a group of children between the ages of 12 and 14.

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