A prestigious college at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oxford-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Oxford</a> announced Thursday that violating its new transgender harassment policy, including using the wrong pronouns, could lead to expulsion.
Regent’s Park College released a <a href="https://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/trans-inclusion-statement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trans Inclusion Statement</a>, which outlines in detail what the college considers “transphobic harassment” and threatens offenders with severe penalties, including expulsion.
The statement declares, “Any unlawful discriminatory behaviour, including transphobic harassment or bullying of by individuals or groups, will be regarded extremely seriously and could be grounds for disciplinary action, which may include expulsion or dismissal.”
The college’s statement goes on to define “transphobia” broadly, including acts like “denying or disputing the validity and/or existence of a trans person’s identity,” “refusal to treat a person in accordance with their affirmed identity,” and “misgendering” by using “the wrong name or pronoun.”
The college further admits that “it is not possible to have a comprehensive definition of transphobia.” The college interprets the United Kingdom’s <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equality Act of 2010</a> to forbid discrimination based on gender identity, even though the law uses the medical term “gender reassignment” rather than “gender identity” in its anti-discrimination language.
The Trans Inclusion Statement came out in the wake of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/30/trans-activists-disrupt-kathleen-stock-speech-at-oxford-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversial talk</a> the college hosted given by “gender-critical feminist” <a href="https://twitter.com/Docstockk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kathleen Stock</a>, a former professor at the University of Sussex. Stock’s talk was heavily protested and even interrupted by a trans activist who glued her hands to the floor of the stage.
Stock promoted her book “Material Girls,” stating that she wants “trans people protected from violence and discrimination,” but that it was “not fair on females” to share spaces like bathrooms and changing rooms with biological men. She called for “third spaces” as a compromise.
At the end of its statement, the college briefly mentions how the Equality Act protects religious belief and states that it respects the right of “those holding gender-critical beliefs” with the qualification that their speech “does not constitute harassment as not respecting the rights and freedoms of others.”
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Despite the college’s ode to free speech and religious liberty, the language banning “denying or disputing the validity and/or existence of a trans person’s identity” was similar to the charges protesters threw at Stock a few days earlier.
One sign read, “Our existence is not a debate,” and protest leader Amaid Haran Diman said, “[Stock] wants to be the polite voice of a trans-exclusionary movement, but I don’t believe in her good faith. I don’t think she wants to have a civil conversation. If you look at her behaviour online it is very hostile. I think it is hateful and intolerant.”
The new policy at the University of Oxford college comes in the midst of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-rules-against-free-speech-group-upholds-virginia-tech-bias-policy">legal challenges</a> to colleges’ bias and harassment policies in the United States, highlighting the conflict between such policies and free speech principles.

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Oxford College Can Now Expel Students For Using The Wrong Pronouns

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Gender Pronouns

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A Christian in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Kingdom</a> has been banned from teaching after he was accused of &#8220;misgendering&#8221; a female student who identified as a male.  
An investigation from the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), the U.K.’s government regulatory office for education, banned 33-year-old Joshua Sutcliffe from teaching after allegedly “misgendering” the student and expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. 
While teaching math, Sutcliffe said “well-done girls” to a group of students at The Cherwell School, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12113249/Christian-teacher-suspended-misgendering-trans-pupil-banned-teaching.html">according</a> to The Telegraph. The agency found that Sutcliffe had failed to show the student, a girl who identified as a boy, “dignity and respect.” 
Sutcliffe was placed on leave after that incident, which took place back in 2017. Additionally, the TRA said that it was inappropriate for Sutcliffe to express his opposition to same-sex marriage and accused him of exposing the identity of the child he was accused of “misgendering” during a TV interview about the controversy. 
“The panel was satisfied that the conduct of Mr. Sutcliffe fell significantly short of the standard of behaviour expected of a teacher,” the TRA said in a statement. 
Alan Meyrick, the head of the TRA, said that the ruling, which prohibits Sutcliffe from teaching at any school in England, was necessary to give people faith in the education system. 
“In my view, it is necessary to impose a prohibition order in order to maintain public confidence in the profession,” he said. 
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Sutcliffe said in an interview with Times Radio that he would have been willing not to use pronouns, but the TRA was unconvinced. He added that his marriage comments came after a student asked him what the Christian view of marriage was, and he said it was between one man and one woman. 
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“Well, I don’t think it’s kind, actually. I think that it’s a very dangerous path where you take powerful drugs,” he said. “You’re encouraging these students to go down a really dangerous, and really serious path. And I don’t think in our society we’re taking it serious enough.”
Sutcliffe, backed by the Christian Legal Centre, said in another statement that using pronouns not associated with a student’s biological sex would harm them. 
“I believe affirming children in gender confusion in the classroom is psychologically damaging for them. I refuse to go against my conscience and cause a child harm and refuse to apologize for that,” he said. 
In 2025, Sutcliffe is eligible to appeal to have his ban revoked.

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‘A Dangerous Path’: Christian Banned From Teaching After ‘Misgendering’ Student

Christian Banned From Teaching After 'Misgendering' Student

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Social Issues

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/goldman-sachs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goldman Sachs</a> has reportedly distributed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pronoun</a> guides to help staffers become “inclusive” allies even as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial</a> sector faces a crisis.
The rainbow-colored pamphlet entitled “Bring Your Authentic Self,” which was <a href="https://twitter.com/StanfordReview/status/1645561878192717825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645561881934069760%7Ctwgr%5Eb18f7038bf7557cd1eb46ca47f9b52caf09e150f%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fnews%2Fze-zir-goldman-sachs-encourages-employees-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by campus conservative outlet The Stanford Review and <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/13/goldman-sachs-hands-out-pronoun-pamphlets-as-it-fights-sex-harassment-suits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> by The New York Post, informs employees at the investment bank that “a gender-neutral or gender-inclusive pronoun is a pronoun that does not associate a gender with the individual who is being discussed.”
Beyond the customary “he, him, his, himself” and “she, her, hers, herself,” staffers were told they could use “they, them, their, themself” or “ze, zir, zir, zirself” as gender-neutral alternatives.
The pamphlet included example sentences using the gender-neutral pronouns, such as “ze went to the store” or “the apple was zirs.” Goldman Sachs recommends using an individual’s name instead of pronouns for another gender-neutral alternative.
Employees were also told to “proactively share your pronouns to foster an environment of respect and awareness,” as well as “practice using gender-neutral pronouns on your own time” and make a “concerted effort” to develop comfort with the phrases.
The promotion of LGBTQ ideology at Goldman Sachs occurs as banks experience significant credit crunches caused by Federal Reserve efforts to increase target interest rates, a phenomenon which devalues long-term government securities and corporate bonds. Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed last month amid a rush from depositors to withdraw their account balances, prompting the Federal Reserve to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/business-moguls-warn-banking-crunch-is-far-from-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predict</a> that a mild recession would impact the United States in the second half of this year.
Goldman Sachs has nevertheless issued a number of nods toward the LGBTQ movement in recent years. The company previously recognized “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia,” also known as “IDAHOBIT,” to raise <a href="https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/blog/posts/promoting-lgbtq-inclusivity-today-and-every-day.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awareness</a> of purported LGBTQ discrimination and featured a number of stories from employees who claimed homosexual or transgender identity.
The company has also <a href="https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/blog/posts/reflecting-on-pride-month-2021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted</a> various events for “Pride Month,” such as discussions with prominent activists and a month-long “Proudly Resilient Summit” which fundraised for more than three dozen LGBTQ nonprofits. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon “shared his perspectives on advancing inclusion and diversity at the firm and within the communities we serve.”
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Staff members interviewed by The New York Post asserted that the gestures toward inclusivity at Goldman Sachs could not overshadow the investment bank’s notoriously competitive culture. “There is no ‘authentic self’ at Goldman Sachs. It’s your Goldman self,” one worker said. “You will be forever judged by what you wear, how you act, how you present yourself and how you play the Goldman game.”
A spokeswoman for Goldman Sachs informed The New York Post that the pamphlets have existed since 2019. She insisted that “Goldman Sachs has a long and strong record of promoting and advancing women at all levels of the bank” despite a pending lawsuit against the firm over discrimination and bias against female employees with respect to pay and promotions.
Other financial behemoths likewise promote diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts: asset management firm Vanguard hosted a training last year asking white men to accept “uncomfortable” criticism about their biases, as shown in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diversity-training-at-vanguard-tells-white-men-to-accept-uncomfortable-criticism-floats-holding-them-accountable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a> obtained by The Daily Wire.
Credit Suisse, which was recently acquired by competitor UBS after years of lackluster risk management and the volatile conditions in the banking sector, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mx-pips-bunce-gender-fluid-executive-at-credit-suisse-pushed-for-lgbtq-visibility-as-bank-imploded" target="_blank" rel="noopener">employs</a> an individual named “Mx. Pips Bunce” as the firm’s head of global markets core engineering integration components. The executive’s LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pips-bunce-4795121/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">account</a> lists “she, her, they” pronouns; half of the profile picture featured on the account shows Bunce in a suit and tie, while the other half shows Bunce wearing makeup, a blonde wig, a red dress, and what appear to be fake breasts.

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Goldman Sachs Distributes Pronoun Guides

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/christianity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian</a> author and self-described “unlikely convert” Rosaria Butterfield publicly denounced her past use of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preferred pronouns</a> and called on other Christian thought leaders to do the same.
Butterfield, who was a “tenured radical” professor at Syracuse University and a lesbian when she became a Christian in 1999, denounced her lifestyle amid her conversion but had continued to use the preferred pronouns of her friends who identified as transgender rather than the pronouns which conformed to their true sex. “You have to meet and respect people where they are,” she said in one <a href="https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-is-hospitality/?fbclid=IwAR1f9JWpDrjsNJ1ni-1pUfU8nafK0-k4jcq8B_iazqMQmSL76rWg415U-Jw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Family Life eight years ago.
Butterfield nevertheless denounced her past use of “transgendered pronouns” in an <a href="https://www.reformation21.org/blog/why-i-no-longer-use-transgender-pronouns-and-why-you-shouldnt-either" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> published on Monday, characterizing her previous endorsement of such terminology as “public sin” which requires “public repentance.&#8221;
“I have publicly sinned on the issue of transgender pronouns, which I have carelessly used in books and articles. I have publicly sinned by advocating for the use of transgender pronouns in interviews,” she wrote. “Why did I do this? I have a bunch of lame and backside-covering excuses. Here are a few. It was a carry-over from my gay activist days. I wanted to meet everyone where they were and do nothing to provoke insult.”
Butterfield, who is now a homeschool mother and is married to a Reformed Presbyterian minister, noted that the Supreme Court decision to affirm same-sex marriage prompted her to realize that there is an unavoidable “collision course between LGBTQ+ and the Christian faith.” She described her previous use of preferred pronouns as a “sin against the ninth commandment” that “encourages people to sin against the tenth commandment,” as well as a denial of the “creation ordinance” and a hindrance to “a believer’s progressive sanctification” away from sin and toward righteousness.
“Using transgendered pronouns isn’t a sin because the times have changed, and therefore, using transgendered pronouns isn’t sinful today but a morally acceptable option in 2012. Sin is sin. The Bible defines this as sin. Sin does not lose its evil because of our good intentions or the personal sensibilities of others,” she continued. “But a renewed focus is no excuse for sin and no dodge for repentance, not for a real Christian. I repent.”
Butterfield, who wrote “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert” as a memoir about her conversion, shifted her attention later in the article toward self-professed Christian commentators, such as New York Times opinion columnist David French and Wheaton College clinical psychologist Mark Yarkhouse, who continue to use transgendered pronouns in the name of “being winsome” yet thereby promote falsehood harmful to believers and unbelievers alike.
“They nod in the direction of traditional values but then swap biblical clarity for postmodern pluralism, thus burning to the ground any legitimate theological bridge to gospel grace,” she wrote. “Transgenderism is satanic. We who once promoted ‘pronoun hospitality’ lent false credibility to a wolfish theology that fails to protect the sheep. Instead, it eats them alive.”
Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham and other prominent Christians have likewise noted how professed theological conservatives such as French tend to deny historic doctrines on matters such as sexuality in order to avoid offense at all costs. French and other influencers meanwhile encouraged evangelicals to embrace the Biden administration’s closure of churches and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-federal-government-used-evangelical-leaders-to-spread-covid-propaganda-to-churches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins as a model for Christian faithfulness in the public square, even though Collins declared himself an “ally” of the LGBTQ movement and supported human fetal tissue research during his tenure.

‘I Repent’: Christian Author Stops Using Transgender Pronouns And Calls Others To Do The Same

Christian Author Rosaria Butterfield Stops Using Preferred Pronouns And Calls Others To Do The Same

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A Massachusetts school district superintendent finalist claimed committee members rescinded an offer to hire him after he addressed two female officials as &#8220;ladies&#8221; in an email.
According to local media, Vito Perrone received an offer as the head of Easthampton Public Schools on March 24 until the School Committee revoked the proposal on the grounds of using a so-called &#8220;microaggression&#8221; in an email sent to the members.
Perrone said he sent an email making three separate requests to Chairperson Cynthia Kwiecinski and executive assistant to the committee Suzanne Colby about his offer. At the top of the email, Perrone said he wrote &#8216;ladies, which he then claimed Kwiecinski allegedly called a microaggression, saying &#8220;the fact that he didn&#8217;t know that as an educator was a problem.&#8221;
&#8220;I was shocked,&#8221; Peronne told <a href="https://www.gazettenet.com/Easthampton-School-Committee-superintendent-search-50473440">The Daily Hampshire Gazette</a>. &#8220;I grew up in a time when &#8216;ladies&#8217; and &#8216;gentlemen&#8217; was a sign of respect. I didn&#8217;t intend to insult anyone.&#8221;
Perrone told <a href="https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/04/02/easthampton-superintendent-candidate-offer-revoked-after-addressing-school-committee-ladies/">Western Mass News</a> that Kwiecinski and Colby felt &#8220;insulted by the address.&#8221;
&#8220;And I said, well, I grew up in a time — the sixties, seventies — when ladies and gentlemen was a term of respect,&#8221; said Perrone. &#8220;That&#8217;s how I intended it, and I didn&#8217;t mean to insult you and was basically told my apology didn&#8217;t mean anything, and they were going to rescind the offer.&#8221;
Perrone requested to negotiate a higher salary and more sick days after comparing it to his current salary as an interim superintendent for the West Springfield school district, which was around $14,000 more than the East Hampton Public Schools offer.
&#8220;This job was not about the money for me,&#8221; he told the Gazette. &#8220;I honestly felt like I was coming home to Easthampton. I coached football here. I was principal here when we built the school. I have such wonderful memories … I was excited to come back.&#8221;
Kwiecinski told the Gazette she could not address administrative matters when asked for comment.
Marin Goldstein, a School Committee member, told the Gazette that executive session meetings are confidential.
Perrone contacted the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, who informed him nothing could be done, considering he never formally signed a contract with the district.
&#8220;Honestly, I am truly, truly disappointed that I won&#8217;t be in Easthampton in that building,&#8221; Perrone told the Gazette. &#8220;I&#8217;m just sad.&#8221;

Superintendent Finalist Says Massachusetts School District Reverses Offer After Addressing Two Female Officials As ‘Ladies’ In Email

Superintendent Finalist Says Massachusetts School District Reverses Offer After Addressing Two Female Officials As 'Ladies' In Email

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a>’s highest court is considering a rule change that would require judges to refer to attorneys and litigants by their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preferred pronouns</a>.
The Michigan Supreme Court sent a notice on January 18 that it was considering an amendment to Rule 1.109 of the Michigan Court Rules to force courts to comply with attorneys’ and parties’ desired pronouns in speech and in writing. Now, over a dozen Michigan judges and attorneys have expressed concern for what the rule’s implications would mean for free speech and religious liberty.
“Parties and attorneys may … include any personal pronouns in the name section of the caption, and courts are required to use those personal pronouns when referring to or identifying the party or attorney, either verbally or in writing,” the proposed rule states.
Michigan judges and attorneys are writing to the court and speaking out about the problematic amendment. In an eight-page response to the proposed rule, William R. Bloomfield, general counsel for the Diocese of Lansing, said that it would be a direct violation of the First Amendment.
“In brief, requiring courts, i.e., judges, to use a person’s own designated personal pronouns is an unconstitutional violation of free speech and free exercise of religion,” he wrote, adding, “And as vital as the interest in free speech is for ordinary citizens, or groups of citizens, it is perhaps even more important for judges to be free of any compulsory speech.”
Michigan religious liberty attorney Timothy Denney told The Daily Wire that “this proposed preferred pronoun rule would violate the compelled speech principle.”
“The Michigan Supreme Court’s proposed rule to force judges to use attorney’s preferred pronouns violates the First Amendment,” Denney said. “The First Amendment prohibits government from compelling public officials to make statements contrary to their beliefs.”
Denney pointed to <a href="https://www.natlawreview.com/article/sixth-circuit-affirms-first-amendment-protections-university-professor-refusing-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meriweather v. Hartop</a>, a case where the Sixth Circuit ruled that a public college could not force a professor to use the preferred pronouns of a trans-identifying student. That court&#8217;s decisions are binding in Michigan.
Twelve Michigan Court of Appeals judges signed a letter opposing the proposed rule change and pointing out the potential legal problems such a rule would cause, such as “bad faith actors” using the rule for &#8220;strategic reasons unrelated to the merits of a case.&#8221; The judges also questioned if the rule could result in a judgment being reversed for the petty offense of mistakenly using the wrong pronoun.
The judges also mentioned other states such as New York, Massachusetts, and Utah that have addressed the issue “in narrow, prudent ways.” Massachusetts and Utah require parties desiring to be called by their preferred pronouns to inform the court through a “Notice of Pronouns.”
The proposed rule change is another example of the Great Lakes State’s highest court catering to the demands of the LGBTQ community, even when those demands challenge the free speech and religious liberty protections guaranteed in the Constitution. Last summer, the court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-supreme-court-rules-states-civil-rights-law-covers-sexual-orientation-gender-identity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> in a 5-2 decision that the state’s civil rights protections preventing discrimination on the basis of sex also apply to sexual orientation and gender identity, targeting small businesses in the state that are not already subject to federal workplace laws.
The Michigan Supreme Court is <a href="https://www.courts.michigan.gov/rules-administrative-orders-and-jury-instructions/proposed-adopted/michigan-court-rules/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">receiving comments</a> on the proposed change to Rule 1.109 through May 1.

Michigan Supreme Court Considers Forcing Judges To Use Preferred Pronouns For Attorneys, Litigants

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A New York male-to-female transgender teacher manipulated a fifth-grade girl to adopt a male name and pronouns, which caused the child to have suicidal thoughts, a new lawsuit alleges.
According to a <a href="https://trellis.law/doc/155146253/summons-complaint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> filed in Suffolk County Court by the girl&#8217;s parents, a fifth-grade teacher at Terryville Road Elementary School in Port Jefferson Station, Debra Rosenquist, allegedly &#8220;forced&#8221; the child to use a male name and pronouns. The parents learned of the social transition months later when their daughter drew a picture that said, &#8220;I wanna kill myself.&#8221;
The family’s lawyer, Debra Wabnik, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/ny-teacher-forced-5th-grader-to-go-by-male-pronouns-suit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post that Rosenquist “manipulated a pre-teen female into changing her gender identity when the child did not feel any inclination to do so.” 
According to the suit, Rosenquist began calling the 9-year-old &#8220;Leo&#8221; and using opposite-sex pronouns at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, continuing to refer to the student as such for months before the parents were notified by the school principal in January 2022. The student reportedly met with a school psychologist and said she &#8220;was confused about her gender identity,&#8221; the court documents state.
The parents were supportive of the name change if it was requested by their child but were doubtful that their daughter actually wished to identify as a boy. They are concerned that the teacher had significantly deviated from the district&#8217;s curriculum and taught material on &#8220;gender identity&#8221; ideology to young students.
The lawsuit states that Rosenquist &#8220;pursued her own agenda outside the curriculum, which included persuading her 5th-grade students to try ‘being gay’ or being another gender even when they were not.&#8221; 
&#8220;To further her agenda, Rosenquist read and provided her students graphic books about gender and sexuality which were not on the curriculum,&#8221; the suit alleged.
Rosenquist authored an LGBT-themed book entitled &#8220;I am Neither&#8221; and reportedly kept it in the classroom. Additionally, Rosenquist allegedly read &#8220;When Aidan Became a Brother,&#8221; a book about chemical and surgical child sex change procedures, even though it was not part of the official curriculum. After an investigation was launched, it was discovered that at least one of the non-curricular books was present in Rosenquist&#8217;s classroom.
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The parents learned that Rosenquist had allegedly been reported for abuse, but nothing had been done because of Rosenquist&#8217;s position as a tenured teacher. 
According to the suit, the parents met with the school&#8217;s principal, superintendent, and assistant superintendent in February 2022. The administrators admitted that the issue was not handled properly and that they had not known about the off-curriculum materials used by Rosenquist. 
The parents are accusing the school of negligence in failing to properly monitor the classroom and train and supervise staff. The lawsuit alleges that the student in question was placed in a different classroom but is now being bullied and ostracized by her classmates. The family is suing for unspecified damages after having to pay for lawyers&#8217; fees and psychological treatment for their daughter, claiming that the ordeal has caused the child to suffer from humiliation, anxiety, emotional pain, and trauma.
According to the family&#8217;s lawyer, their daughter continues to identify as female. 
&#8220;At no point did she identify as male,” Wabnik said. “The notion that she identified as male was foisted upon her by Rosenquist.&#8221;
“The psychological and social damage Rosenquist caused this child and her family was immense,” she added. Rosenquist was reportedly removed from the classroom but is now teaching younger students. 
“Incredibly, the district still has Rosenquist in the classroom where she can similarly harm other innocent children,” said Wabnik.
Comsewogue School District Superintendent Jennifer Quinn said in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-teacher-forced-manipulated-5th-grader-become-transgender-causing-suicidal-ideation-suit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Fox News, &#8220;After a thorough investigation and consultation with our attorney, action is [being] taken in accordance with applicable laws and collective bargaining agreements. Please be assured that this has been done.&#8221;

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Lawsuit Alleges New York Trans Teacher ‘Forced’ 5th-Grader To Change Name, Pronouns

Lawsuit Alleges New York Trans Teacher 'Forced' 5th-Grader To Change Name, Pronouns

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Lawsuit

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Daily Wire host and author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-michael-knowles-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> ripped &#8220;squish&#8221; conservatives on Tuesday over apparent support for crossdressing YouTuber <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1187-squish-conservatives-simp-for-transvestite-jeffree-star" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffree Star</a> (real name Jeffrey Steininger) for knocking &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-cant-do-that-matt-walsh-slams-leftist-media-for-trying-to-ignore-colorado-shooter-identifying-as-non-binary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">non-binary</a>&#8221; pronouns on a recent podcast.
Star, an openly gay makeup artist who dresses like a woman, said last week on the podcast &#8220;Bussin&#8217; With the Boys&#8221; that the preferred use of &#8220;they/them&#8221; pronouns is nonsense, but recognized transgender people who are either male or female. The comments went viral online and earned praise in some conservative circles &#8212; which is where Knowles took issue.
&#8220;A number of conservative &#8212; fairly prominent conservatives &#8212; are lauding [Star] for saying, enough is enough with the non-binary &#8216;they/them&#8217; gender pronouns,&#8221; Knowles said incredulously. &#8220;All I can think is: this is how conservatives always lose.&#8221;
&#8220;This is the new line, this is the new Overton window of acceptable political discourse in 2023,&#8221; the host continued, before mocking, &#8220;The line is: transgenderism is fine, but non-binary is crazy! Yeah, you tell &#8217;em, Jeffree! Democrats, they&#8217;re the real transphobes!&#8221;
Star told NFL player Taylor Lewan about non-binary preferred pronouns, “You’re not ‘they’ and ‘them.&#8217; You’re trans, you’re male or you’re female.”
“‘They’ and ‘them’ and all that extra s*** that we added during the pandemic because everyone is so bored in their f***ing houses they just started to make up more s***.&#8221;
“That’s why the conservatives like me, cause I’m just real,” he added.
&#8220;How are you a ‘they?’ What the f*** does that mean? It’s stupid is what it is,&#8221; the YouTuber said. &#8220;But you need someone like me that looks like me to say it. Because if you say it, it turns into, ‘You’re homophobic, you hate trans people, you hate gays,’ and it’s just how you feel. You don’t hate anyone, you just think it’s stupid.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreeStar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffreeStar</a> takes a hard stance on pronouns. What are your thoughts? <a href="https://t.co/PF8P1l7EMc">pic.twitter.com/PF8P1l7EMc</a>
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Knowles went on to outline a pattern with conservatives acquiescing to the Left and losing massive ground with vital cultural issues.
Within the last 10 years, conservatives folded on the issue of gay marriage, but maintained the transgender agenda was &#8220;crazy,&#8221; the host outlined. &#8220;And now, in the year of our Lord 2023, conservatives are saying &#8212; you know it &#8212; &#8216;okay, transgenderism is fine, but this non-binary stuff is crazy!&#8217; They&#8217;re saying, &#8216;transgenderism is fine, but wait until they turn 18 to chop them up!'&#8221;
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conservatives in&#8230;
1973: &quot;feminism is fine, but homosexuality is crazy!&quot;
1993: &quot;homosexuality is fine, but &#39;gay marriage&#39; is crazy!&quot;
2013: &quot;&#39;gay marriage&#39; is fine, but transgenderism is crazy!&quot;
2023: &quot;transgenderism is fine, but non-binary is crazy!&quot;<a href="https://t.co/LdRZB4PzgZ">pic.twitter.com/LdRZB4PzgZ</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1627708804371546113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Knowles later noted that Star has already backed down from some of his comments, too, underscoring his point.
Star in a video posted online emphasized that he doesn&#8217;t believe &#8220;non-binary&#8221; people &#8220;don&#8217;t exist.&#8221;

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An op-ed article in The New York Times has expressed support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling&#8217;s</a> views on transgender issues, following the publication of two open letters on Wednesday alleging the paper&#8217;s past coverage of child sex changes was biased against transgender people.
The New York Times published an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/jk-rowling-transphobia.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> titled &#8220;In Defense of J.K. Rowling&#8221; by columnist Pamela Paul one day after nearly 200 of the newspaper&#8217;s contributors signed a joint <a href="https://nytletter.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> accusing The New York Times of &#8220;anti-trans bias&#8221; and aligning their views with &#8220;far-right hate groups,&#8221; which was followed by a <a href="https://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second letter</a> led by LGBT advocacy group GLAAD and signed by activists and public figures.
&#8220;Our journalism strives to explore, interrogate and reflect the experiences, ideas and debates in society — to help readers understand them. Our reporting did exactly that and we&#8217;re proud of it,&#8221; said Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesman for the Times, adding that on the subject of transgender issues, the consideration that went into their reporting was done &#8220;deeply and empathetically.&#8221;
The New York Times has found itself embroiled in a heated debate on transgender issues after publishing articles in recent months that attempted to take a fair and balanced approach on the subject of pediatric social and medical transition.
Backlash from the reporting culminated in two open letters that were published on Wednesday, one from 200 New York Times staff and contributors to Philip B. Corbett, associate managing editor for standards at the Times, and the other from GLAAD, an LGBT advocacy organization, signed by celebrities and activists.
The first letter accused the paper of “editorial bias” in its reporting on &#8220;transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people,&#8221; while the second letter accused the NYT of &#8220;irresponsible, biased coverage of transgender people.&#8221; The signatories of the GLAAD letter include several campaign groups, along with celebrities including Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Gabrielle Union, Judd Apatow, and Tommy Dorfman.
A few of the &#8220;problematic&#8221; articles the letters mentioned were Emily Bazelon’s &#8220;The Battle Over Gender Therapy,&#8221; &#8220;When Students Change Gender Identity and Parents Don’t Know&#8221; by Katie Baker, and &#8220;How to Make Sense of the New L.G.B.T.Q. Culture War&#8221; by Ross Douthat.
The publication of the pro-Rowling article indicates that The New York Times is still willing to share a range of opinions on the debate, despite criticism. In her op-ed, Paul argued that the abuse faced by the author of the &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; series is unfounded and that her statements do not qualify as transphobic. She denounced Rowling&#8217;s detractors as a &#8220;noisy fringe of the internet and a number of powerful transgender rights activists and L.G.B.T.Q. lobbying groups.&#8221;
Paul argues that Rowling is not disputing the existence of gender dysphoria and has never voiced opposition to allowing adults to transition under evidence-based medical care, but her defense of biological women&#8217;s spaces, skepticism of self-declared &#8220;gender identity,&#8221; and support for detransitioners and feminist scholars have been interpreted by some as &#8220;transphobic.&#8221;
Paul references the new <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, &#8220;The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,&#8221; set to launch next week by Megan Phelps-Roper, a former member of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, which includes nine hours of interviews with Rowling that explore her views and the backlash faced by the author.
Paul argues that those who accuse Rowling of punching down against her critics ignore the fact that she is sticking up for those who have silenced themselves to avoid job loss, public vilification, and threats to physical safety that other critics of recent gender orthodoxies have suffered.
“The pushback is often, ‘You are wealthy. You can afford security. You haven’t been silenced.’ All true. But I think that misses the point,&#8221; Rowling says in the podcast. &#8220;The attempt to intimidate and silence me is meant to serve as a warning to other women” with similar views who might want to have their opinions heard.

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New York Times Publishes Op-Ed Defending J.K. Rowling’s Trans Views Amid Accusations of Anti-Trans Bias

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New email correspondence reveals that a St. Louis gender clinic, currently under investigation by the Missouri attorney general after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/morally-and-medically-appalling-gender-clinic-case-manager-blows-the-whistle-on-permanent-harm-done-to-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bombshell whistleblower report</a> alleged malpractice, advised an elementary school teacher to &#8220;affirm&#8221; a group of fifth-grade girls who all claimed to be transgender.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Parents Defending Education, a nonprofit parent advocacy group, discovered emails from a clinic staff member of the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children&#8217;s Hospital that instructed a fifth-grader teacher not to question the validity of a group of 10 and 11-year-old friends&#8217; new transgender identities.
&#8220;The short story is that one of the students in the 5th-grade class is coming out as Trans. She has told several of her friends and now several of them are also saying they are Trans,&#8221; a teacher explained to the St. Louis gender clinic staff, whose names are redacted in the email correspondence, in October 2021. 
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🚨BREAKING: Doctors from the infamous St Louis transgender clinic told a teacher to &#39;affirm&#39; an entire group of 5th graders coming out as transgender simultaneously &#8211; despite the teacher’s serious fears they were being socially influenced by their friends.<a href="https://t.co/ECxOLlcDbn">https://t.co/ECxOLlcDbn</a> <a href="https://t.co/QTOqgblYK7">pic.twitter.com/QTOqgblYK7</a>
&mdash; Nicki Neily (@nickineily) <a href="https://twitter.com/nickineily/status/1626223014252773376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The teacher expressed concern about the situation and asked if there were any resources for handling it. The clinic staff member said the studies positing that &#8220;social contagion&#8221; may be responsible for clusters of adolescents adopting transgender identities do not use &#8220;affirming&#8221; language and are, in his &#8220;personal and professional opinion, invalid.&#8221;
The staff member then suggested that all the girls were genuinely transgender, and it simply took a close friend coming out for them to realize they were too. He said he would try to find some resources for the teacher but would exclude anything that &#8220;may invalidate transgender folks.&#8221; 
In a subsequent email, the staff member quoted the clinic&#8217;s Adolescent Medicine specialist, Dr. Sarah Garwood, who said, &#8220;The best we can do is affirm, validate and allow for exploration,&#8221; adding that &#8220;no harm&#8221; would be done in affirming a child&#8217;s transgender identity. 
While social transition, which may consist of adopting a new name and opposite-sex pronouns, is often portrayed as a benign way to allow children to express their “true selves,” studies show there are good reasons to doubt this narrative. All available <a href="https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/camh.12330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> suggests that this seemingly innocuous act of support is an active psychosocial intervention that can make matters worse.
The best available data <a href="http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicate</a> that roughly 60–90% of children who identify as transgender, but do not socially or medically transition, will no longer identify as transgender in adulthood.
After conducting a systematic review of evidence, England’s National Health Service has proposed <a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-specialist-service-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new guidelines</a> for treating trans-identifying youth and warns that adolescents identifying as transgender may be experiencing a “transient phase” and that doctors should not encourage them to change their names and pronouns. “Social transition,” the NHS said, is not a “neutral act” and could have “significant effects” in terms of “psychological functioning.”
The Director of Outreach at Parents Defending Education, Erika Sanzi, told The Daily Wire that the case of the fifth-grade girls is not an isolated incident, and it has brought into sharp focus the debate around the diagnosis and treatment of gender dysphoria in minors.
&#8220;This isn&#8217;t the first time we&#8217;ve seen these kinds of communications between a gender clinic at a children&#8217;s hospital and a local school district,&#8221; said Sanzi. &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen similar correspondence in San Francisco, Chicago, and Philadelphia. St. Louis is the tip of the iceberg.&#8221;
The St. Louis gender clinic faces intense scrutiny following claims made by former case manager <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Reed</a>. Her allegations describing the clinic&#8217;s practices as &#8220;medically and morally appalling&#8221; resulting in &#8220;permanent harm&#8221; done to vulnerable children have sparked two separate investigations, one by the Missouri Attorney General&#8217;s office and another by the office of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
The controversy has raised serious questions about the ethics and practices of gender clinics, particularly when it comes to working with children. Critics argue that too much emphasis is being placed on affirmation and not enough on exploring the underlying causes of gender dysphoria, which may include trauma, mental health conditions, or social pressures.
These revelations have caused outrage among parents, educators, and healthcare professionals. Nicki Neily, president and founder of Parents Defending Education, called the doctors&#8217; lack of curiosity about the underlying causes of the trend among the 10-year-old children &#8220;immoral at best and an abdication of professional responsibility at worst.&#8221;
&#8220;These children and their families have been let down, both by the school and the hospital — so it&#8217;s little wonder that trust in these institutions has declined precipitously over the past few years,&#8221; Neily added.

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A mother of two young boys realized she made a terrible mistake after allowing her 4-year-old son to socially transition into a girl identity and described the epiphany she had as &#8220;leaving a cult.&#8221; 
The mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote two essays and recently appeared on a popular podcast to discuss her journey from a social justice organizer and &#8220;true believer&#8221; in transgender ideology to a skeptic who is deeply regretful for allowing her son to believe he was a little girl trapped in a boy&#8217;s body. 
&#8220;I&#8217;m texting a friend, and I&#8217;m like &#8216;we&#8217;ve realized that our older son is not actually transgender and we&#8217;re going to be rolling back the social transition and I feel like I am leaving a cult,&#8217; because that&#8217;s what it felt like to me,&#8221; she said on the podcast <a href="https://youtu.be/dBRJorDjG88" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Triggernometry</a> with her identity disguised by a blur filter. 
The mother&#8217;s first essay in August 2022, &#8220;True Believer,&#8221; went viral on social media. In the Parents With Inconvenient Truths About Trans (PITT) Substack <a href="https://pitt.substack.com/p/true-believer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newsletter</a>, she described how she and her wife raised their two young boys as &#8220;gender neutral&#8221; because they believed they were following the righteous path of &#8220;social justice.&#8221; 
When their oldest son, who was 4 years old at the time, asked if he was a boy or girl, they told him he could choose. Six months later, their son declared he was a girl and wanted to be called &#8220;sister&#8221; and use &#8220;she/her&#8221; pronouns. Both his mothers affirmed his new transgender identity by allowing him to socially transition; they changed his name, allowed him to wear girl&#8217;s clothes, and allowed him to believe he was truly a girl for approximately one year.
It was when her youngest son, who was just three at the time, said that he also wanted to identify as a girl that she began to wonder if she had made a mistake with her eldest boy. As her worldview began to unravel, the mother expressed deep regret for the actions she and her wife took, acknowledging that they &#8220;led&#8221; their child down a path of lies that could have resulted in severe psychological damage and life-long, irreversible medical intervention. In the end, she came to realize that parents, not children, were meant to be in the lead. 
The mother followed the Triggernometry interview with another <a href="https://pitt.substack.com/p/a-return-to-reality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">essay</a> for PITT, titled &#8220;A Return To Reality,&#8221; where she went into further detail of her new outlook.
&#8220;In the interview, I refer to the moment in time when I finally could see my belief in gender identity as a belief for the first time,&#8221; the mother penned. &#8220;It was this moment when I feel I moved out of experiencing this belief as absolute truth, and was able to ‘see’ it from the outside looking in&#8221; (emphasis hers).
She described the moment as feeling like &#8220;a pin came out of my head,&#8221; causing the whole belief system to collapse and returned to the cult analogy.
&#8220;How else could I describe being in something so deep, that I could not see outside of it?&#8221; she said. &#8220;At least when you are religious, you realize you hold beliefs, you understand you have a faith, and you consciously practice it. This was different. I had been in something that I did not know I was in. And in that moment, I came out of it&#8221; (emphasis hers).

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A North Carolina teacher association provides resources to local schools and daycares on introducing radical gender theory to young children.
The North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (NCAEYC) hosts a <a href="https://www.antibiasleadersece.com/the-film-reflecting-on-anti-bias-education-in-action/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documentary</a> on their <a href="https://ncaeyc.org/equity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> called, &#8220;Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years,&#8221; featuring a scene with a group of children aged four and five getting a lesson on &#8220;gender identity&#8221; from their &#8220;non-binary&#8221; teacher. The film was recently shown to daycare owners in North Carolina during a training session by the NCAEYC, according to Jordan Chamberlain of the Washington Free Beacon. 
&#8220;This was shown to daycare owners in [North Carolina],&#8221; Chamberlain shared to her Twitter followers. &#8220;A teacher used a doll to teach gender identity to 4-5 year olds.&#8221; 
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This was shown to daycare owners in NC. 
A teacher used a doll to teach gender identity to 4-5 year olds. 
When a child brings up “non-binary,” the teachers say it’s “a huge testament to how much we’ve been talking about it in the classroom” &amp; “it’s constantly in conversation” <a href="https://t.co/ufpRTwkXO1">pic.twitter.com/ufpRTwkXO1</a>
&mdash; Jordan Chamberlain (@jordylancaster) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordylancaster/status/1617986151931084801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When a child brings up &#8216;non-binary,&#8217; the teachers say it’s &#8216;a huge testament to how much we’ve been talking about it in the classroom&#8217; and &#8216;it’s constantly in conversation,'&#8221; she added.
The clip, from a segment on &#8220;diversity&#8221; in the 48-minute film, showed a classroom discussion on &#8220;gender identity,&#8221; including &#8220;non-binary&#8221; identities. Maddie Piper, a teacher who identifies as non-binary, introduced a doll named &#8220;Nash&#8221; to a group of 10 children, aged four and five years old.
“A friend likes to ask the question, ‘Are you a boy or a girl?’&#8221; begins Piper. “Nash answers, ‘I am just a kid.’”
A child comments, “But kids can be boys or girls.”
Another quickly adds, “Or they,” followed by a third child who says, “Yeah or maybe non-binary.”
The camera pivots to a team discussion of four educators involved in the documentary, who were pleased that a child had brought up the subject of &#8220;non-binary&#8221; without being prompted.
&#8220;I think it was a huge testament to how much we&#8217;ve been talking about it in the classroom,&#8221; said one of the educators. &#8220;You never mentioned the term &#8216;non-binary,&#8217; it was a child who brought that up because it&#8217;s constantly in conversation,&#8221; she added, giving a nod to Piper.
The film returns to the classroom where Piper leads the children in a pronoun exercise, attempting to get them to refer to the singular doll in her lap as &#8220;they.&#8221;
&#8220;Just like me, Nash is non-binary, so they are not sure if they are a boy or a girl, so when people ask them are you a boy or a girl, right now they just feel like saying, ‘I am a kid,’ while they are figuring it out.’”
One child asked, &#8220;Does he like stars?&#8221;
&#8220;They like stars,&#8221; Piper replied. 
&#8220;They like stars,&#8221; the children echoed the teacher.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and its state affiliates like North Carolina are all on board with introducing radical gender theory to kids. 
&#8220;We believe it is never too early to positively support young children’s gender exploration,&#8221; an <a href="https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2019/exploring-gender-enacting-anti-bias" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issue</a> of the NAEYC&#8217;s publication &#8220;Young Children&#8221; reads.
Today, radical gender theory is used in <a href="https://christopherrufo.com/radical-gender-theory-in-american-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school lessons</a> to teach young children that everyone has a “gender identity,” which is determined based on stereotypes of sex-based preferences and behavior. Children across the West are now taught that their “gender identity” can be “misaligned” with the body, and that their body can be altered through puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender-related surgeries to “correct” the “mismatch.”
While the term has exploded in popularity as a way for transgender individuals to express the feeling of “misalignment” with their bodies, many scientists have come forward saying that there is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-biological-evidence-for-gender-identity-exists-group-of-scientists-researchers-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no empirical evidence</a> to support the existence of &#8220;gender identity&#8221; and that teaching the concept may be resulting in a “<a href="https://www.segm.org/false-assumptions-gender-affirmation-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social contagion</a>” effect on trans-identification.
A <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/147/6/e2020049823/180292/Prevalence-of-Gender-Diverse-Youth-in-an-Urban?autologincheck=redirected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2021 analysis</a> of more than 3,000 surveys in urban school environments found that an astonishing 9% of students identify as transgender or &#8220;non-binary.&#8221;

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