The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is forcing students and faculty to take a training course titled &#8220;LGBTQ+ 101&#8221; that pushes radical claims such as that it&#8217;s an &#8220;act of violence&#8221; to use the birth name of an individual who identifies as transgender.
Titled “LGBTQ+ 101: Education, Allyship, and Self-Advocacy,” the online training module fulfills a requirement for teachers, staff, and graduate students on preventing sexual harassment. It consists of a series of videos, vocabulary lists, and reflection questions. “Staff, faculty, and postdocs all join you in viewing this educational resource,” the training states.
The training pushes a number of radical Left-wing views on sex, before making trainees answer a series of “knowledge checks,” multiple choice questions that must be answered correctly in order to proceed. The private training module was obtained and viewed in full by The Daily Wire.
One portion discusses and defines the concept of “deadnaming,” using the birth and often legal name of an individual who identifies as transgender and who has taken on a new name. The training defines it as “the act of referring to a transgender or nonbinary person by a name they used prior to transitioning.” It even goes on to say “deadnaming is invalidating and may trigger a trauma response” and warns against “misgendering.”
But beyond just being perceived as offensive, “deadnaming” is said to be violent. “Even when done accidentally,” it “brings all of their negative life experience with that name to the surface … it is considered a violent act.”
The training also insists that sex and gender are distinct. &#8220;There is a difference between sex and gender,&#8221; it says. &#8220;Generally speaking, ‘male’ and ‘female’ are terms to describe sex and ‘woman’ and ‘man’ are terms to describe gender.” It goes on to claim that “gender is a spectrum.” 
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The training also discusses “gender-affirming care,” calling it a “range of social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity when it conflicts with the gender they were assigned at birth.” It goes on to claim that “these interventions help transgender people align various aspects of their lives &#8211; emotional, interpersonal, and biological &#8211; with their gender identity.”
“Non-binary,” meanwhile, is defined as a “term for diverse gender identities” that are “outside the gender binary.”
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An MIT spokesman told The Daily Wire that faculty, staff, and graduate students in their third year are required to complete a training module aimed at preventing sexual harassment, and that there are two other options available in addition to “LGBTQ+ 101.”
The other <a href="https://idhr.mit.edu/education/pshtraining">trainings</a> include &#8220;Responding to Disclosures at MIT,&#8221; which explores &#8220;behaviors that constitute sexual harassment&#8221; and &#8220;how to support someone who discloses to you,&#8221; and &#8220;Power Dynamics,&#8221; which explores &#8220;ways in which power manifests in our relationships and your attitudes towards power, including your feelings about having power and the authority of others.&#8221;
Staff and faculty are also instructed to make their workplaces more “affirming” by using certain terms and avoiding others. “Provide space regularly in your lab/department/office/classrooms to share their pronouns. Avoid using binary gendered language … instead use ‘they’ and ‘people’ as gender neutral terms,” the training says.
“Are you a visible, dependable ally?” the training asks. “What have you done recently, or what are you planning on doing, that can contribute to a feeling of LGBTQ+ belonging at MIT?”
A portion titled “let’s talk about allyship” assures trainees that “there are many different forms of allyship” before explaining “queer cisgender people can be an ally to trans and non-binary individuals” and “white queer and heterosexual individuals can be an ally to queer and trans people of color.”
“What are some specific steps that you can take to be an active ally /better advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ members?” it asks. 
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The training repeatedly implores listeners to take action to further the LGBT agenda, asking again “What can you do at a policy level … to help influence/change policies to be more LGBTQ+ inclusive within your lab/department/classroom?”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">Trans-identifying</a> TikTok influencer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dylan-mulvaney">Dylan Mulvaney</a> was named to Forbes’ list of “30 Under 30 Social Media,” the publication announced this week.
Forbes stated in the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2024/">article</a> that the list was compiled &#8220;with the help of nominations from the public – as well as expertise from Forbes tech journalists and judges from all corners of creatordom.” The outlet added that it includes “young founders, industry leaders and online stars transforming the creator economy and future of the internet.&#8221; Forbes described the “creator economy” as a &#8220;$250 billion industry estimated to roughly double over the next five years.&#8221;
Others on the list include comedians Alan Chikin Chow and Steven He, fashion influencer Alix Earle, and disabled content creator Molly Burke. 
Mulvaney, 26, became popular on TikTok for the creator’s “Days of Girlhood” series, which documented the process of Mulvaney&#8217;s so-called gender transition. The social media star made headlines after doing a promotional campaign with Bud Light, which led to massive brand boycotts costing parent company Anheuser-Busch millions in lost revenue.
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Forbes’ description for Mulvaney mentioned the “Days of Girlhood” series, saying it attracted “more than 1 billion views.” 
The article also included a quote from Mulvaney which said, &#8220;Whether somebody&#8217;s trans or not, I just hope they can watch my videos and feel inspired to unlock a new part of themselves.&#8221;
Mulvaney shared the digital cover on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M-svlP5Pv/?img_index=1">Instagram</a>, writing in the caption, “Businesswoman special!!! This was my dream, I couldn&#8217;t be more grateful. And buckle up, we&#8217;re just getting started.”
“I now realize that when I work with a brand, they will forever be a part of my story, going forward,” Mulvaney told Forbes, referencing the Bud Light controversy. &#8220;And I want there to be a mutual respect &#8211; and not only for me, but also for my community.”
“I think I am becoming a bit of a businesswoman,” the influencer added. “As much as I love the creative side, I love getting smarter: I want to know everything, and how it all works. Of course being in front of the camera, but I love the idea of producing and I think, why not learn it all.”

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> high school principal and other school officials have been reassigned amid an investigation into whether they allowed a trans-identifying male player play on the girls&#8217; volleyball team.
The alleged incident occurred at Monarch High School just north of Fort Lauderdale.
Principal James Cecil, assistant principal Kenneth May, athletic director Dione Hester, and volleyball coach Jessica Norton were all transferred on Monday, 7 News Miami <a href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/broward-high-school-principal-staff-reassigned-amid-investigation-into-transgender-athletes-participation-sources-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Cecil has worked in the district for the past two decades.
“The principal of Monarch High School and several staff members have been reassigned to non-school sites pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of improper student participation in sports,&#8221; Broward County Public Schools said in a statement.
The district said it could not comment further, but will continue to follow state law and &#8220;take appropriate action&#8221; based on the outcome of the investigation.
&#8220;We are committed to providing all our students with a safe and inclusive learning environment,&#8221; the district said.
The county investigation is looking into whether the school officials violated Florida law, which prohibits biological males from playing on girls&#8217; sports teams at K-12 public schools.
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In the summer of 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2021/html/2575" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” which bans biological males in female sports.
A Broward County school board member, Torey Alston, reacted to the investigation, saying the probe will &#8220;follow the facts, and if it is revealed that state law is in question, I could tell you, we will follow state law.”
Lisa Maxwell, executive director of the Broward Principals and Assistants Association, reacted as well, saying that, “We are confident that at the end of this investigation, principal James Cecil will be fully exonerated and will return to Monarch High.”
Students <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/monarch-high-school-principal-other-staffers-reassigned-amid-probe-of-sports-issue-district-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> staged a walkout at the high school on Tuesday to protest the reassignments.
&#8220;The school is not any good without a principal. We need someone here who is able to lead us. Even though it&#8217;s a state law, I know according to state law you can&#8217;t do it, but I think his punishment was too harsh,&#8221; one student <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/monarch-high-school-principal-other-staffers-reassigned-amid-probe-of-sports-issue-district-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CBS Miami.
Other students said they agreed that the trans-identifying student should not play on the girls&#8217; team.
&#8220;So what I think about the protest is, I just don&#8217;t think that, I don&#8217;t think that a trans kid should be part of the girls&#8217; team,&#8221; one student told the outlet.
“I don’t agree with that. He shouldn’t be allowed to play on the team,” a student told 7 News Miami. “If he’s a biological boy, I don’t think he should play on the team.”
Transgender identities at public schools have become a hot-button issue in recent years, including the issue of biological boys sharing bathrooms and locker rooms with girls.
Parents have also <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-02/school-district-settles-100-000-lawsuit-that-claimed-it-supported-secret-transitioning-of-student" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> their children’s schools of keeping them in the dark about their children’s new gender identities for long periods of time. Some have gone as far as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-reportedly-suing-school-district-allegedly-secretly-helped-transitioned-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suing</a> their school districts.
More than 18,000 schools across the country have rules saying school staff can or should hide a student’s gender identity from parents, according to <a href="https://defendinged.org/investigations/list-of-school-district-transgender-gender-nonconforming-student-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a list</a> compiled by Parents Defending Education, a nonprofit that <a href="https://defendinged.org/about/">describes</a> itself as “a national grassroots organization working to reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas.”
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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The Left and Hollywood don’t want any part of films that criticize radical gender theory because transgenderism has become the pinnacle of their religion, Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing said Tuesday. 
Boreing joined Patrick Bet-David on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmovSQghig" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PBD Podcast</a> Tuesday morning, where they discussed The Daily Wire’s venture into entertainment after the trailer for its first-ever feature-length comedy “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>” came out on Monday. “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-can-i-see-this-excitement-builds-after-dailywire-drops-trailer-for-new-comedy-mocking-men-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>” mocks the recent and controversial phenomenon of men competing in women’s sports and is being described as the “most triggering comedy of the year.” Bet-David said the movie looks “very good,” and Boreing was asked about the possibility of “Lady Ballers” screening in theaters if it has a successful debut on DailyWire+. 
Boreing, the film&#8217;s director, said “it won’t” go to theaters because Hollywood doesn&#8217;t want to touch a film that criticizes radical gender theory. 
“This is the religious issue of our time for the Left,” The Daily Wire co-founder said. “This represents the culmination of their religious beliefs, so when we went to theatrical distributors, [they] were not even going to engage in the conversation.” 
“I think the film would do very well in theaters; in fact, I think that it would outkick its coverage in theaters because right now, theaters are in trouble,” Boreing continued. “Disney bombed at the box office this weekend. Almost every film since the pandemic has done poorly at the box office with precious few exceptions.” 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/patrickbetdavid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@patrickbetdavid</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeremyDBoreing</a> if <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LadyBallers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LadyBallers</a> would ever be in theaters
Jeremy: &quot;That movie ain&#39;t going to no theaters&#8230;One of the top agents at UTA came to us years ago&#8230;and said, &#39;Hey, we&#39;d love to work with you guys&#8230;The only thing is, you&#39;ve got to back off this… <a href="https://t.co/zgoD4Z8NEB">pic.twitter.com/zgoD4Z8NEB</a>
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After The Daily Wire delved into filmmaking, Boreing said that a top agent at the United Talent Agency (UTA), which represents actors and artists in the entertainment industry, said it was interested in working with The Daily Wire. 
Boreing said the agent told him there was a good opportunity to work together, but he had one stipulation, telling Boreing, “You gotta back off this trans issue.” The UTA agent added that he doesn’t care where the company stands of political issues such as abortion, taxes, and who to vote for, but asked The Daily Wire to stop addressing transgenderism, according to Boreing. 
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“Lady Ballers” tells the story of one down-on-his-luck former high school basketball coach, Rob, who will do anything to win — which in this case means teaching his team of men radical modern gender theory and leading them to identify as women in order to brutally dominate multiple women’s sports. The movie will be available to DailyWire+ members beginning this Friday, December 1, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
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Hollywood won&#39;t make a movie about how laughably absurd it is that we now allow grown men to call themselves women and then dominate women&#39;s sports. 
So we did.
Introducing our first feature-length comedy, &#39;LADY BALLERS.&#39;
Available December 1st, only on <a href="https://t.co/p0JKWmMBKq">https://t.co/p0JKWmMBKq</a> <a href="https://t.co/zkukluQfT2">pic.twitter.com/zkukluQfT2</a>
&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1729186212085420387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A Vermont Christian school that pulled out of a basketball game over a trans-identifying male player is suing the state for barring it from state tournaments as well as a state tuition program.
Mid Vermont Christian School in Hartford <a href="https://adflegal.org/press-release/vermont-expels-christian-school-tuition-program-sports-league" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a federal lawsuit against the state in Burlington on Tuesday, alleging that the Vermont Agency of Education committed religious discrimination when it refused to designate the school as an approved independent school.
&#8220;Mid Vermont Christian and its students are being irreparably harmed by being denied participation in the Town Tuitioning and Dual Enrollment Programs and middle school and high school athletics,&#8221; the lawsuit <a href="https://adflegal-live-drupal-files-delivery.s3.amazonaws.com/2023-11/Mid-Vermont-Christian-School-v-Bouchey-2023-11-21-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>.
&#8220;This civil rights action seeks to protect a Christian school and its students and parents from unconstitutional religious discrimination and hostility,&#8221; the complaint <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/christian-school-suing-officials-barred-events-forfeiting-game-trans-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>.
Back in February, Mid Vermont Christian forfeited a girls basketball playoff game, saying a trans-identifying male player on the opposing team jeopardized “the fairness of the game and the safety of our players.”
The opposing team from Long Trail High School automatically <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/christian-school-suing-officials-barred-events-forfeiting-game-trans-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> the game.
The next month, the body that governs school sports, the executive council of the Vermont Principals’ Association, <a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/11/christian-school-that-objected-to-transgender-athletes-sues-vt-after-its-banned-from-competition.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> the Christian school from future tournaments. The council ruled the school had violated the council’s policies on race, gender and disability awareness.
Meanwhile, the Vermont State Board of Education <a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/11/christian-school-that-objected-to-transgender-athletes-sues-vt-after-its-banned-from-competition.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requires</a> independent schools to provide the board with a nondiscrimination statement and post the statement on their websites. If the board does not approve a school, that school may not participate in the state&#8217;s town tuition program, which funds private school tuition for students in areas without a public school.
&#8220;The State is entitled to its own views, but it is not entitled, nor is it constitutional, to force private, religious schools across the state to follow that orthodoxy as a condition to participating in Vermont&#8217;s tuitioning program and the State&#8217;s athletic association,&#8221; the school&#8217;s lawsuit says.
The school&#8217;s girls basketball coach, who has coached the team for the last 10 years, said he could not have imagined telling his daughter she could not play sports due to her religious views.
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&#8220;No one, including our student athletes, should have opportunities taken away from them because of their religious beliefs,&#8221; coach Chris Goodwin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/christian-school-suing-officials-barred-events-forfeiting-game-trans-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News.
The lawsuit was filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
&#8220;Vermont has repeatedly discriminated against Christian schools and their families for following their religious beliefs,&#8221; ADF senior counsel Ryan Tucker said.
&#8220;Put simply, Mid Vermont Christian School believes that boys are boys and girls are girls. They have been punished for this belief. No school or parent should have to change their beliefs to participate in athletics or a state tuitioning program,&#8221; Tucker said.

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The Daily Wire released the trailer for its first-ever feature-length comedy “Lady Ballers” on Monday, a movie that mocks the recent and controversial phenomenon of men competing in women’s sports. 
“Lady Ballers,” a DailyWire+ original, is directed by the company’s co-founder Jeremy Boreing, who also stars in the film alongside Daily Wire sports show “Crain &amp; Co.” hosts. The movie tells the story of one down-on-his-luck former high school basketball coach, Rob, who will do anything to win — which in this case means teaching his team of men radical modern gender theory and leading them to identify as women in order to brutally dominate multiple women’s sports.
“The only thing happening in our culture more absurd and hilarious than men calling themselves women and then dominating women’s sports is that the ‘speak truth to power’ set on the left not only won’t make fun of it, they won’t even acknowledge it’s a joke,” Boreing said. “This movie is for the women who have trained their entire lives only to be beaten at their sport by a man who couldn’t win at his, the majority of Americans who find the whole idea of men in women’s sports to be objectively wrong, and anyone who misses comedy &#8211; which the woke left destroyed on their ascent to cultural primacy.”
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Hollywood won&#39;t make a movie about how laughably absurd it is that we now allow grown men to call themselves women and then dominate women&#39;s sports. 
So we did.
Introducing our first feature-length comedy, &#39;LADY BALLERS.&#39;
Available December 1st, only on <a href="https://t.co/p0JKWmMBKq">https://t.co/p0JKWmMBKq</a> <a href="https://t.co/zkukluQfT2">pic.twitter.com/zkukluQfT2</a>
&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1729186212085420387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Boreing plays the lead character, Coach Rob, while “Crain &amp; Co.” hosts Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone join comedian Tyler Fischer and newcomer Daniel Considine as Lady Ballers players. The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh stars as woke beatnik, Kris; Instagram influencer Billie Rae Brandt debuts as the villainous journalist, Gwen Wilde; Lexie Contursi (La La Land) stars as Coach Rob’s ex-wife, Dharby; and Rosie Seraphine Harper debuts as Rob’s eight-year-old daughter, Winnie. 
The trailer reveals a who’s who of conservative personalities — including Daily Wire stars Ben Shapiro, Brett Cooper, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan, plus college women’s swim champ Riley Gaines, Senator Ted Cruz, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, with even more to be revealed in the film.
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Though largely kept under wraps until now, the movie already had its fair share of controversy during filming in Nashville, with protestors rallying on location, bullying and harrassing cast and crew as they arrived on set, and successfully pressuring one contracted filming location to cancel. But the cast and crew were undeterred and successfully wrapped filming in early July, and the movie will premiere this Wednesday, November 29, at a red carpet event in Nashville. “Lady Ballers” will be available to DailyWire+ members beginning this Friday, December 1, at 8 p.m. ET.

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Tennis legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-says-allowing-emily-zanotti" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martina Navratilova</a> went viral following her latest social media post slamming trans-identifying male athletes competing in women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;Women&#8217;s sports is not the place for mediocre male athletes who compete as women,&#8221; Navratilova wrote on <a href="https://x.com/Martina/status/1727083614859673950?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> on Tuesday. &#8220;Period.&#8221;
At the time of this publication, the post has garnered 1.6 million views and counting.
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Women’s sports is not the place for mediocre male athletes who compete as women. Period.
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The majority of responses were overwhelmingly in agreement. Many wrote simply, &#8220;Thank You&#8221; to the retired professional tennis player. Others shared their own thoughts.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not even the place for horrible male athletes,&#8221; one account replied. &#8220;The focus must not be on the men who steal championships, but on how every man steals the opportunity to compete from some woman. There is great value in sports, even (or maybe especially) when you lose and have to try again.&#8221;
Another added, &#8220;Big kudos to you Martina for saying things straight. Keep fighting verbally for women&#8217;s rights, your good example is even more needed today. You did a great deal of work early on for the recognition of lesbian rights. And you were a fantastic tennis player and many of us enjoyed watching you play.&#8221;
Some of the commenters, who claimed to identify as transgender, could not have agreed more.
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&#8220;I am an older transgendered gal and I agree with Martina,&#8221; one account posted. &#8220;I accepted long ago that due to circumstances beyond my control I must go through life like this. I support my sisters and I refuse to put a stumbling block in their path. That&#8217;s what true sisterhood means.&#8221;
While another added, &#8220;I&#8217;m a trans-person and I approve that message. Kick the trendgenders out of women&#8217;s sport and women&#8217;s spaces.&#8221;
Navratilova has been very outspoken about trans-identifying males competing in female sports. She previously blasted trans-identifying athlete Lia Thomas after the swimmer said critics are pushing &#8220;transphobic beliefs&#8221; under the &#8220;guise of feminism.&#8221;
The tennis star responded on X to a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/04/26/lia-thomas-says-critics-using-feminism-claims-to-hide-transphobia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> headline that read, &#8220;LIA THOMAS Fires Back At Critics …YOU&#8217;RE USING &#8216;FEMINISM&#8217; TO HIDE TRANSPHOBIA!!!&#8221;
Navratilova&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/Martina/status/1651276033994244101?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> included the headline, saying, &#8220;NEWSFLASH Lia — it&#8217;s not fair.&#8221;
&#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t have to explain it to you over and over,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Also — stop explaining feminism to feminists….&#8221;
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A petition calling to boycott Macy&#8217;s stores and refrain from watching this year&#8217;s Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade has garnered more than 40,500 signatories objecting to the event&#8217;s apparent transgender agenda.
The parade, set to take place in New York City, has generally been accepted as a family-friendly affair <a href="https://www.iloveny.com/blog/post/history-of-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#:~:text=Since%201924%2C%20the%20Macy%27s%20Thanksgiving,this%20beloved%20event%20through%20Manhattan." target="_blank" rel="noopener">viewed</a> by tens of millions of Americans each year. This year, however, two characters associated with the event&#8217;s performances are so-called non-binary or transgender.
&#8220;The non-binary and transgender extravaganza on display this Thanksgiving will be brought to you by Macy’s during their annually sponsored Thanksgiving Day Parade,&#8221; reads a <a href="https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/say-no-to-the-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petition</a> hosted by One Million Moms, a division of the American Family Association. &#8220;Unless they are forewarned about it, this year’s holiday parade will potentially expose tens of millions of viewers at home to the liberal LGBTQ agenda.&#8221;
&#8220;Performances showcased in the parade will include music from two Broadway musicals, &#8216;&amp; Juliet&#8217; and &#8216;Shucked&#8217;, both of which feature transgender and non-binary performers in major roles,&#8221; the petition says.
Notably, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in 2021 featured a pop singer named Kim Petras, who&#8217;s been dubbed the “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200301191447/https://www.papermag.com/kim-petras-clarity-project-2639362951.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="standard-link">world’s youngest transsexual</a>.&#8221;
President of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alliance-defending-freedom-adf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alliance Defending Freedom</a> (ADF), Kristen Waggoner, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/thousands-sign-petition-macys-non-binary-trans-extravaganza-planned-thanksgiving-day-parade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a>, “Macy’s inclusion of a non-binary transgender character in a parade is just another example of an ideological war that’s being waged on families, and customers are saying they’ve had enough. But it seems that corporate brands that were once trusted just still aren’t getting the message.”
&#8220;Shame on Macy’s for promoting and sponsoring this type of entertainment,&#8221; the One Million Moms petition reads. &#8220;We still cannot trust Macy’s Dept. Store. It is clear that Macy’s does not have our children’s best interests in mind. Macy’s needs to know that trust must be earned, and once trust is lost, it is difficult to get back.&#8221;
As of Wednesday morning, the petition has 40,543 signatures.
&#8220;I do not agree with the LGBTQ agenda you are pushing on families during your Thanksgiving Day Parade,&#8221; reads a blurb aimed at those signing the petition. &#8220;My family and I will not watch this indoctrination. Since this event goes against our beliefs and values, Macy’s has left conservative and Christian families with no choice but to avoid the parade and its stores, even during the holiday season. My family will not support Macy’s; you have lost our trust.&#8221;
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For Macy’s part, the department store is moving forward with the Thanksgiving Day events.
“For nearly 100 years, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has showcased the very best in entertainment, delighting Americans everywhere with the most popular music acts, the best of Broadway, our country’s finest marching bands and dance teams, and giant balloons and floats that capture your imagination,” a Macy’s spokesperson said in a statement, National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/macys-to-proceed-with-non-binary-performers-in-thanksgiving-parade-despite-petition/#:~:text=“For%20nearly%20100%20years%2C%20the,capture%20your%20imagination%2C”%20a%20Macy%27s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday.
“Every performer and volunteer is there with one mission — to entertain millions of spectators and kick off the holiday season. We look forward to celebrating this iconic Thanksgiving tradition again&#8230;,” the spokesperson added. 
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A man who identifies as a transgender woman has been charged in federal court and held in jail for threatening to shoot up schools and pledging to rape Christian girls in bathrooms — after local Illinois authorities released him with no bond.
Jason Lee Willie of Nashville, Illinois, who goes by Alexia N. Willie, was charged November 7 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois with 14 felony counts of Interstate Communication of a Threat to Injure, court records show. He allegedly modeled his actions off of the transgender-identifying woman who shot up the Christian Covenant School in Tennessee.
“A person in Tennessee walked into one of your schools and shot up a bunch of your Christian daughters. That’s not the last of them if you don’t shut your f***ing mouth,” Willie said, according to the indictment.
“There’s a lot of transgenders out here that are tired of being picked on and we’re going to go into the schools and we’re going to kill their f***ing children out here, and that’s the end of it. We’re at war,” he allegedly said, also saying ,“Let me put a bullet in your head.”
In August 2023, the 47-year old made a video call on an online platform in which he said, “I guarantee I’ll be in the bathroom raping your Christian daughters,” the <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67987364/united-states-v-willie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment</a> alleged.
“I catch your daughters in them bathrooms alone, I am gonna f*** them. I mean I am gonna f*** f*** them until they’re dead,” he said, according to the indictment.
“I’m openly a pedophile …. You can’t do nothing about us. You can cry. Cry. Put me on national television, I don’t care. I’m transgender, I’m in the bathroom raping your f*** daughters and I’m openly letting you guys know this. The Republican Party, what are you f****ts going to do about us?” he allegedly said.
Willie also criticized black people, arguing that they are Christian and don’t like transgender people.
“They’re trash, they’re Christian trash. They’re transphobic, they’re homophobic. They’re no different than the f***ing white supremacists. That’s exactly who the f*** they are. Listen, Dave Chappelle and all the blacks out here, all the black people out here talking about trannies and s***, they ain’t no different than the white supremacists either. You all bow to the same cross,” he allegedly said.
Willie also said he would inject people with HIV in the bathroom if he saw them wearing a cross, according to the indictment.
“I catch you b*****s out here with a cross around your neck in that restroom, you better know we’re going to hit you with a f***ing syringe,” he allegedly said, adding “shut the f*** up, n*****.”
The Department of Justice led with him using the n-word, burying the transgender comments later in the indictment.
Willie pleaded not guilty November 9, and Magistrate Judge Reona J. Daly ordered that he be held in jail on November 14. A <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilsd.98857/gov.uscourts.ilsd.98857.16.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proffer of evidence</a>, presented by federal prosecutors to convince the judge to hold him in jail, said that Willie made the comments in August on the video platform “MeetMe,” where his username was “Mentally Unstable.”
It said that the Perry County Sherriff&#8217;s Office had arrested him at the time, but that Willie mocked them while he was being transported to jail, predicting that Illinois would free him immediately. “I’ll get out of jail right now, you watch me. And when I get out you have no idea,” he said in a recording from a police van, federal prosecutors said.
<a href="https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-arrested-after-threatening-to-murder-children-in-illinois-over-transphobic-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reduxx</a> reported on October 16 about that local arrest, and Sherriff Chad Howard told the outlet that Willie&#8217;s prediction was accurate: he was released on $0 bond 48 hours after being booked. Though Willie was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, “the disorderly conduct did not stick” because “there was no one individual person or individual school directly threatened,” the sherriff said. That left only a resisting arrest charge, which Howard said because of Illinois’ new SAFE-T Act, a suspect cannot be held in jail for.
The sheriff told Reduxx that in a jailhouse interview, Willie said that when he said “we” were coming for your children, “he was speaking on behalf of the transgender community.”
Willie was released from state custody on August 17, and on August 24, Willie&#8217;s roommate contacted Perry County Sheriff’s Office to say that “Willie claimed to be learning how to use firearms and how to obtain a firearm so that she could follow through on the threats that she had made,” federal documents said.
On August 25, the FBI received another tip from MeetMe that he was still making similar comments. On November 8, the FBI arrested him, according to the federal court document.
A trial is set for January 16. Judith A. Kuenneke, a public defender listed as Willie&#8217;s representative, did not return a request for comment.
Federal prosecutors said that the FBI had repeatedly been warned about Willie by his roommate over the years, who told the bureau that “Willie goes on the internet to find preachers, or republicans, or black people,” and that “the FBI had come to his house a couple times over the last few years because of Willie’s online conduct.”
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They wrote that in December 2018, “the FBI received reports of a threat on Facebook in which Willie claimed to have killed a preacher that had molested Willie.” In November 2019, the video platform Twitch reported that he said he threatened to kill people, and mentioned people who discriminate against transgenders; the FBI interviewed him and Willie told him he didn’t mean it.
“On March 28, one day after the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, the FBI received a report that Willie posted on Facebook that there would be many more and larger attacks on Christians by transgender people and that Christians would come to know fear like never before,” it said.
The FBI has suggested that it is not treating the Tennessee shooting as a hate crime.
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A teacher at an <a class="c-link" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Illinois</a> high school sought to exclude students who allegedly opposed the school&#8217;s transgender bathroom policy from meetings of the school&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity&#8221; club.
A Waterloo High School teacher and advisor to the school’s “Diversity,” (Gay-Straight Alliance) Club complained about critics of the school’s bathroom policy and looked to place tampons in boy&#8217;s bathrooms, according to <a href="https://defendinged.org/incidents/emails-reveal-a-statewide-gender-questions-about-unwanted-students-attending/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emails</a> obtained by Parents Defending Education and shared with The Daily Wire. 
As the Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/school-investigates-students-who-declined-to-share-bathroom-with-opposite-gender-for-harassment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a>, students who were uncomfortable sharing bathrooms with students of the opposite sex were investigated by Waterloo High School after choosing to use a private bathroom that was made available by the school. 
“Usually, our meetings are open. Unfortunately, some of the main players who are in favor of keeping transgender students out of the bathrooms are students who have been coming to meetings under the guise of support for our queer kids,” the Waterloo “Diversity” club advisor wrote in an <a href="https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GSA-Advisors-Meeting-Advice-March-21-2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a> from March 2023 to a group of GSA Illinois advisors.
“I&#8217;m meeting with our administration today, but I was hoping for some advice about how to handle the meeting tomorrow. Do any of you have experience with monitoring who can and who cannot attend meetings?” the sponsor added. 
In a response to the email, a faculty member of the Champaign School District recommended setting guidelines that would allow the club to remove students or close meetings.
“IF you want to keep the meeting closed, you should make that clear. I would say, don&#8217;t be sneaky. Just say to non-normal attenders, ‘We are continuing a project/working on an initiative/Planning for something with our current members only today. So sorry. If you are interested in other meetings, I&#8217;d be glad to give you a calendar of open meetings!’” the Champaign School District faculty member said. “Plan for a private time to follow up with your normal membership that isn&#8217;t a normal meeting. Maybe via note, phone call, e-mail, etc. or during lunch or before school. Whether the meeting goes well or poorly, those kids will want to vent about their needs to you. They will want to talk about where their minds were and what comes next.”
According to the school’s website, <a href="https://www.wcusd5.net/o/waterloo-high-school/page/activities-clubs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the club</a> “promotes and encourages diversity and acceptance within the WHS student/faculty population. The meetings are designed to initiate, drive, and inspire social change through education and community. Diversity Club welcomes LGBTQ+ students and allies alike.”
Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 Superintendent Brian Charron told The Daily Wire that the district &#8220;only removes students from clubs when they violate school rules and expectations.&#8221; He also said that English teacher Maggie Partipilo, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-agency-played-role-in-high-school-club-raising-money-to-gender-transition-students-behind-parents-backs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> was the sponsor of the school&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity&#8221; club and discussed getting girls access to chest binders without parental consent, is no longer the sponsor of the club.
Students at the school had been accused of harassment after a long line formed outside the private bathroom one day, which  Charron said was coordinated. 
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Other emails between the Waterloo GSA advisors show <a href="https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GSA-Listserve-add-Waterloo-CUSD-IL-September-28-2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requests</a> on how to comply with state law requiring that tampons be placed in male restrooms, how to <a href="https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Pronoun-Outing-GSA-Advisors-Waterloo-CUSD-IL-August-25-2022-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handle</a> students&#8217; “preferred pronouns,” and <a href="https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GSA-Advisor-Google-Form-Survey-Waterloo-CCSD-IL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surveys</a> that ask students what pronouns to use in front of their parents. 
&#8220;Political activists masquerading as school staff continue to use their official, taxpayer funded positions to push their ideology on children, train them to keep information away from their parents, and alienate students who do not buy into their agenda. It is deeply problematic that we continue to see this disturbing trend across the country. Schools must get back to their core mission of teaching children instead of using school resources to indoctrinate the next generation of American students,” Parents Defending Education Senior Advisor Michele Exner told The Daily Wire in a statement.

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A Pennsylvania school district decided this week that student-athletes must play on teams corresponding to their biological sex.
The school board for Central Buck School District just north of Philadelphia <a href="https://6abc.com/central-buck-school-district-transgender-athletes-meeting/14063217/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a new policy on Tuesday barring trans-identifying students from playing on a team of the opposite sex.
The board passed the policy in a 6-3 vote during a spirited school board meeting where residents spoke both for and against the new policy.
&#8220;The rights of women and girls to play sports — it gives them the opportunity for scholarships and other accolades and it keeps them safe,&#8221; one speaker <a href="https://6abc.com/central-buck-school-district-transgender-athletes-meeting/14063217/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the board meeting.
Another speaker argued that trans-identifying children would &#8220;miss out on this important childhood experience&#8221; if they were told they could not play on a team of the opposite sex.
The vote comes just days after Democrats <a href="https://6abc.com/central-bucks-school-district-election-day-2023-democratic-majority-board-elections/14028806/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flipped</a> the school board in last week&#8217;s elections, but they do not take control until December. The Republican 6-3 majority will become a Democratic 6-3 majority next month.
The Central Buck district has embraced several other conservative policies this year, including barring school staff from using trans-identifying students&#8217; new names and preferred pronouns without parental permission.
The district also directed counselors to separate elementary students by biological sex for classes about puberty. It also <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/central-bucks-school-district-pride-flag-ban-lgbtq-advocacy-policy-321/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> Pride flags in classrooms and prohibited teachers from engaging in “advocacy activities.”
In February, dozens of school board directors from across Pennsylvania <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/pa-school-board-directors-condemn-central-bucks-anti-lgbt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> a letter condemning the Central Bucks district for its new policies and accusing the Republican school board majority of “fostering intolerance” and &#8220;target[ing]&#8221; LGBT students “for political purposes.”
The new Democratic majority is reportedly still <a href="https://6abc.com/central-buck-school-district-transgender-athletes-meeting/14063217/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considering</a> what changes to make when it takes over the Central Bucks school board.
Last month, another school district just west of Central Buck, Perkiomen Valley School District, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/philadelphia-area-school-district-bans-biological-boys-in-girls-bathrooms-after-400-students-walk-out-in-protest">voted</a> during a heated school board meeting that students must use the school bathroom corresponding to their biological sex.
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Perkiomen Valley&#8217;s decision came after <a href="https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/perkiomen-valley-students-stage-walkout-over-transgender-bathroom-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about 400</a> high school students staged a walkout against biological boys using the girls bathrooms. Students held signs reading, “Respect girls’ rights” and “Stay in your bathroom.”
In Ohio earlier this month, students protested trans-identifying male students in the girls bathrooms as well. Dozens of students <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-students-walk-out-in-protest-of-bathroom-policy-allowing-biological-boys-in-girls-bathrooms#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walked out</a> of Elida High School just outside Lima, one freshman girl saying there had been &#8220;multiple accounts&#8221; of boys coming in the bathroom and &#8220;bothering the girls.&#8221;
Transgender identities at public schools have become a hot-button issue in recent years.
Parents have <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-02/school-district-settles-100-000-lawsuit-that-claimed-it-supported-secret-transitioning-of-student" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> their children’s schools of keeping them in the dark about their children’s new gender identities for long periods of time. Some have gone as far as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-reportedly-suing-school-district-allegedly-secretly-helped-transitioned-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suing</a> their school districts.
More than 18,000 schools across the country have rules saying school staff can or should hide a student’s gender identity from parents, according to <a href="https://defendinged.org/investigations/list-of-school-district-transgender-gender-nonconforming-student-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a list</a> compiled by Parents Defending Education, a nonprofit that <a href="https://defendinged.org/about/">describes</a> itself as &#8220;a national grassroots organization working to reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas.&#8221;
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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