Category: transgender

Fourth School Accused of Secretly Helping Children Turn Transgender

When Bonnie Manchester was told by school administrators to call a female student by “his new gender name” and not to tell the girl’s parents about it, that was the last straw for the Ludlow, Massachusetts, school teacher. “I did what any teacher would and should do, I told the parents,” Manchester told The Epoch…


‘Slandered and Abused’: Teacher Told to Stay Home After Questioning Age-Appropriateness of Gender-Transition Books in School Libraries

A Waterloo Region District School Board teacher says she has been bullied and slandered after she was ejected from a school board meeting for raising questions about age-appropriateness of some books in elementary school libraries that deal with gender transition. “Board members have taken to radio, television, social media to grossly misrepresent my remarks. I feel…


Critics Say BC’s Self-ID Gender Policy Opens Door to Abuse

VANCOUVER—While some activists laud B.C.’s move to ease the process of changing gender markers on provincial identification cards, others criticize the move as being political rather than evidence-based health-care policy, which they say could be harmful. On Jan. 14, the B.C. government said transgender, two-spirit, and gender-diverse adults can now declare their own gender designations on…


Minnesota School District Partnered With Organization Promoting Resources for ‘Gender Expansive’ Children

Minnesota’s second-largest public school district is partnering with organizations that offer gender identity-focused curricula for young children to advance the goal of “interrupting systems of marginalization,” a report says. According to the website of St. Paul Public Schools, one of the listed partners of the school district’s equity department is AMAZEworks, a local non-profit organization…


Parents of Gender Dysphoric Teens Oppose Proposed Standards of Care for Minors

Some parents of gender dysphoric children are outraged over proposed new standards of care that push for the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender reassignment surgery for minors. In the past, the minimum age requirement for these treatments has been 18, but some activist groups and medical professionals have recommended lowering the age…


Media Describing Male Rapists as Female Is ‘Despicable’: Women’s Rights Activist

An Australian women’s rights advocate has spoken out against characterising transgender sex attackers of male origin as women, saying promoting gender politics could come at the expense of truth and victims’ rights. Katherine Deves, co-founder of Save Women’s Sports Australasia, told The Epoch Times it was “despicable” that sexually violent crimes committed by men were…


USA Swimming Official Quits Over Trans Swimmer Competing Against Women

USA Swimming official Cynthia Millen has resigned in protest over the participation of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in women’s competitions, saying in the resignation letter she can’t back a sport that allows “biological men to compete against women.” The resignation letter to USA Swimming indicates that Millen, who has been involved in the sport for some…


The Left’s Gender Tyranny

Commentary Militant transgender advocates are imposing their agenda with uncompromising zeal on public school students. That’s fine with President Joe Biden. On Friday, the Biden administration announced that, by April, it will enhance the legal entitlements of transgender public school students, with new guarantees regarding access to bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports competitions. These issues…


The Gobbledygook Gender Word Salad Helps Destroy Young Lives

Commentary Gender fluid artist Mx. Alok Vaid-Menon (infamously known for his assertion that little girls are “kinky”) has announced that he is moving into non-gender fashion design, “blending traditionally feminine shapes, such as bras and skirts, with clothing that defies gender categories.” Here we find ourselves again subjected to more meaningless absurdity, reported by the…


Gender Law Does More Harm Than Good

Commentary On Nov. 21, 2021, James Button, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, described and evaluated a most interesting debate on gender, sex, and power. It concerned an occurrence at the University of Melbourne where colleagues of an associate professor of philosophy vilified her for opposing the consequences of the implementation of Victoria’s amendments to…