Category: transgender

Social Media, Schools, and the Secret Rise of Transgender Children: The New ‘Social Contagion’

In the midst of the isolation that ensued due to COVID-19 quarantines and school lockdowns, some parents have described how a new “social contagion” crept quietly into homes to infect and transform their children. It was given a name in a 2018 study: rapid-onset gender dysphoria. Now, parents are sounding the alarm. In September 2020, January…


Scottish Teachers Told to Use Children’s Chosen Gender and Names

Children as young as four can be referred to by their preferred gender pronouns and names in schools without their parent’s knowledge, according to a new guideline for teachers in Scotland. The 70-page guidance, published on Thursday for Scottish schools, said children of “any age” can “come out” as transgender people. Teachers are told not to…


UN-Developed Sex Education Curriculum Sexualizes Children, Advocates Warn

A sex education curriculum that promotes transgender ideology, homosexuality, and sexual disinhibition among children is being taught in American classrooms, two pro-family advocates warned in an interview with NTD’s “The Nation Speaks.” Sharon Slater, co-founder and president of advocacy group Family Watch International, told host Cindy Drukier about “harmful elements” in the United Nations-developed, U.S….


By Weakening the US Military, Is Biden Helping the Chinese Regime?

Commentary In a recent op-ed for the South China Morning Post, Ziyu Zang asks the following question: The United States or China, who has the stronger military? She writes, “China is pushing ahead with plans to turn the People’s Liberation Army into a modern fighting force by 2027—the centenary of its founding—as tensions with the US build.” China,…


Louisiana Senate Backs Veto Override on Transgender Sports Ban

The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday backed a veto override of a transgender sports ban bill. State senators voted 26-12 to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports—the exact number of votes needed, the Associated Press reported. If the House also approves the veto override,…


Virginia School Board Rejects State’s Transgender Pronoun, Restroom Policies

A county school board in Virginia last week rejected the state’s new policy regarding the treatment of transgender students after hundreds of community members showed up to voice their opposition to the rule changes. Watched by a crowd of nearly 500 concerned citizens, the Russell County school board on July 16 voted 7–0 to reject…


You Have a Right to Be Transgender. You Don’t Have a Right to Expose Yourself to Women.

Commentary How many examples could one give to show what a sick world left-wing activists, the media, and the Democrats—the left’s political party—have wrought? The number is equal to the number of policies they advocate. There is no more obvious example than their position on the display of a penis in front of girls and…


Trans Individuals Sue Montana Over Proof of Sex Change Requirement to Amend Birth Certificates

Two Montanans who claim to be transgender filed a lawsuit against the state over a law that requires those wishing to change their sex on birth certificates to prove that they’ve had sex reassignment surgery. The measure, known as Senate Bill 280, signed in April by Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, provides that the sex…


21 GOP Attorneys General Send Biden Letter Opposing EEOC Transgender Guidance

A group of more than 20 Republican state Attorneys General addressed a letter to President Joe Biden Wednesday, opposing new “radical” guidance on access to gender-specific bathrooms. Led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slattery, the coalition in their letter (pdf) pushed back against guidance from the Biden Administration on how businesses and schools regulate bathroom…


Loudoun County Schools Continue Fight Against Teacher Suspended for Objecting to Transgender Policy

The legal battle persists between Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) and a teacher who was suspended for opposing the school district’s policy about transgender pronouns, as opposing sides argue over whether the Virginia Supreme Court should revisit the case. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative legal group representing the teacher, Byron “Tanner” Cross, said it…