@FondOfBeetles @giyadas I'm American. I had a similar reaction. The Trump admin. memo is (predictably) idiotic use of language. But - I needed to get a better understanding of what the memo is so poorly attempting to address. Some things I didn't know about the BHO admn transgender policies:
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas politico.com/story/2016/05/…
Basically, 44's admin created a document that interpreted Title IX in some pretty radical ways that conflate biological sex (legally protected class) with gender identity so that the latter should be viewed as the former.
Basically, 44's admin created a document that interpreted Title IX in some pretty radical ways that conflate biological sex (legally protected class) with gender identity so that the latter should be viewed as the former.
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas This was kind of a work around to the problem of resistance conservative legislators would have had to creating law to define gender identity as a protected class. The document basically lays out the expectation that schools will accept the conflation of sex with gender...
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas ... and follow the reccomended protocols unless they are willing to put their federal funding in jeopardy.
To me it reads like kind of a reverse extortion threat, because
To me it reads like kind of a reverse extortion threat, because
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas Most school districts are underfunded by their local tax base, and most district administrators have academic performance for all students to be accountable for.
It isn't worth the risk of losing funding for everyone to push back on a demand that appears to only affect...
It isn't worth the risk of losing funding for everyone to push back on a demand that appears to only affect...
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas ... a minuscule demographic. That's why I think this flew under the radar for a lot of American liberals, independents, and centrists.
Teaching attracts the same kind of people who usually vote Democrat, and we didn't scrutinize this move from Obama.
Teaching attracts the same kind of people who usually vote Democrat, and we didn't scrutinize this move from Obama.
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas thehill.com/blogs/pundits-…
Here's the real sticking point, though:
44's admin interpretation was completely different when applied to the military as compared to schools.
Here's the real sticking point, though:
44's admin interpretation was completely different when applied to the military as compared to schools.
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas The military, which is for adults*, was advised to acknowledge and support trans identified servicemen(&women) without elevating the support of the trans class above the sex protections it has taken decades to create in the military.
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas So this leaves me pretty disgusted with the adults in admin 44 who don't see/understand/give a shit about the glaringly obvious discrepancy here.
They protected the mental health, safety boundaries, and functional culture of an institution for adults by separation of sex & gender
They protected the mental health, safety boundaries, and functional culture of an institution for adults by separation of sex & gender
@FondOfBeetles @giyadas but they approached this dilemma in an institution for CHILDREN,
*none of whom can possibly have a set gender identity*
(because brain develpment ends around age 25)
and said trans ID privilege is paramount.
WTactualF
*none of whom can possibly have a set gender identity*
(because brain develpment ends around age 25)
and said trans ID privilege is paramount.
WTactualF
