Thread by @LDBildy

Some of my comments on this case are in the article, but to elaborate:🧵
1. We are disappointed but not surprised with this result. Quite frankly, there is an irreconcilable clash of worldviews in our society right now & that is reflected in this decision.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/gr…

2. A young child (age 6) was told that boys and girls aren't real, and when the teacher allegedly 'clarified' things with the class after the girl's mother raised concerns, she did so by drawing a line on the board, with boys on one end and girls on the other—a gender spectrum.

3. The school board confirmed its policy of "gender fluidity", which it seems to introduce whenever an opening presents itself, such as when a child objects to fitting within a rigid stereotype of what it means to be male or female.

4. As a child of the 70s, I was shocked by how we are going backwards with gender roles. Did you know that a girl might feel the need to cut her hair short so it's okay to like science & play with boys? If you don't look like Barbie, can you be on the "girl" end of the spectrum?

5. Respecting the inherent human dignity of gender diverse people, through inclusion and acceptance, is a very different goal than inculcating into all children the idea that their sex is a fiction or that they must have a gender identity.

6. The former is a laudable goal; the latter, as several of the schoolboard’s own staff admitted, represents a major change in society, the consequences of which have not entirely been thought through.

7. Teachers aren't equipped or licensed to manage or even understand the psychological implications of messing around with identity formation in children.

8. The Tribunal was not bothered by the evidence of the teacher or other school employees, since they all appear to start from the same proposition: that everyone has a gender identity—a subjective, internal feeling—which takes precedence over, or simply elides, biological sex.

9. The evidence, as we saw it, suggested that schools are veering off the laudable path of inclusion, anti-bullying & acceptance, toward indoctrination & the undermining of material reality.

10. My clients asked for 'guardrails'—policies to ensure we do not end up causing more harm than good by keeping school boards on that laudable path.

But first the problem needs to be acknowledged, and that didn't happen in this case.

11. I was pleased to assume carriage of this file when I joined @JCCFCanada & they generously continued funding it when I left. It is important that we, as a society, wrestle with these issues & have difficult conversations. That's how we find the best path forward for everyone.

12. For more on this from @PamelaNBuffone, the mom of this child, who has been an inspiration in her tireless care and advocacy for families harmed by gender ideology, read here: genderreport.ca/tribunal-avoid…