5/ I'm working on a post about LM and other 1st Circuit trans decisions. These New England judges are blazing a trail of inclusivity through the 1st amendment.
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In June, SCOTUS ruled that religious parents have a right to opt their K-5 children out of "LGBTQ" lessons. The case is Mahmoud.
In Mass., the governor and a private firm are advising schools they can practically ignore Mahmoud. 🧵
2. Governor's guidance portrays Mahmoud as a narrow decision.
Instead of admitting parents are entitled to opt out, she says they can't be prevented from opting out.
Instead of admitting it's a broad decision, she emphasizes it's fact-dependent.
3. The right way to advise clients on Mahmoud would be:
"See what Montgomery County did to Mahmoud? Don't do that!"
You'd list the 5 books at issue, because you know they require opt out, and quote specific SCOTUS language about why they're problematic, to help identify other lessons that might require opt out.
"I was a dope, OK ... Focus on the overall message I'm giving."
Stella and Mia's interview of Gordon Guyatt is incredible. My notes 🧵
@stellaomalley3 @_CryMiaRiver
(BTW these 2 have very different reactions to Guyatt's epic admission.)
2. Guyatt is trite about pediatric gender med (PGM). Nothing new here if you've met a buffoon before.
✅ "Multidisciplinary assessments" are key
✅ "My knowledge is superficial"
✅ Cuts off knowledgeable interlocutor
✅ Certain that PGM should be allowed badfacts.substack.com/p/the-psycholo…
3. Guyatt analogizes gender med to "early HIV care."
But doctors have been treating "gender" for 60+ years.
HIV researchers have figured out prevention, detection, and treatments proven to save lives.
Parents have a constitutional right to opt their young children out of "LGBTQ" lessons for religious reasons. SCOTUS declared this in June in Mahmoud v. Taylor.
SPS has not updated its policy 🧵
2. SPS mandates LGBTQ lessons "for the purpose of increasing kindness."
Mahmoud rejects this idea. The lessons inevitably teach kids what to think about sex and "gender identity."
3. ACLU lawyers don't want trans rights to be based on whether someone has had medical interventions. Just "identity."
But in sports cases like BPJ they argue it matters when boys are puberty-blocked. It's just easier to win that way. They can build on the precedent later.
Fetishists and certain butch lesbians in the 90s used the vogue for privilege hierarchies to argue they were more oppressed than gays who passed. A weird & narcissistic project.