{"id":20229,"date":"2021-10-01T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=20229"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:42:49","slug":"texas-teachers-instructed-to-help-students-hide-gender-identity-from-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/texas-teachers-instructed-to-help-students-hide-gender-identity-from-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Teachers Instructed To Help Students Hide Gender Identity From Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mairead Elordi<\/a> – September 30, 2021<\/p>\n

A teacher training for a Texas public school district directed teachers to hide information about students\u2019 gender identity from their parents in order to make school a \u201csafe\u201d place.<\/p>\n

Teachers at Leander Independent School District north of Austin received a training presentation in October last year that instructed them to discuss gender identity with students and ask them whether it was okay to share students\u2019 preferred pronouns with their parents.<\/p>\n

The training<\/a>, titled \u201cSupporting LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools,\u201d was led by two school social workers working for the district, Felix Barnhart and Monica Kelly, who describes<\/a> herself as a \u201cfat-positive, sex-positive therapist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdd your pronouns wherever your name is published and then also whenever you are introducing yourself, just to normalize the sharing of pronouns,\u201d Kelly suggested to participants in the training.<\/p>\n

Another idea, she said, is to \u201clet students identify themselves on the first day of class with their individual name and pronouns,\u201d and make sure to inform substitute teachers and anyone else visiting the classroom of their correct pronouns, \u201cso that way it protects that student from being misgendered or called a name that they don\u2019t identify with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of do this already for students who have nicknames,\u201d Kelly remarked. \u201cWe\u2019re just asking to extend that courtesy to students whose gender identity may be different from their sex assigned at birth.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, in her next breath, Kelly appeared to admit that pronouns are much more sensitive than nicknames, encouraging teachers to ask students whether it is okay to refer to them by their preferred pronouns when speaking with their parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay I use these pronouns when I contact home?\u201d reads a question on a form Kelly suggested teachers have students fill out.<\/p>\n

Another question reads, \u201cWould you like to follow up with me in a private conversation about your pronouns?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA student may be out at school, but they may not be out to their parents,\u201d Kelly explained.<\/p>\n

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