Explaining transgenders to an 11 yo boy

[TFOGGER]

In other news...WTF?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...-reassignment/

An inmate in California this week became the first person in the U.S. to receive state-funded sex reassignment surgery while incarcerated.

Shiloh Heavenly Quine, a transgender woman, was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery in 1981. In August 2015, the state of California said it would fund the surgery as a medically necessary treatment for Quine’s gender dysphoria.

Quine received the surgery at a San Francisco hospital on Thursday. Following her discharge from the hospital, she will be moved to a women’s prison, according to Reuters.

[BushMasterBoy]

More proof the present government is mentally ill.

[buffalobo]

I guess I'm not so much against the topic at hand, but more so the "agenda" and or double standard being dished out in public schools, not to mention the seemingly "sneaky" tactic being used in the OP to expose the issue. The whole LGBTQ thing is a very real topic in todays world (ask any .gov employee about AA, and I don't mean alcoholic's anonymous), and I believe at a certain point, children need to learn about the real world, and the things or people they may run into. Now flip the script and insert any other important yet "taboo" (by today's standards, i.e. Freedom of religion, 2a rights, etc.) topic into the subject line, and watch the liberals throw a fit.

Well said.

[bellavite1]

A little boy in my daughter's class decided he wanted to be a girl in second grade. He's been a "girl" ever since, and they are all in the 4th grade now. A lot of parents were initially upset and talked to the teacher and principal. He still acts like the asshole little boy with shitty/no parents as he did before, only now he dresses like a girl and added an "a" to the end of his name. Everyone likes to talk tough online about what they would, or wouldn't do, but almost none of that matters. The school isn't going to tell them that they can't do that, and the parents have opinions on it long, long after any of the kids do. I think your explanation of a little boy "pretending" to be a girl about sums it up. Much longer of an opinionated explanation of why you do or don't agree with that is going to be lost on most K-12 kids anyway. There are plenty of other, more difficult, social obstacles that kids will have to navigate and overcome over the course of their schooling. To kids, it's just another weird kid at the school. I thought the Jehova's Witness kid growing up was a weirdo, and that's about as much as I thought about it. I was way too involved with myself to even talk to him about why he didn't celebrate his own birthday.

So, there are plenty of reasons to take your kids out of public school, but there is rarely one single issue that outweighs any other. You can ask that your kid can't be in class while they read the book, but big deal. The first thing they are going to do is ask their friends all about the book, then they'll get the little kid interpretation, which is probably even further away from whatever you're trying to instill in the kids. We just refer to that kid as a boy, because he is one. My daughter and her friends refer to him as "it," and he's even in her circle of friends. Like I said, just another weird kid at school. My opinion is that trying to insulate your kids from things like this is just a futile waste of your time, especially if there is a transgender kid in the school. Handling issues like this are the exact same as handling every other thing your kids will learn. I personally had a more difficult time trying to explain September 11th to my kids than the little boy who wants to be a girl.

Well stated.

[Jonsey]

In other news...WTF?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...-reassignment/

As a woman the fact that he will be transferred to a woman's prison scares the hell out of me.

[GilpinGuy]

More proof the present government is mentally ill.

Yes. And "public schools" are really "government schools".

For those suggesting home schooling, we are hoping to be in a position to do this after the move, hopefully before the fall school year begins.

[Gman]

And "public schools" are really "government schools".

...also known as social engineering facilities.

[GilpinGuy]

In yet other news.....man having a baby

So this woman is pretending to be a man but decides to get pregnant. All through the story she is referred to as "he, him, pregnant dad", etc.

[KestrelBike]

In other news...WTF?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...-reassignment/

Meanwhile, American veterans who've suffered catastrophic reproductive-organ injuries can't even get IVF paid for unless the service member is still on active duty: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/h...oring-intimacy

In yet other news.....man having a baby

So this woman is pretending to be a man but decides to get pregnant. All through the story she is referred to as "he, him, pregnant dad", etc.

Yeah that story was great. About $80,000 the British taxpayers get to pay for people to get sex changes so they can feel fabulous (wait.. isn't the suicide-rate for post-opties through the roof?).

[BPTactical]

Just tell him there are some people in our society that are seriously fucked up in the head.

All of this big to do over less than .003% of our population that has a severe mental illness.
"Special Snowflakes"


Who fucking cares?