That's okay, I have a subscription. I wish the reporter had interviewed more medical and mental health experts beyond Anderson. There's a clear answer to the question in the title, but she leaves it at a this side/that side piece. I hope US lawyers reach out to the British National Health Service for supporting materials for their court cases.
Katie I am so glad you do these Friday write ups.I have actually done most of what you recommended on Gender a Wider Lense Podcast before I heard you talk. I was nodding in agreement the whole time you spoke in that interview.
I’ve had really good luck with my daughter’s high school in Oregon doing exactly what you said…. Lots of conversations with teachers, the principal & the school counselor. They won’t change my daughter’s name without my consent officially in the records. She tried to change it and the counselor told her no.
It does help that I’ve been a HS teacher so usually am supportive of teachers…they are overwhelmed post Covid.
I think any parent dealing with this needs to listen to that podcast. You educated the hosts & audience & I know other parents who are struggling could benefit from this. I’ve shared it with quite a few friends & teachers.
Thank you. My goal was to speak in a way that progressive educators could hear, and I do think it's shareable with anyone (although I find that speaking in progressive lingo tends to annoy conservatives!). I'm glad you've felt that you could pass it along.
Well…. good point. It is kind of a big deal that attorney general of California sued the school district for the decision of notifying parents if their kids change their names and pronouns….and the AG lost. Dr. Erica Anderson is a great expert witness on this topic & parents are not standing for this in California… the liberal moms won’t stand for it so I hope Gavin takes note bc this will end up in the Supreme Court. Im just glad the AG lost his case. The public is overwhelmingly against keeping secrets from parents. D, R, I doesn’t matter.
The AG hasn't lost yet--he got a stay of the pro-parental notification policy in Chino Valley where he stepped in, but it hasn't been litigated yet. The Escondido ruling was two teachers vs a school district, and I hope it has a positive impact on the Chino case! I agree, the public is absolutely overwhelmingly against keeping secrets from parents.
Kate, wow, I am glad Coastal flagged the interview with you--I am listening now! If you feel comfortable, I hope you will flag for us here, going forward, when you do such interviews.
Sure! I hadn't thought about doing that, and I'm glad you're both taking a look. I am going to be on a FAIR webinar parent panel next week and will share on In Brief when the recording is available. I will note that because I am not anonymous, I don't share much about my own family...which I think can be frustrating to listen to, but it's worth it to me to be transparent about my identity.
I witnessed one of these protests outside my downtown Ontario home the other day... As usual, neither the media nor anyone in authority is speaking to the heart of the issue:
-FACT-BASED SEX-ED, which has been taught successfully in Public (not so much Public Catholic) schools for decades, vs THEORY-BASED SEX-ED: are protesters objecting to one or both?
-FACT OR FICTION:
1) Gender Ideology has created harmful confusion for some children and adolescents.
2) Basic scientific facts regarding sex encourage children to engage in premature sexual activity.
-AGE-APPROPRIATE LEARNING: can we please hear from some HIGHLY EXPERIENCED, IDEOLOGY-FREE child-psychology experts??
-RIGHTS: this isn't just about PARENTAL or CHILD Rights: although no one will breathe a word of it in public, this is more fundamentally about CULTURAL Rights, and that is a deep, tricky knot. It's so tricky, it's easier to fling accusations of Evil and Hatred rather than speak to what's really going on.
Was it a big turn out in Ontario bc I only saw this on Twitter & I couldn’t tell but if I’d been in BC I would have marched. I should have gone...I hate marches but this one I would have done. It looked peaceful & thank you to the people who came out for our kids.
Placing books from authors like Helen Joyce, Abigail Shrier, Dr. Miriam Grossman, Christine Benvenuto and myself in spots where woke-ists might find them and learn a fact or two is one small step. Here's my one small step just outside of PS 107 in Brooklyn. Read the books, memorize the facts, get them out to others:
Big thanks to you and Alejandra Q. for another excellent weekly round-up. I somehow missed the Politico article on McBride, so many thanks for the link. I have to say, I found it depressing, as it signals, even further, how much Biden is dug in and manifestly unable to see the problems with his and the overall D position. McBride will, if the winner, have even more influence with Biden and the Congressional Dems, while, meanwhile, the, to my mind, much more important concerns we all have about the serious negative impacts arising from gender identity ideology and activism continue to be swept under the rug.
I've watched McBride speak on gender, so I know we have deep disagreements on foundational definitions when it comes to that issue. But I'm also a Dem, so I know we have quite a bit of alignment on other issues, and McBride may be an excellent congressperson in every other area. I don't know...I think everyone will eventually learn that many of the current practices are wrong, even McBride and even Biden.
That’s the conundrum. I am also a lifelong D, and it’s why I find all this so particularly dismaying. Watching developments in the UK and now Canada are at least a source for hope. I tend to think, though, that Biden will be in the caboose on changing course on these issues, and McBride will be there with him. But I will champion any D who breaks out of the pack and returns to common sense. Who, I wonder, will be the first?
Do not fall for the veto. He hasn’t changed his stripes, he is hiding them to gain a broader audience. Obama did the same thing and it worked well for him.......not for the country, though.
Thank you for the update! This came out today from WSJ...Dr. Erica Anderson is interviewed on parental rights in schools it’s a big deal. Thx
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/california-school-districts-transgender-students-38acd6b0
I dont have an archived va...it just dropped.
That's okay, I have a subscription. I wish the reporter had interviewed more medical and mental health experts beyond Anderson. There's a clear answer to the question in the title, but she leaves it at a this side/that side piece. I hope US lawyers reach out to the British National Health Service for supporting materials for their court cases.
Katie I am so glad you do these Friday write ups.I have actually done most of what you recommended on Gender a Wider Lense Podcast before I heard you talk. I was nodding in agreement the whole time you spoke in that interview.
I’ve had really good luck with my daughter’s high school in Oregon doing exactly what you said…. Lots of conversations with teachers, the principal & the school counselor. They won’t change my daughter’s name without my consent officially in the records. She tried to change it and the counselor told her no.
It does help that I’ve been a HS teacher so usually am supportive of teachers…they are overwhelmed post Covid.
Thank you!
I think any parent dealing with this needs to listen to that podcast. You educated the hosts & audience & I know other parents who are struggling could benefit from this. I’ve shared it with quite a few friends & teachers.
https://youtu.be/b1mDcu6P620?si=e5hu70ExWpsf8Lt8
Thank you. My goal was to speak in a way that progressive educators could hear, and I do think it's shareable with anyone (although I find that speaking in progressive lingo tends to annoy conservatives!). I'm glad you've felt that you could pass it along.
Related to this discussion, I see that this just dropped from Our Duty, and it looks like a great piece of advocacy by them: https://open.substack.com/pub/ourduty/p/when-the-california-department-of?r=16541&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
!!!!! I saw that. I’m a member now I hope to volunteer at some point.
Well…. good point. It is kind of a big deal that attorney general of California sued the school district for the decision of notifying parents if their kids change their names and pronouns….and the AG lost. Dr. Erica Anderson is a great expert witness on this topic & parents are not standing for this in California… the liberal moms won’t stand for it so I hope Gavin takes note bc this will end up in the Supreme Court. Im just glad the AG lost his case. The public is overwhelmingly against keeping secrets from parents. D, R, I doesn’t matter.
Liberal politicians need to take note.
The AG hasn't lost yet--he got a stay of the pro-parental notification policy in Chino Valley where he stepped in, but it hasn't been litigated yet. The Escondido ruling was two teachers vs a school district, and I hope it has a positive impact on the Chino case! I agree, the public is absolutely overwhelmingly against keeping secrets from parents.
Kate, wow, I am glad Coastal flagged the interview with you--I am listening now! If you feel comfortable, I hope you will flag for us here, going forward, when you do such interviews.
Sure! I hadn't thought about doing that, and I'm glad you're both taking a look. I am going to be on a FAIR webinar parent panel next week and will share on In Brief when the recording is available. I will note that because I am not anonymous, I don't share much about my own family...which I think can be frustrating to listen to, but it's worth it to me to be transparent about my identity.
This will be on the ballot in California in 2024 if we can get the signatures:
https://protectkidsca.com
Mark, Kate, and all in CA: Newsom just actually VETOED AB957 (surprising, but good) but it can be overridden. Our Duty has not reported this out yet (I got it from Kara Dansky), but they have a handy page for calling electeds that includes this bill here: https://open.substack.com/pub/ourduty/p/stop-these-california-bills-now?r=16541&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post Good luck, CA!
On it!
Good luck to all in CA on this!
Coastal, if you should get a link to an archive version and think to pass it on, I would love to read this!
I witnessed one of these protests outside my downtown Ontario home the other day... As usual, neither the media nor anyone in authority is speaking to the heart of the issue:
-FACT-BASED SEX-ED, which has been taught successfully in Public (not so much Public Catholic) schools for decades, vs THEORY-BASED SEX-ED: are protesters objecting to one or both?
-FACT OR FICTION:
1) Gender Ideology has created harmful confusion for some children and adolescents.
2) Basic scientific facts regarding sex encourage children to engage in premature sexual activity.
-AGE-APPROPRIATE LEARNING: can we please hear from some HIGHLY EXPERIENCED, IDEOLOGY-FREE child-psychology experts??
-RIGHTS: this isn't just about PARENTAL or CHILD Rights: although no one will breathe a word of it in public, this is more fundamentally about CULTURAL Rights, and that is a deep, tricky knot. It's so tricky, it's easier to fling accusations of Evil and Hatred rather than speak to what's really going on.
Was it a big turn out in Ontario bc I only saw this on Twitter & I couldn’t tell but if I’d been in BC I would have marched. I should have gone...I hate marches but this one I would have done. It looked peaceful & thank you to the people who came out for our kids.
Placing books from authors like Helen Joyce, Abigail Shrier, Dr. Miriam Grossman, Christine Benvenuto and myself in spots where woke-ists might find them and learn a fact or two is one small step. Here's my one small step just outside of PS 107 in Brooklyn. Read the books, memorize the facts, get them out to others:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ATZM7PRokJA
The press has become the modern STASI police for left politicians and government
Big thanks to you and Alejandra Q. for another excellent weekly round-up. I somehow missed the Politico article on McBride, so many thanks for the link. I have to say, I found it depressing, as it signals, even further, how much Biden is dug in and manifestly unable to see the problems with his and the overall D position. McBride will, if the winner, have even more influence with Biden and the Congressional Dems, while, meanwhile, the, to my mind, much more important concerns we all have about the serious negative impacts arising from gender identity ideology and activism continue to be swept under the rug.
I've watched McBride speak on gender, so I know we have deep disagreements on foundational definitions when it comes to that issue. But I'm also a Dem, so I know we have quite a bit of alignment on other issues, and McBride may be an excellent congressperson in every other area. I don't know...I think everyone will eventually learn that many of the current practices are wrong, even McBride and even Biden.
That’s the conundrum. I am also a lifelong D, and it’s why I find all this so particularly dismaying. Watching developments in the UK and now Canada are at least a source for hope. I tend to think, though, that Biden will be in the caboose on changing course on these issues, and McBride will be there with him. But I will champion any D who breaks out of the pack and returns to common sense. Who, I wonder, will be the first?
Biden might actually miss the train completely Susan!
🤣🤣🤣
Do not fall for the veto. He hasn’t changed his stripes, he is hiding them to gain a broader audience. Obama did the same thing and it worked well for him.......not for the country, though.