A former Texas educator filed a federal discrimination complaint against a learning center in Katy, Texas, after being fired for refusing to address a 6-year-old girl as a transgender boy.The boys parents were a same sex couple
Thoughts? o.O
Was the teacher justified in calling the student a girl
Well to be fair, the teacher did talk about being religious and therefore they felt it was sinful to be anything other than male/female. Which in fairness, if that's what you believe then fair enough. At least that's an adult decision, not the decision of a 6 year old.
6 years old is 1st grade, right? Well, I dunno. Seems kinda young to me. But, then again, when I was in 1st grade, I knew I liked girls. So, maybe it's possible? It would be best to ask someone who is transgender as to when they first realized who they really were.
everyone's gonna assume the parents said "hey you're a boy now make sure you tell everyone to call you a boy or they're horrible" when really it was much more likely to be "well if you want to be called a boy it's up to you"
even if it's something silly like the kid thought that being a boy sounded cooler or tougher or something, no reason to stop them
the thing about gender exploration is that by identifying as transgender is that it's not a final decision and that's something that... everyone... bar very few... seem to forget
who the hell said his parents pushed a sexuality on him
my god
people need to stop being obsessed with others affairs that aren't hurting anyone else. maybe katy wants to be addressed as a boy now. maybe katy will have a change of heart later. maybe the child is bigendered. who knows. let the kid decide for himself and do what makes him happy
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Teacher thought girl looked like girl
called said girl a girl
somehow defamed as transphobic in lieu of a 6 year old without a developed brain who cannot make decisions themselves
What if the teacher in question just thought that the student was confused because they didn't understand, think about it. When I was a little boy my females used to play dress up with me and dress me like a girl, I wasn't aware that I looked like a girl because I was too young to make that judgement. How can this 6 year old know they're a girl or a boy?
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lol
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The fact that they are pushing the teacher to do follow along with what the kid wants to identify means the parents are being beyond open minded and are encouraging it. Its just as silly as making the teacher calling the child aquaman. Its a child they dont understand the meaning of what they are doing and comparing this to actual adults who have trouble identifying with a gender is really dumb
Well, it's more focusing on the teachers being fired for calling the child a girl, in their eyes the 6 year old child is a girl. I understand self identifying, but how can you self identify as anything before you even hit puberty?
Girls usually begin to experience puberty between the ages of 8 and 12, while boys begin between the ages of 9 and 14
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Where's the 'maybe' option
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Pretty bad parents if you ask me
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The real problem with this is that somehow this got on the news and lawyers are involved over a fickle matter between a grown adult and a 6 year old
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6 year olds don't know how to make life decisions. they aren't even cognitively developed. this whole discussion is really weird
if this was a gay kid being forced to "act straight" by his parents then it would be wrong, correct? so in the same way i think it's wrong to force a gender on your 6 year old good lord
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I didn't realize a 6 year old could make an educated decision on gender indentity
there is a very distinct difference though between a child who is identifying as trans on their own as opposed to their parents pushing gender identity onto them
it's very unfair to bring that article as a topic starter considering it's pretty biased heavily in the teacher's favour (pronoun choice throughout the article, positive portrayal of the teacher and her lawyer, etc
i.e. you don't really know if it's the kid's choice or the parent's choice or what the kid thinks but the article clearly doesn't care about that and only cares about inciting bigotry
