Students to be Expelled if They Speak Out Against Transgenders

It is now an expellable offense to speak out against “gender identity” in the Fairfax County School district in Virginia.  The school board held a one-sided meeting, hearing only the 12 pro-trans witnesses to weigh their decision, while tossing parents out of the meeting who were forced to yell their opinions from their seats.

The new regulation that students and parents must sign in agreement with is as follows: ‘No student in FCPS shall … on the basis of gender identity … be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity.’

This “discrimination” language means that a student who speaks out against the “gender identity” ideology can be disciplined, and presumably suspended and even expelled, according to board member Elizabeth Schultz, who opposed the change.

Schultz says the school district — which is one of the largest in the country, with 187,000 students — “punishes students all the time for what they say on social media, even outside of the school year. Without a doubt, students will be punished for saying negative things on Facebook and Twitter about transgenderism.”

The school board went back on the original statement that it would only change discipline regarding the new “gender identity” policy, after a long study and open hearings, where every one could voice their opinions.

Instead, the board was informed on the night of June 8, Wednesday, that the discipline issue would be considered on Thursday night.One of the objections from Schultz and two other board members is how the issue came to be considered on Thursday night. Last year, they were promised a lengthy investigation and a full hearing. Instead, it was foisted upon them with less than 24 hours-notice.

On Monday, officials quietly invited people to speak at the event  — but all 12 slot were taken in eight minutes by 12 pro-trans witnesses. “How did they know three days in advance, even before the board knew, that this issue would be considered on Thursday night?” Schultz asked.

Numerous issues must be discussed, but Schultz said questions like “who can play on what teams, what bathrooms students will be allowed to use. We keep putting things into practice without even considering the ramifications,” went unanswered.  Another unanswered question was,  “who can play on what teams and what bathrooms people can use.”

Schultz says one of the problems in instituting such regulations is uncertainty about what they mean. For example, Schultz asked board legal counsel on Thursday whether “a boy who identifies as a boy is included in gender identity protections?”

In a very testy exchange, the legal counsel said he did not know. Board member Ryan McElveen, who sponsored the trans motion, told Schultz the question was inappropriate.

In a report, issued by the American College of Pediatricians, it stated that transgenderism in children is dangerous as it has been determined that testosterone shots and other medical interventions are a type of child abuse.

Is the school board in Fairfax County afraid that it will lose Federal funding should they allow dissent from the tax payers?  No longer are the true needs of reading, writing and arithmetic being addressed, but rather an experiment in social engineering that has medical evidence showing it is harmful to children and society as a whole.

Source: Breitbart