Big-time kudos and congrats to the founders of the Genders and Sexualities Alliance ... and an equally sized Bronx Cheer to the parents and faculty who were trying to stop them.
We're talking about kids who are discovering their sexuality here. In multiple cases, that discovery may be of something that doesn't fall inside Β±3 Sigma, and in an environment that generally expect conformance, that can be damned hard. To be able to get together with others of one's own age and be able to discuss experiences and feelings in an accepting group would, to my mind, be hugely beneficial. Meanwhile, the grownups are worrying about ORGIES???
When Christian Nazionalists buy goalposts, they get them factory equipped with wheels. Their actual goal here was to erase LGBTQ kids, and every time the kids proved unerasable, they tried something else to erase them.
What you have here are parents who sure as hell seem to be afraid of their own children, of their maturity and their desire to understand exactly who it is that they are. As I suggested elsewhere, the kids are behaving better than those who are supposed to be their help and guidance.
Age appropriateness? My mother told me she knew I was gay by the age of 4... Did I really choose that early. I surely don't remember doing so. I grew up in 60s and 70s KY... nobody ever explained 'gayness' to me. There are differences in brain architecture between gays, trans, and straights visible on MRI and PET scans. Part of the conservative madness is their ability to deny that anything they disapprove of has any legitimacy or relevance.
They're also afraid of π¦ππ«. My own parents barely scratched the surface with the Baby Boomer typing here, and one would HOPE that the sexual revolution would have done at least a little bit to take the shame and the hesitance out of the topic.
Yet it's 70+ years later, and apparently, sex discussions are still a problem. It's like we've gone NOWHERE in all that time.
Really happy to hear these results. The school board should be disbanded. Imagine trying to make middle school children feel bad about themselves!! The βage-appropriatenessβ takes the cake. Yet they allowed Fellowship of Christian Athletes. If anything, religious divisive groups like that should be banned. They should play sports for their churches if they want religious associated sports. On top of that, those beliefs are based on fairytales. Inappropriate!
I would not be surprised if the kids have to restart the application process, and I would also bet that the district will try to go around any protections the kids have by dragging out the approval for at least the remainder of the school year. Possibly a summer reassignment of the faculty sponsor so the club has to start again after that.
There is a lot to be enraged about here, but what I find most appalling is that the faculty member who originally agreed to sponsor the club was doxxed and called a groomer. Kudos to the kids and the parents who stood up to this discrimination and faux outrage.
If they fear that a teacher is a groomer for sponsoring a club for kids, but ignore what is happening in churches, youth sports and online on TikTok and Roblox then they are a special kind of stupid.
Pretty obvious when Christian kids wanted to form a club and were told they couldnβt because of the rule changes, those very same goalpost-moving board members tried to get THEM in.
Congratulations to those students/tweens/young adults for standing strong and knowing their rights !!! I would love to read about the whole student body having enough courage to put their names on the club registry in support !! It was clearly the supposed adults βin the roomβ who lacked maturity.
Maybe Iβm mistaken, but I believe middle school might be the most appropriate age group for this alliance to exist in as thatβs when kids are going through puberty, dealing with bullies, and figuring out just who the hell there are π€·π»
Awww. I had it the worst in middle school when I refused to make-out with some popular guy and he told everyone I was lesbian to get back at me. Back then, a lesbian was the absolute worst thing! π
He was out to get me throughout high-school as well (although I cared less by then) and even called me years later while I was in college to apologize for his awful behavior. Wild he still believed I ever thought about him or cared π
They're trying to relegate young, becoming adults back into childhood, I suspect because they're not prepared to face the questions they are asking, never mind provide intelligent answers!
I'm reminded of the now-adults who were students at schools that got shot up by crazy people who went on, while still quite young, to be national leaders in the movement to infuse some sanity into our gun laws. Perhaps some of these kids from King George will also turn into the same kind of leaders; they sure showed their mettle, dedication, and organizational skills in this one.
On my 1st cup, I got an appointment that I gotta leave for shortly, and now I have to deal with more assholes. Not my dear tribe here, not the kids at the school, but THOSE PEOPLE!!!!
Here is what stuck in my mind immediately: β That became an issue when a βFellowship of Christian Athletesβ club tried to form but couldnβt because of the new rules, and yet the administrators attempted to justify approval of the FCA by saying it was about leadership, which would make it βcurricular.β (Bullshit.)
They wanted to make the GSA into an orgy club, but the kids werenβt having it. Because in fact, kids that get together and decide that their lives are every bit as valuable as straight kidsβ lives are demonstrating a very particular quality which we will callβ¦
β¦. Wait for it!..
LEADERSHIP!!!!
They are learning to stand up in world that tells them to sit down and shut up. Thatβs called leadership. They are organizing and demanding the right to be themselves in the world that wants them to sit down, shut up, and be someone elseβ OR ELSE!!! that is also called leadership.They are speaking up when the alleged the adults in the room are acting like children, lying about them, who they are, and what they.
What would we call that? My guess is⦠LEADERSHIP!!!
A few days ago, I was slumming at HUFFPOST and one of the school board members, his cousin, or his twin, or is sister motherβ I wasnβt really very clear about the relationshipβ was busy putting down gay people amd their courage in standing up to this garbage. Here is the conversation;
βPoor Kevin. Poor poor Kevin. Thank you for illustrating exactly what I was talking about.
What are you terrified of, Kevin?
Get over myself? What is there to get over, Kevin? Have I claimed that I am a better man than you are? I donβt think so. I mean I am, but I havenβt said so. Have I called heterosexuals inferior? I know I didnβt.
So what are you afraid of, Kevin?
Iβll tell you something, Kevin. Two things actually. One I already said: it takes a great deal of courage to be yourself in a world that tells you to be someone else. Especially when your world that tells you that they will do everything they can to destroy you For the crime of being different.
And the other one, poor persecuted Kevin?
It takes far more courage for a man to walk down the street Holding the hand of the man he loves than it takes to be a member of the group of thugs that want to beat the crap out of them or murder them for doing it.
Something to think about, Kevin.
So this club at the school is very much about courage, leadership, and honesty.
Maybe the school board members can join the club and learn something about it from the kids.
Big-time kudos and congrats to the founders of the Genders and Sexualities Alliance ... and an equally sized Bronx Cheer to the parents and faculty who were trying to stop them.
We're talking about kids who are discovering their sexuality here. In multiple cases, that discovery may be of something that doesn't fall inside Β±3 Sigma, and in an environment that generally expect conformance, that can be damned hard. To be able to get together with others of one's own age and be able to discuss experiences and feelings in an accepting group would, to my mind, be hugely beneficial. Meanwhile, the grownups are worrying about ORGIES???
One has to ask: just who here is the more adult?
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When Christian Nazionalists buy goalposts, they get them factory equipped with wheels. Their actual goal here was to erase LGBTQ kids, and every time the kids proved unerasable, they tried something else to erase them.
What you have here are parents who sure as hell seem to be afraid of their own children, of their maturity and their desire to understand exactly who it is that they are. As I suggested elsewhere, the kids are behaving better than those who are supposed to be their help and guidance.
Which is one hell of a note.
Age appropriateness? My mother told me she knew I was gay by the age of 4... Did I really choose that early. I surely don't remember doing so. I grew up in 60s and 70s KY... nobody ever explained 'gayness' to me. There are differences in brain architecture between gays, trans, and straights visible on MRI and PET scans. Part of the conservative madness is their ability to deny that anything they disapprove of has any legitimacy or relevance.
I'm too tired for cleverness or sarcasm this morning.
Fuck these anti-American asshole bigots.
Good job, kids.
What are these people so afraid of?
Just about everything that's even a little bit different.
a little bit different β¦ like CRIMINAL DONOLD J. TRUMP I hope.
Heβs actually 'A LOT DIFFERENT FROM EVERY ANGLE AND ALTITUDE'.
These same people should be hugely afraid of him, and show it at every election !
β¦ π¦π¦π¦
Difference. Lack of conformity to their narrow little boxes.
They're also afraid of π¦ππ«. My own parents barely scratched the surface with the Baby Boomer typing here, and one would HOPE that the sexual revolution would have done at least a little bit to take the shame and the hesitance out of the topic.
Yet it's 70+ years later, and apparently, sex discussions are still a problem. It's like we've gone NOWHERE in all that time.
It's not surprising that we have gone nowhere. After all, the fundies have been doing their damndest to pull us backwards.
Indeed, it's the fundies who are the poster kids for "SCARED OF SEX!!!"
Tell me about it!
No need. You clearly already know! π
They think being Gay is contagious...
Reality.
Definitely themselves.
My guess, Nogodz....
1) Change.
2) Actually being as powerless as Trump claims they are.
3) Losing the Civil War
Really happy to hear these results. The school board should be disbanded. Imagine trying to make middle school children feel bad about themselves!! The βage-appropriatenessβ takes the cake. Yet they allowed Fellowship of Christian Athletes. If anything, religious divisive groups like that should be banned. They should play sports for their churches if they want religious associated sports. On top of that, those beliefs are based on fairytales. Inappropriate!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Keep up the good fight!
We chortle in our joy! π
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I would not be surprised if the kids have to restart the application process, and I would also bet that the district will try to go around any protections the kids have by dragging out the approval for at least the remainder of the school year. Possibly a summer reassignment of the faculty sponsor so the club has to start again after that.
There is a lot to be enraged about here, but what I find most appalling is that the faculty member who originally agreed to sponsor the club was doxxed and called a groomer. Kudos to the kids and the parents who stood up to this discrimination and faux outrage.
They want groomers? They need look no further than public school classrooms where prayer, 10 Commandments imagery, etc. are being pushed.
If they fear that a teacher is a groomer for sponsoring a club for kids, but ignore what is happening in churches, youth sports and online on TikTok and Roblox then they are a special kind of stupid.
You just know this school board is full of 'god fearin christians' who 'love their neighbors*'.
*neighbors must be straight, white, christian nationalists.
Pretty obvious when Christian kids wanted to form a club and were told they couldnβt because of the rule changes, those very same goalpost-moving board members tried to get THEM in.
Congratulations to those students/tweens/young adults for standing strong and knowing their rights !!! I would love to read about the whole student body having enough courage to put their names on the club registry in support !! It was clearly the supposed adults βin the roomβ who lacked maturity.
Also congrats to the parents that stood by their kids.
What. You. Said! πππ
Huzzah for the good guys!
No matter what the topic of the day, I think we all know that tomorrow is likely to be ALL ABOUT "Kash's bestiality blaming" problem.
Just in case anyone thinks that foofaraw is kidding here:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-fbi-bestiality-senate-hearing-b3050628.html
Kash? SERIOUSLY??? I mean What The Actual FUCK???
"Now, point on this doll to where the bad sheep touched you..."
[GROAN!!!] π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ
Perhaps he thinks that since almost no one pronounces it properly, then maybe no one actually even knows what it means.
At times I wonder if Kash knows which shoe goes on which foot! π€ͺπ
I'll be sure to try to get a good nights' sleep and be fully rested!
(This might even be fun!)
Maybe Iβm mistaken, but I believe middle school might be the most appropriate age group for this alliance to exist in as thatβs when kids are going through puberty, dealing with bullies, and figuring out just who the hell there are π€·π»
Middle school and high school both. Lots of late bloomers out there. (I know - I was one!)
Awww. I had it the worst in middle school when I refused to make-out with some popular guy and he told everyone I was lesbian to get back at me. Back then, a lesbian was the absolute worst thing! π
He was out to get me throughout high-school as well (although I cared less by then) and even called me years later while I was in college to apologize for his awful behavior. Wild he still believed I ever thought about him or cared π
They keep using those terms βage-appropriateness,β βparental transparency,β & βdevelopmentally ready.β
I donβt think they mean what the KGSB think they do.
They're trying to relegate young, becoming adults back into childhood, I suspect because they're not prepared to face the questions they are asking, never mind provide intelligent answers!
I'm reminded of the now-adults who were students at schools that got shot up by crazy people who went on, while still quite young, to be national leaders in the movement to infuse some sanity into our gun laws. Perhaps some of these kids from King George will also turn into the same kind of leaders; they sure showed their mettle, dedication, and organizational skills in this one.
On my 1st cup, I got an appointment that I gotta leave for shortly, and now I have to deal with more assholes. Not my dear tribe here, not the kids at the school, but THOSE PEOPLE!!!!
Here is what stuck in my mind immediately: β That became an issue when a βFellowship of Christian Athletesβ club tried to form but couldnβt because of the new rules, and yet the administrators attempted to justify approval of the FCA by saying it was about leadership, which would make it βcurricular.β (Bullshit.)
They wanted to make the GSA into an orgy club, but the kids werenβt having it. Because in fact, kids that get together and decide that their lives are every bit as valuable as straight kidsβ lives are demonstrating a very particular quality which we will callβ¦
β¦. Wait for it!..
LEADERSHIP!!!!
They are learning to stand up in world that tells them to sit down and shut up. Thatβs called leadership. They are organizing and demanding the right to be themselves in the world that wants them to sit down, shut up, and be someone elseβ OR ELSE!!! that is also called leadership.They are speaking up when the alleged the adults in the room are acting like children, lying about them, who they are, and what they.
What would we call that? My guess is⦠LEADERSHIP!!!
A few days ago, I was slumming at HUFFPOST and one of the school board members, his cousin, or his twin, or is sister motherβ I wasnβt really very clear about the relationshipβ was busy putting down gay people amd their courage in standing up to this garbage. Here is the conversation;
βPoor Kevin. Poor poor Kevin. Thank you for illustrating exactly what I was talking about.
What are you terrified of, Kevin?
Get over myself? What is there to get over, Kevin? Have I claimed that I am a better man than you are? I donβt think so. I mean I am, but I havenβt said so. Have I called heterosexuals inferior? I know I didnβt.
So what are you afraid of, Kevin?
Iβll tell you something, Kevin. Two things actually. One I already said: it takes a great deal of courage to be yourself in a world that tells you to be someone else. Especially when your world that tells you that they will do everything they can to destroy you For the crime of being different.
And the other one, poor persecuted Kevin?
It takes far more courage for a man to walk down the street Holding the hand of the man he loves than it takes to be a member of the group of thugs that want to beat the crap out of them or murder them for doing it.
Something to think about, Kevin.
So this club at the school is very much about courage, leadership, and honesty.
Maybe the school board members can join the club and learn something about it from the kids.
LEADERSHIP?!? EEEEK! Next thing you know, the kids will be talking about [ohmygoodness!] SELF-OWNERSHIP and AGENCY!
Whatever shall the parents do THEN??? π±
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rightsβ¦.
Radical.