KIDS AND GENDER – WE HAVE TO (BE ABLE TO) TALK ABOUT IT
For the Boston Globe, Lisa Selin Davis writes that “we on the left need to be able to scrutinize and talk about what schools and the broader culture are teaching our kids about sex and gender without being dismissed as hateful,” and that “silencing critiques, debate, and science…[is not] actually good for children, whether or not they are gender-atypical.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/21/opinion/kids-gender-we-have-be-able-talk-about-it/
USAF ACADEMY INSTRUCTION: NIX ‘GENDERED’ WORDS LIKE ‘MOM’
The Washington Examiner reports that the U.S. Air Force Academy’s diversity and inclusion training reportedly instructs cadets to avoid using “gendered” words like “mom and dad.” “Some families are headed by single parents, grandparents, foster parents, two moms, two dads, etc.: consider ‘parent or caregiver’ instead of ‘mom and dad,’” the training reportedly states. “Use words that include all genders: ‘Folks’ or ‘Y’all’ instead of ‘guys’; ‘partner’ vs. ‘boyfriend or girlfriend.’”
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY HAS 19% MATH PROFICIENCY
The Daily Wire reports that the San Leandro High School has a social justice academy dedicated to gender and ethnic studies, intersectionality, and social and emotional skill development oriented toward activism while failing to teach its students basic math, science, and reading skills.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-school-with-social-justice-academy-has-19-math-proficiency
GOP SENATORS CONFRONT FDA OVER ‘TRANS’ DRUG
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-TN, and Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pressing the federal agency to provide data on the effects of a puberty-inhibiting drug recently warned about by some medical experts. The drug is designed to inhibit the onset of puberty in children with a rare condition that causes puberty to come dangerously early. But the practitioners of “trans medicine” administer the drug to physically healthy minors.
18-YEAR-OLD HEROINE
An 18-year-old woman is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful voices against “transitioning” children at a moment when most politicians and media outlets lack the courage to speak out. Chloe Cole is a self-described “former trans kid” who de-transitioned after undergoing years of puberty blockers and an irreversible double mastectomy at the age of 15. Read what Cole has to say in this courageous interview with the Catholic News Agency.
Here Chloe Cole shares her experience and warns that young children are being exploited by the trans movement.
HELPING GEN Z TO FLOURISH
Loneliness, epidemic depression, and suicide are on the rise among Gen Z. But there are three things that make actual, measurable differences: adults, religion, and Scripture. How does our Oakwood community engage our youth to help them tackle the challenges of life? This article gives some suggestions.
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/09/19/walking-with-generation-z-steps-toward-flourishing/
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