Gaslighting girls

My daughter was in a Respectful Relationships class at high school and a scenario was presented where there was a trans-boy who wanted to use the girls change rooms for PE and some of the girls didn't want her (him) in there.

The girls in this scenario were represented as being 'mean' and 'bullying' the trans-kid. My daughter and her friends sat silently through this lesson as they did not want to bring any negative attention to themselves for being 'unaccepting' and 'excluding' the trans-kid.

During lunch, my daughter and her friends all agreed (privately) that they wouldn't want a boy in their change room and that it would make them feel uncomfortable.

This program takes away the right for young women to set boundaries, and if they attempt to speak up, then they are the ones who are not being 'inclusive' and need to be 'educated' about trans rights.

It takes a lot of courage for a teenager to stand up to this ideology, and no teenager wants to be ostracised for saying the 'wrong' thing by their peers or the school.

Public school testimony

When we enrolled in our local public high school my son’s education was tailored to his needs as much as possible. He struggled with school due to challenging learning disabilities.

The Safe Schools program was introduced in his second year (year 8). This was education exposing children to gender theory at all year levels. The male and female binary was replaced by a gender spectrum. At the time, Caitlin Jenner (formerly known as Bruce Jenner) was the celebrity role model for this new education. Pronouns and gender transition were part of the teachings. Carefully crafted slogans were used like “genitals don’t equal gender”. Activism for the cause was encouraged. Students were directed to websites such as Minus18 (featuring chest binding and penis tucking) and The Tool Shed (an international adult entertainment store).

After contacting the school to express concern, I was invited to an education meeting. No other parents attended. My mum came along as a support person. I thought it would be a small meeting, however there were about 10 staff members present including the student wellbeing officer and principal. It felt like an ambush.

I requested an opt-out as a means of protection for my son, but it wasn’t possible because this belief system blanketed the entire school under the banner of anti-bullying, diversity, tolerance and inclusion. It’s disappointing that my son’s learning difficulties were always taken into consideration with other subjects, but when it came to gender doctrine, they were side-lined and ignored. We made the decision to leave the school when a cross-dressing announcement was made in science class. It congratulated the students on their uniform compliance during 2015 and went on to say that students could wear the uniform of their choice in 2016. They were preparing for the new year with the Safe Schools rollout. The teachers had undergone training by this stage.

I went public in an effort to warn families about the upcoming gender-fluidity education. It was the only way to rapidly raise awareness. The principal responded publicly denying and downplaying my son’s experience, but it happened. Uniform diversity is one of the basic tenets of the Safe Schools religion. Who knows, maybe the principal felt some shame, maybe school reputation was on his mind.

I consider the Safe Schools philosophy abusive, but there’s nowhere to report this crime when most schools are taking part and educators who occupy positions of trust are participating, some are even celebrating. Any education that tells children they could be born in the wrong body is damaging. Duty of care is missing and protective boundaries have been eroded. This experience has highlighted the fact that parents have lost their primary educator role. The state has filled this position. No means yes when it comes to this issue. No parental consent is required.

Parents, please note that the late Colin Billings is reportedly the true founder of Minus18.

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/victoria-news/minus-18-founder-dies/36453

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-05-06/details-of-sex-abuse-victims-dumped-near-shops/424872

Gender doctrine for all

My husband and I are not religious. But when the Andrews Government made the unscientific ‘Safe Schools’ program mandatory in State schools, we knew we had to get our kids out of there. As a medical professional, I was horrified- absolutely horrified- to read the new curriculum and resources, which not only ignored basic, objective facts about human sexual biology, but also taught kids that high-risk sexual activities are to be embraced and explored instead avoided for basic health reasons! Kids were very clearly going to be less safe after sitting through these fantasies parading as education.

We still can’t believe we were forced to go to a Religious School to get good science education for our kids, but we were less concerned about a bit of religious education than we were about outright indoctrination where ‘gender identity’ replaced biological sex.

There were a few little Christian schools around, but we decided to go with the local Catholic school because they seemed to have better grounds and resources. We were specifically reassured by the principal that none of that unscientific transgender theory would enter the school or be taught to our kids, and we just taught our kids our own sexual ethics at home- in fact, I was really pleased with how the Christian view on sexuality was presented in a way that wasn’t homophobic at all.

So, all went well for a while.

But in 2019 I found out that across Victoria there were big changes going on in all the Catholic Schools. After some digging, I found out that all our school policies were quietly altered to replace the word “sex” with the word “gender”.

I was shattered.

I don’t want my kids lied to about their own bodies! I don’t want my kids taught that it’s ok to indulge in hate for their own sexed body! What kind of madness is this? I want my kids taught to accept & treasure and appreciate the only body they will ever have, they only sex they will ever be.

It was even more disappointing for us because Catholic schools have faith-based protections when it comes to maintaining the male/female binary and other biblical beliefs. That’s why we, as atheists (and in fact, all our friends who feel the same way) felt that our kids would be safe in Catholic schools! So why did they cave?

I started asking questions at the school about the change in terminology and we were told by a senior staff member that it wasn’t even required by the government, it was just the direction the leaders had chosen because they wanted to be ‘inclusive’, ‘politically correct’, ‘language compliant’ (what even is that?), ‘language consistent’, and the most disappointing reason of all, we were actually told that this is ‘just the way the world is going’.

It seems that Adam and Eve have evolved and now it’s gender doctrine for all.