LGB ErasureMy alma mater used to have a Gay & Lesbian Center

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[–]Tikiri 26 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 0 fun27 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

You think that’s bad? My son’s middle school also has a GSA, re-named “gender and sexuality association”. These are children aged 11-13! It’s sickening. I’m so terrified he’ll get lured into this (we’re in California), that I’m starting to give him the talk about the TRA agenda now, something I never thought I’d have to do.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

What is that talk like? I think middle school is about the time when kids do start to think about sexuality.

I know in 7th grade i suddenly realized that the 1 kid who stayed back 2 grades made me feel really confused when we got to gym class showers. He had kind of hit puberty while everyone else was in the waiting room for their new muscle tone and actual dick... And I was like O_O

[–]Tikiri 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have to more or less wing it because there are no guidelines for this kind of Talk (paging LGB Alliance!). Which sucks because I don’t want my son to think LGB includes T, unless it’s about actual gay/bi trans people, but we haven’t got that far yet. Anyway, I keep reiterating that nothing’s wrong with being gay or bi, but that a man can’t turn into a woman just by taking hormones, and vice versa.

The thing is, I have no idea whether he’ll end up gay, bi, or straight. So, I don’t want him to equate gay or bi with “wrong”, and end up traumatized if he does end up gay or bi. But, at the same time I don’t want him sucked into the TRA/SJW/Genderspecial whirlpool, which is particularly horrible in “woke” states like California. I often just don’t know what to do.

[–]reluctant_commenter 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like you're doing the best you can in a difficult situation. I appreciate you trying, even if it might not feel like you have the perfect words for it all some days. I wish I'd had a parent take a similar approach with me when I was a kid.

[–]jjdub7TERF (Trans Exterminating Reactionary Fascist) 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

we’re in California

Why do you inflict this on your family?

[–]Tikiri 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No choice at the moment. I have to care for an elderly parent and am really too old myself to move someplace else and start over. All this “woke” nonsense descended upon us only recently too, and we were quite immune from it because this is a relatively conservative part of the state.