Blue Ridge Style & Beyond
Again, clarity from Transwoman, (biological male) Lia Thomas.
Despite British Cycling suspending the policy last month, transgender cyclists in the UK are still competing in women’s races.
Do we have eyes to see? And minds and hearts to know?
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Malicious Misgendering1Not using a preferred pronoun or saying a trans-man is NOT a woman. and “deadnaming” is being considered as a major offense resulting in up to 5 days suspension if a new policy is adopted by the Fairfax County Schools of Virginia.
The Fairfax County Public Schools Students Rights and Responsibilities (SRR) handbook, which will be voted on May 26, includes in its updated version rules that make “malicious deadnaming” and “malicious misgendering” of classmates a Level 4 offense, which allows for a suspension up to five days “if frequency and intensity are present,” according to page 19 of the document. “Using slurs based upon the actual or perceived gender identity” is forbidden under the rules of the document, “which includes, but is not limited to, malicious deadnaming or malicious misgendering.” The document defines “deadnaming” as “when someone, intentionally or not, refers to a person who is transgender or gender-expansive by a name other than their own chosen name.” Source: NY Post
I’m all for being kind to confused people. So I would use someone’s preferred name since I believe names are conventional.
BUT,
I would refuse to use preferred pronouns that don’t match biological reality. Which also means you can’t be a Plural Person either.
For example: they / them / theirs will not be used in reference to one person. Example: Janice scored well on their final paper; they received an A.
That is irrational! It is rebellion against bodily reality.
When in the presence of someone confused about the sex they were born with, out of courtesy, I will use their preferred name. And skip the pronouns.
And I would teach my children and grandchildren to do the same.
We live in a confused world that needs a lot of love but zero capitulation if that world insists on denying the world God created.
Like some unorthodox Christian groups!
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Love Refuses to Affirm Confusion
Bizarre, but true.
For most people, the term “Title IX investigation” calls to mind allegations of rape, groping, unwanted sexual advances or a pervasive pattern of verbal abuse. Think again. A Wisconsin school district opened a Title IX sexual-harassment investigation against 8th graders for calling a student ‘her’ instead of ‘them.’ - Source: Wall Street Journal
The lawyers for those 8th graders continue their opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal with this:
The district appears to believe that once a student announces different pronouns to others, any subsequent use of the biologically and grammatically correct pronouns—even when not directed to the student—may be punishable as sexual harassment under Title IX. We hope Kiel (Wisconsin) is an outlier, but it may not be. A school board in Virginia is reportedly considering adding a policy to prohibit “malicious misgendering.” The Biden administration is about to unveil its long-awaited update to Title IX regulations and, given the president’s pronouncement that transgender discrimination is the civil-rights issue of our time, it wouldn’t be surprising if the new rules call for the policing of pronouns. All of this may soon be coming to a school near you. - Source: Wall Street Journal
UPDATE: The Fairfax County School Board was initially scheduled to consider this change to the Student Rights and Responsibilities guide at their May meeting, but they rescheduled discussion of the topic to June 16.
The past was far from perfect, but we did know the difference between boys and girls.
Parents and Citizens, get involved.
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Love Refuses to Affirm Confusion