Where this is coming from is thinking about the MANY kids my daughter knows who are either nonbinary (agender, gender fluid, etc...) or trans. Early in the school year she dealt with the meltdown of one friend when their parents refused to order them a tuxedo for their choir outfit and made them wear a dress. Her best friend has been virtually unreachable practically all year because they are grounded from all forms of communication by their parents because of their "bad choices". (These choices include being attracted to girls and being nonbinary...) She has had to resort to checking up on them via mutual friends that go to their school and occasionally chating via other people's phones. And her boyfriend's parents are, last I heard, totally not accepting his pronoun or name preferences. (I don't know if her boyfriend is trans or nonbinary presenting male, but he prefers masculine pronouns and wants to be called by a masculine name instead of his birth name.) As far as I can tell, only one of her friends at school who is either nonbinary or trans has the support of their parents.
So... yeah... you guys rock! And there is a disproportionately large number of kids at IMSA who are LGBTQ+... (I think the biggest issue their SPECTRUM organization (GSA equivalent) is dealing with at their school is the need for more, and more conveniently located, gender neutral bathrooms for use by the nonbinary and trans students. The only one in the building is a "family restroom" located near the gym, most likely because of the fact that families attend basketball and volleyball games there... It makes it hard for the students who need those facilities to use them during passing times. The fact that there are enough students in need of these facilities to make is an issue is ... different.)Statistics: Posted by Zen — Wed May 25, 2016 12:32 pm
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