Friday, September 30, 2011

Apparently, acknowledging that gay and trans people exist "confuses" children!

This image ran as a full page ad in the National Post.



I am almost amused by some of their arguments... the right hand column has a few items that appear to be taken directly from the curriculum... here are the examples of "bad" things for kids to learn;

Discuss ways to challenge these notions so that people have more choice in who they are and what they want to do

Read some traditional folk tales and fairy tales with the class. Have students write/illustrate their own “gender-bending” versions

The class discusses the significance of Toronto’s annual Pride Week celebrations

Search imagines of Pride Week… make posters for the [school board] float and/or school bus that are in the Pride Parade. Additionally, students could have their own Pride Parade at their school


My only question is where do I sign my kids up for this kind of education, and can we have it in all grades and all schools? At first I thought it was a joke, like, using good arguments to make the opposite point of what it appeared to be making, but their website suggests these are their actual arguments.


Edited to add:

I just came across this response ad here... I can't figure out how to embed the picture, but check out the link!


1 comment:

  1. I think delibrately avoiding teaching children about transgender people is going to confuse transgender children, and even cisgender children, when the make some transgender or genderqueer friends. Seems elementary, really.

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