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Transgender families press education secretary on rights
Associated Press ^ | Mar. 9, 2017 5:12 PM EST | Maria Danilova

Posted on 03/09/2017 2:43:03 PM PST by Olog-hai

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos watched a transgender girl eat apple sauce and draw and listened to another student’s emotional story of feeling marginalized at school, as activists pressed DeVos to make good on her promise to protect all students.

Parents and activists who met with DeVos on Wednesday said they thought she was moved by their stories, but they still left with little hope that she would be a strong advocate for transgender children. […]

Attending the meeting were Ellie Ford, a 5-year-old transgender girl, and high school student Grace Dolan-Sandrino, who told DeVos the middle school she attended did not let her use the girls’ bathroom — as the Obama guidance was not in place then. …

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1 posted on 03/09/2017 2:43:03 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Transgender is a mental illness. Send them to John Hopkins


2 posted on 03/09/2017 2:45:42 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Olog-hai

She would have been best off calling social services on the 5 year old’s mother for child abuse. I think I can correctly assume there is no father present in the family.

What a sick, sick way to raise a kid.


3 posted on 03/09/2017 2:46:46 PM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: Olog-hai

“.... a 5-year-old transgender girl...”

(more likely some really effed up parents)


4 posted on 03/09/2017 2:46:59 PM PST by telstar12.5 (...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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To: Olog-hai

No 5 year old is transgender.


5 posted on 03/09/2017 2:47:11 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Olog-hai

You can’t be transgender any more than you can be a unicorn or a sorcerer. You are born male or female. Period.


6 posted on 03/09/2017 2:48:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Olog-hai

the correct answer is “You have all the rights that everyone else has- what we will not cave in on though is SPECIAL rights that coddle your mental illness- You WILL use the bathroom of the sex on your birth certificate- You are free to Think you are anything that you like- but you are not free to force everyone else to ignore scientific facts and biology”


7 posted on 03/09/2017 2:48:23 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Nifster

AMEN!!!!!!!!
It infuriates me that this mental illness is being promoted as freakin normaal! (Emphasis on the word “FREAKIN”!!)


8 posted on 03/09/2017 2:49:37 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: Olog-hai
Attending the meeting were Ellie Ford, a 5-year-old transgender girl, and high school student Grace Dolan-Sandrino, who told DeVos the middle school she attended did not let her use the girls’ bathroom
It's because you're a boy. Mommy needs some talking to since she's screwing you up and forcing you to play dress up.
9 posted on 03/09/2017 2:51:17 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Bob434

Good answer. And I agree with the other FReepers that a 5 year old can only be “transgender” through some negligence on the part of her parent/s.


10 posted on 03/09/2017 2:54:24 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Olog-hai

WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos watched a transspecies puppy eat Purina dog chow and chase sticks and listened to another transspecies student’s emotional story of feeling marginalized at school, as activists pressed DeVos to make good on her promise to protect all students.

Parents and activists who met with DeVos on Wednesday said they thought she was moved by their stories, but they still left with little hope that she would be a strong advocate for transspecies children.

The meeting at the Education Department came two weeks after the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance that instructed schools to let students use trees, litter boxes, birdcages, and other facilities in line with their stated species identity, not just restrooms that match their assigned species at birth. The decision was strongly condemned by civil rights groups, who said that it would harm already highly vulnerable students, but it was applauded by conservatives, who said the guidelines violated the safety and privacy of all other students.

“Cruel and harmful! Students who identify as pigeons should be allowed to perch on a statue to do their business,” said Captain Flint, a well-known trans-parrot advocate.

Attending the meeting were Lassie Ford, a 5-year-old transspecies puppy, and high school student Princess Dolan-Sandrino, who told DeVos the middle school she attended did not let her lift her leg at trees or even fire hydrants — as the Obama guidance was not in place then.

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Why are we not celebrating mental illness and reinforcing the delusions of these sick children? It is cruel to make weak people face reality [Which is also why we coddle liberals who are not yet ready to hear who won the 2016 presidential election.]


11 posted on 03/09/2017 2:55:09 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What I really, really wish for is that Obola and Moochele would declare themselves eagles, climb to the top of the Washington Monument, flap their ‘wings”, screech like eagles, and jump off, taking their vile spawn with them for flying lessons. Then I’d wait for the giant SPLAT! and laugh my behind off.


12 posted on 03/09/2017 2:55:55 PM PST by libstripper (nd)
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13 posted on 03/09/2017 2:57:58 PM PST by Trillian
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To: telstar12.5

What does that even mean a transgendered girl? A feminine boy or masculine girl?


14 posted on 03/09/2017 3:01:41 PM PST by This I Wonder32460
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can be more feminine or masculine though, which doesn’t mean you are the opposite of the sex you were born, it means you are a feminine male or a masculine female.


15 posted on 03/09/2017 3:02:50 PM PST by This I Wonder32460
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To: Trillian

Nano (top, born a female human) is a trans-cat, and Boomer (bottom, born a male human) is a trans-dog [no, I'm not making this up]. It's perfectly normal. See, there are others, so it must be normal. They all deserve special rights because they are just as normal as everyone else! And if you don't agree, then you're a racist, prejudiced against the canine race, anti-feline, or otherwise a bigot.

16 posted on 03/09/2017 3:06:05 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos watched a transspecies puppy eat Purina dog chow and chase sticks and listened to another transspecies student’s emotional story of feeling marginalized at school, as activists pressed DeVos to make good on her promise to protect all students.”

So if one of them just took a dump in her office floor, does she just whack it with a rolled up newspaper?


17 posted on 03/09/2017 3:06:58 PM PST by Clay Moore (JRandomFreeper, SWAMPSNIPER RIP)
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To: Olog-hai

Note to Betsy DeVos:

Out of sympathy and compassion to “transgender” students, schools SHOULD make some accommodations, which should be single-person restroom and locker room facilities for the “transgender” student, for the moments they need them.

There, problem solved, with compassion and empathy for ALL the students.


18 posted on 03/09/2017 3:08:39 PM PST by Wuli
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To: Clay Moore

Isn’t that how it’s done?


19 posted on 03/09/2017 3:09:50 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Bob434

Yes, to the rest of us, it does appear to be attention seeking behavior (Munchhausen’s) and the need to feel special rather then to feel real and or normal. And it’s amazing the anger some of these folks can show when they are denied the desired recognition they crave from others, because the others aren’t able nor willing to buy into what they perceive as fantasy or mental illness.


20 posted on 03/09/2017 3:13:05 PM PST by This I Wonder32460 (Understanding is a two way street.)
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