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Posted on 11/30/2025 7:39:49 PM PST by Morgana
Upset father: ‘My son had no idea what any of this meant, but he knew that it was weird and sick and gross’
A 6th-grade student survey created by the Oregon Health Authority for asks participants, among other things, their “gender identity,” “sexual orientation,” and if they are “transgender.”
The first question under the “Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation” section offers choices such as “Demigirl/Demiboy,” “Genderfluid,” and “Agender”; the second includes “Pansexual,” “Asexual or Aromantic,” and “Something else that fits better (Please tell us more).”
“Demigirl/demiboy” is defined as someone who “partially identifies as a girl/boy or with femininity/masculinity, but not fully.” A “pansexual” is someone who “has the potential for emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way or to the same degree [and] is sometimes used interchangeably with bisexual.”
Choices for the question about being transgender include “Yes,” “No,” “I am not sure,” and “I don’t know what this question is asking.”
Native Americans and Pacific Islanders get a few extra selections on two questions such as “Two Spirit,” “Fa’afafine” (Samoans assigned male at birth but “recognized as a third gender identity and live as women”), and “Takatapui” (a Māori “intimate companion of the same sex”).
The OHA surveys also are given to students in 8th and 11th grade.
Fox News notes father Chuck Gonzales was outraged that his 11 year-old son would be given such a questionnaire. Gonzales said he found out about it “somehow online,” and then couldn’t believe some of the questions.
“It is infuriating that the government, the state of Oregon, and these liberal progressives down in [the capital of] Salem can think that they can go into the bedrooms of our children and ask them about things they have no clue about,” Gonzales said. “My son had no idea what any of this meant, but he knew that it was weird and sick and gross.
“And of course, plenty of people thought that it was completely made up and ridiculous. But when it actually came out, when I posted the link and I had parents private messaging me to send them the link to the survey so they could opt out.”
According to the Oregon Health Authority website, while state law requires school districts to administer the survey, students can say “no thanks”: “Students may choose not to take the survey or may refuse to answer any question on the survey [and] a parent may also opt their student out of participating in the SHS,” the Student Health Survey FAQ reads.
Under the “For Students” section, the OHA reiterates students don’t have to participate but claims “it’s the only way we’ll know how students are doing physically, emotionally and socially.”
The “For Parents” section notes that if parents don’t want their child to take the survey, all they have to do is sign and return the parental notification form so “the school will make sure that [the] child does not take the survey.”
Why should students even bother with the survey in the first place? According to the OHA, it’s because “healthy kids learn better”:
“No curriculum is brilliant enough to compensate for a hungry stomach or a distracted mind. Good health is an essential educational tool. Research shows that healthy students have better attendance, get higher grades and test scores and are less likely to skip school, drop out, or engage in risky behaviors.”
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About 25 years ago, my boys were in middle school and received a similar survey, so it is not new. They were joking about who had the funniest answers (a write-in blank was provided for ‘other’), so these surveys are pretty much garbage.
The winner comment came from one of their friends, who answered the sex question with “Do animals count?”
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