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Litter Boxes for Students Who Identify as Furries? Not So, Says School Official[Michigan]
The New York Times ^ | 23 Jan 2022 | Isabella Grullón Paz

Posted on 01/23/2022 6:08:19 AM PST by Theoria

A Michigan school superintendent debunked the rumor after a video from a December school board meeting resurfaced in which a speaker airs concerns about students who “identify as cats.”

It started with a comment at a school board meeting, which was later amplified by a Michigan state Republican leader, and culminated with a school superintendent explaining that, no, there were no litter boxes on school grounds for students to use if they identified as furries.

“It is unconscionable that this afternoon I am sending this communication,” the superintendent of Midland Public Schools, Michael Sharrow, wrote on Thursday in an email to parents that was also shared on Facebook. “However, our Midland PS stakeholders may be confused about a false message/accusation that has resurfaced this week and is gaining traction in the social media realm.”

The rumor that furries — people who have an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters and sometimes dress up as them — used litter boxes in the school district, which is about two hours northwest of Detroit, appears to have started at a school board session last month, based on a video of the meeting.

A member of the public who spoke at the meeting, Lisa Hansen, says in the video that she was informed by someone the day before the meeting that litter boxes had been added to the “unisex bathrooms” for students who “identify as cats.”

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“I was stunned,” Ms. Hansen says in the video. “And today I am equally stunned and a little bit upset — well, not a little bit, a lot of bit upset.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: education; furries; lisahansen; michaelsharrow; michigan; midlandpublic; school
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To: Theoria
One of the very first thing my mother taught me was the difference between fantasy and reality.
Some kids, and too many teachers, are deficient in reality grounding.

21 posted on 01/23/2022 7:12:45 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Theoria
So, they admit they don't even have them for Furries?

That is animalist and entirely unfair to our fellow Furry citizens.

Fire this superintendent!

22 posted on 01/23/2022 7:26:46 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Theoria

This is (yet another) bizarre thing I only recently learned about. Some people who call themselves “furries” are merely people who like dressing up as animals - merely an affection for being in costume. Weird, but harmless.

Then there are those for whom they literally believe they are animals and even in some cases it is a bizarre and disturbing sexual orientation.


23 posted on 01/23/2022 7:44:56 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Theoria

WTAF? We stumbled into a gaggle of them here in town for a week long convention a few years back. WHAT? Butt, I guess like some weird ‘cosplay’ thing it works for somebody.


24 posted on 01/23/2022 7:45:08 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Deplorable American1776

That was called Halloween.
Nicely done


25 posted on 01/23/2022 7:46:56 AM PST by RWGinger (Does anyone else really )
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To: Republican Wildcat

And there are those that hold sex parties in costume


26 posted on 01/23/2022 7:46:59 AM PST by Hulka
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To: Theoria
Lisa Hansen, says in the video that she was informed by someone the day before the meeting that litter boxes had been added to the “unisex bathrooms” for students who “identify as cats.”

In today’s bonkers, bizzarro world, that is perfectly plausible. It’s not shocking people would believe it.

But what REALLY upsets me is that the Superintendent didn’t immediately put litter boxes in all the bathroom stalls to accommodate the special needs of these marginalized cat-students. That is not an inclusive school policy. He needs to be fired immediately for such awful lack of respect and inclusion.

27 posted on 01/23/2022 7:47:12 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: Toespi

““furries” have been exempted.”

Come in! Tell us you made that up!


28 posted on 01/23/2022 7:49:51 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: lucky american

Substitute teacher will no longer be calles to that one school because she refused to meow back to a student who apparently identifies as a cat.


29 posted on 01/23/2022 7:49:58 AM PST by Chicory
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To: srmanuel

Exactly right. The fact that this story is even plausible is what is so worrying.

A mere decade ago it would not have gotten any traction at all because it is so utterly ridiculous and loony. But in 2022 it is completely plausible.

This “trans” BS is another perfect example of “mass formation psychosis.”


30 posted on 01/23/2022 7:54:38 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: southernindymom

Sand boxes for those who identify as cats..
Those who think they are dogs can just poop anywhere.
Those who identify as hogs can just turn around and eat their pop!
Those who identify as birds can rush over and eat the poop of others.


31 posted on 01/23/2022 7:55:18 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (BACK IN FACEBOOK JAIL, Another 30 days. On GAB now. Some real cranks there!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

I remember the series CSI years ago that incorporated furries into one of their episodes.


32 posted on 01/23/2022 7:58:19 AM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: southernindymom

They should identify as the patient of a shrink.


33 posted on 01/23/2022 8:14:00 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ivermectin should be available for sale over the counter in the United States of America)
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To: Republican Wildcat

If someone dresses as a cat for a halloween party it’s a costume.
If they do it other times because they dig it, It’s a fetish.


34 posted on 01/23/2022 8:21:06 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Theoria

I wonder...if Furries are interested in litter boxes, perhaps they are also receptive to neutering and Heart Worm medications. Oh, wait. Most of them are probably already neutered.


35 posted on 01/23/2022 8:30:09 AM PST by Don@VB (Power Corruptsva)
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To: Theoria

Well why not? Anything else goes.


36 posted on 01/23/2022 8:33:52 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Theoria; Liz; SunkenCiv; poconopundit
It started with a comment at a school board meeting, which was later amplified by a Michigan state Republican leader, and culminated with a school superintendent explaining that, no, there were no litter boxes on school grounds for students to use if they identified as furries.

WE DEMAND LITTER BOXES FOR STUDENTS WHO SELF IDENTIFY AS CATS. OR THE FAC (furrier, animal, cat) victim group will have a snit and stomp their little feet... Where's the teacher's union - we need them to support litter boxes...

37 posted on 01/23/2022 8:37:25 AM PST by GOPJ (Joe and Mika are bullies - they get off on fantasies of being able to push people around. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s true. Some students got together and started a petition against the furries dress code exemption. It was ignored. The kids were also asked what they preferred as their gender identity……..he, she, zee etc. I asked my granddaughters how they answered, they said, “I’m a she”.


38 posted on 01/23/2022 9:06:42 AM PST by Toespi ( )
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To: Theoria

I would die laughing if they did install litter boxes.


39 posted on 01/23/2022 9:42:49 AM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (What did Socialists use before candles? Electricity)
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To: Theoria

Big discussion on Twitter, where my cat has an account. Daisy is infuriated at the cultural appropriation.

Or perhaps catural appropriation.


40 posted on 01/23/2022 1:25:43 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness offends me)
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