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Three Christian school counselors who 'misgendered' trans students at Massachusetts middle school are put on leave over claims they engaged in 'conversion therapy'
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 23, 2023 | Kamal Sultan

Posted on 05/23/2023 5:38:37 PM PDT by Morgana

Three Christian school counselors who 'misgendered' transgender students at a Massachusetts middle school have been put on leave over claims they engaged in 'conversion therapy'.

Delinda Dykes, Hector Santos and Tania Cabrera were accused of not using students self-declared pronouns and calling them by their birth names used before transition at Amherst Regional Middle School (ARMS).

The trio are also said to have failed to provide support for those facing gender-based bullying and have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation takes place.

Santos is accused of performing 'conversion therapy' and Dykes is alleged to have prayed against an LGBT 'demon 'that wants to confuse our children' and 'handed out chocolate crucifixes'.

The allegations were made in a student-run newspaper using anonymous sources.

All three counselors are accused of misgendering students and referring to them by their birth name instead of the name they now use after their transition.

Student newspaper Graphic said the allegations stem from the 'religious beliefs' of Santos and Dykes who according to an anonymous source 'frequently expressed their religious views' at work.

A secretary, who spoke under the pseudonym of John, claimed Dykes and Santos invited him to a 'private prayer circle' before school.

And he became uncomfortable when Dykes, who is said to have been named interim principal in November, allegedly began the prayer with: 'In the name of Jesus, we bind that [LGBT] gay demon that wants to confuse our children.'

John felt an immediate 'tightness in my chest' and looked to the door 'wanting to run.'

The post from May 9 added that Santos allegedly posted religiously worded anti-LGBTQ material on his public Facebook page.

He is said to have referred to Adam and Eve, 'gay conversion' and 'freedom in Jesus' in the posts.

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Anyone heard of this Christian School?
1 posted on 05/23/2023 5:38:37 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

‘misgendered’ transgender students


is there a law against that?


2 posted on 05/23/2023 5:41:41 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: metmom; Steely Tom; Chode; PGR88; Ann Archy

Help me out here please.

Are they school counselors who are Christian? or are they counselors in a Christian school?


3 posted on 05/23/2023 5:43:25 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Amherst Regional Middle School (ARMS)


not a Christian school but Christians in a regular school.


4 posted on 05/23/2023 5:44:14 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Morgana

Not a Christian school. Christian counselors working in public school setting in the second most leftist extremist area of New England


5 posted on 05/23/2023 5:45:24 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: PeterPrinciple

Thanks I was really confused.


6 posted on 05/23/2023 5:45:33 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Dykes is alleged to have prayed against an LGBT ‘demon ‘that wants to confuse our children’ and ‘handed out chocolate crucifixes’.


alleged........

https://www.amazon.com/chocolate-crosses-easter/s?k=chocolate+crosses+for+easter


7 posted on 05/23/2023 5:45:45 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Morgana

I misgender to release stress.

Bruce Jenner, Bruce Jenner, Bruce Jenner.

Wow, I am much more at ease now.


8 posted on 05/23/2023 5:46:28 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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Schools are supposed to be focused on the business of education, instructing in stuff like reading, writing, math, sciences - they have no business being involved in screening students for medical procedures. That's getting off into medical malfeasance, where civil & criminal penalties can and should apply.
 
 

9 posted on 05/23/2023 5:49:04 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Biblebelter

Me too! Ellen Page, Ellen Page, Ellen Page!


10 posted on 05/23/2023 6:09:24 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lapsus calami

EXACTLY...WHY does the education system want to sexualize children?


11 posted on 05/23/2023 6:12:59 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: Morgana

So was I.


12 posted on 05/23/2023 6:16:45 PM PDT by madison10
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To: goodnesswins
EXACTLY...WHY does the education system want to sexualize children?

It's pretty obvious. Think about it.

13 posted on 05/23/2023 6:17:22 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Morgana

So, telling the truth is “misgendering”?
The left has indeed perfected the art of m*sturbating on the English language. ‘Twould appear that folks who pursued English as an academic major lost the pursuit, so they cannot be depended upon as anything other than a silly joke should we ask them what the hell that word means.


14 posted on 05/23/2023 6:19:39 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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EXACTLY...WHY does the education system want to sexualize children?

Same reason John Dillinger wanted to rob banks.

15 posted on 05/23/2023 6:58:49 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: PeterPrinciple

This is what a collapsed society that embraces Satan & insanity looks like.


16 posted on 05/23/2023 7:06:08 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: PeterPrinciple

Good, because this is Satanic & prayer can help.


17 posted on 05/23/2023 7:09:07 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Morgana

Wait for the lawsuits from frankentrans who sue the docs that “misgendered” them at birth.


18 posted on 05/23/2023 7:24:10 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: ladyjane

It was rhetorical...


19 posted on 05/23/2023 8:04:24 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: Morgana

take the school to court- this was in no way ‘conversion therapy’- it’s asinine to even claim that


20 posted on 05/23/2023 8:30:46 PM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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