Tag: gender

Appeals Court Sides With Indiana School in Firing Christian Teacher Who Rejects Transgender Pronouns

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling that it was lawful for a school district in Indiana to fire a music teacher who refused to call students by their preferred gender pronouns and names. John Kluge, a former music theory and orchestra teacher at Brownsburg High School, was ordered in 2017…


Gender Curricula May Be Fueling a Dangerous Fad Detrimental to Children’s Mental Health: Psychologists

Gender and sex education curricula in schools have become a highly contentious topic in recent years. The programs are becoming widespread, and while they may appear to be designed to respond to increasing gender dysphoria, mental health professionals are concerned that they may cause irreparable harm to children. Curriculum implementation has been met with mixed reactions from parents, teachers, and policymakers. While some argue that gender education promotes healthy…


LIVE 12 PM ET: NTD News Today (March 22): Pentagon Doctors Pushing for Transgender Procedures on Kids; UNESCO Under Fire Over CCP Atrocities

Some military doctors are saying kids as young as seven can make their own health decisions. They also say children experiencing gender dysphoria should be given medication right away. UNESCO, the United Nations agency dealing with education and culture, is under fire. It faces accusations of being complicit in ongoing atrocities by the CCP against…


NTD News Today (March 22): Pentagon Doctors Pushing for Transgender Procedures on Kids; UNESCO Under Fire Over CCP Atrocities

Some military doctors are saying kids as young as seven can make their own health decisions. They also say children experiencing gender dysphoria should be given medication right away. UNESCO, the United Nations agency dealing with education and culture, is under fire. It faces accusations of being complicit in ongoing atrocities by the CCP against…


Bill Defining Sex as Biological Gender Passes Tennessee Senate, Moves to House

Tennessee lawmakers are deliberating a bill that would define male and female in state law based on a person’s biological sex at birth. The proposed law would require government-issued IDs to “accurately reflect” the sex marker of a person’s original birth certificate. Tennessee Senate Bill 1440 would create a new subsection in the state’s legal…


Watchdog Group Accuses California’s First Lady of Profiting by Showing ‘Gender Justice’ Films to Schoolchildren

SAN FRANCISCO—Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, has been criticized for allegedly making a profit by screening her “gender justice” films to public school children. The scrutiny comes from a nonpartisan government watchdog group called Open the Books, which claimed that “Siebel Newsom spent years laying the ideological groundwork and political…


Roald Dahl Books Rewritten to Remove ‘Offensive’ and Non-Gender-Neutral Language

New editions of Roald Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by the publisher Puffin Books, including the words “fat” and “ugly.” A note from Puffin at the beginning of the new editions, which have been viewed by The Telegraph, reads: “The wonderful words of Roald Dahl can transport you to different worlds…


Ontario School Board Trustee Banned for Gender, Critical Race Theory Comments

A school board in the Durham region of Ontario drafted a new human rights policy, and when one trustee voiced her concerns about it she was banned from attending future meetings. Trustee Linda Stone’s criticisms included the policy’s use of the term “white supremacy,” and that the policy would keep parents in the dark if…


Social Worker Says She Was Fired Over Gender Views, Association With Jordan Peterson

A Canadian social worker’s claim that she was fired by her government employer over private tweets about her gender views and her association with Jordan Peterson has been confirmed by the best-selling author and podcast host. Peterson could not be reached for comment, but he tweeted on Feb. 10 that the social worker’s account is…


Los Angeles Council Favors Removing Gender References From City Code

The Los Angeles City Council Feb. 10 called for the drafting of an ordinance that would remove all references to gender from the city’s municipal code. Council President Paul Krekorian’s motion cites at least 200 instances in the city code that presumes the gender of city officials and members of the public to be male….