Here’s one that Libs of TikTok posted Tuesday night, and we think it’s pretty special. If you’ll recall, it seems the White House recently settled on LGBTQIA+ as its official inclusive alphabet, including intersex people as well as asexual people, with the plus sign for anyone they forgot. Intersex people are often overlooked, but activists like to include them because they provide biological proof that someone can have a vagina but not a uterus, for example, so “menstruators” doesn’t cover them.
We don’t see anything too shocking in this presentation, but it’s interesting that it’s presented by the National Science Teaching Association, and we all know that science class today isn’t what it was when we were in school.
THREAD: The @NSTA held a conference for K-12 teachers with a presentation called “Queer Your Classroom.”
It included this tiktok video on inclusive language which asks people to identify and refer to others based on their bodily functions. pic.twitter.com/0LOSaVgcZh
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2022
Another slide says not to assume your students’ gender or that they are straight, and to make sure to ask their pronouns. pic.twitter.com/CLrTW45UTw
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2022
Simple enough: Instead of assuming gender identity and misgendering students with the incorrect pronouns, ask students for their gender pronouns. “Center the student,” it reads. Also, don’t say “guys” … say “y’all.”
Twice the training mentions dealing with parents and says not to tell a parent if a student comes out unless the student gives permission. It also offers the option of using different pronouns for parents. This training was advertised to kindergarten teachers. pic.twitter.com/0y6u7CkjZt
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2022
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Our favorite here is the advice for when a student comes out to you: “Validate their experiences” and, better yet, “Name their courage.”
Here’s a link to the event which includes a copy of the full presentation on “queering your classroom” for Pre-K-12 teachers. https://t.co/ZUadrLcMNk pic.twitter.com/yDeu4fwvrF
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2022
“Queer people have been and are still marginalized in science.”
They can’t handle seeing their own content being shared. pic.twitter.com/xjSTAaJqvd
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 11, 2022
So glad we solved all the world's real problems and can now dedicate our precious bandwidth to this very important cause.
— James P. (@jamerpalms) May 11, 2022
Ok, the flag, the deliberate manipulation of the truth, the secrets from parents…nope.
— SheryllT (@TreShery) May 11, 2022
That’s what gets us: In almost all of this training, it’s assumed the parents are “unenlightened” and teachers are there to provide a supportive “safe space” to children … and if that means keeping it from the parents, so be it.
If opposing this makes me right wing, sign me up. I am right wing
— Lesley Misérables 💬 (@Tinchpractice1) May 11, 2022
How is this even remotely related to science??
— Pete (@petek26) May 11, 2022
Welp, this one takes the cake for the most amount of language confusion that I’ve witnessed thus far in this joyous ride of gender insanity.
My brain has reached max comprehension level, it’s now starting to short circuit.— Jessie (@jessiealong) May 11, 2022
I can’t imagine trying to teach in this kind of environment. Utter nonsense.
— Cederic MacDoon (@CMacdoon) May 11, 2022
Teachers need to act like there are LGBTQIA+ students in their classroom, because there are, according to the presentation.
Please!!! pic.twitter.com/grt6ZinC8i
— Ana Salazar (@anamsalazar82) May 11, 2022
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Teachers reminded if they have a trans student ‘who doesn’t present in the way you think they need to,’ it’s the parents’ fault https://t.co/vd9wRnGJrw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 7, 2022
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