The New York State Department of Education has formally instructed educators to keep a student’s gender identity secret from parents. Under new guidance for “transgender and gender expansive students,” the state has determined that in service to “creating a safe, supportive, and affirming school environment,” students’ secrets will be kept at school.
Parents, the New York State DOE has decided, do not have rights where their children’s mental state is concerned, nor rights to know if their child is seeking to change their name, their pronouns, or their gender. Further, in the event that a student does seek medical sex changes, parents are considered “abusive” if they don’t go along with it. Abuse, of course, is grounds for child services to step in and remove a child from their family home.
By implementing these measures–and being proud about it–the New York State DOE is showing us that their priority isn’t education […]
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