The unicorn of discord

Gender Unicorn TSER The unicorn of discord

Controversy over a brochure that uses a unicorn to explain gender diversity

GAYLES.TV.- A unicorn has made headlines these days. It turns out that a science teacher from Denair Middle School (California) He explained to his students of 12 and 13 years that he preferred the use of Mx., instead of Mr. to avoid binarisms. He did it through a brochure created by the Trans Student Educational Resources, an organization led by young transgender activists to promote the well-being of their community. The brochure featured the 'gender unicorn", a graphic resource to explain gender diversity.

When the principal of the school noticed the existence of the brochure, he told him to stop its distribution. The board of the institute explains that gender identity is discussed with seventh grade children, but only in the area of ​​health. "We have spoken with the teacher to explain why we think it was a bad decision", has added.

In addition, many parents misunderstood the teacher's intention and believed that the goal was for their children to identify themselves, which at no time happened. But the misunderstanding fueled the controversy. «My stepson returned home from Denair Institute with this graph (…) The teacher said that since he was transgender and the children asked him many questions, it seemed beneficial to him. Isn't that the biggest shitty excuse you've ever heard? I don't care how you identify yourself, that's your decision. But NO ONE has the right to ask my child these questions that have absolutely nothing to do with what he is teaching in the classroom«Declared a relative.

Others, however, applauded the initiative and defended the professor Luis Davila Alvarado for its defense of diversity: So the problem is that the science teacher explained it instead of the health / sex education teacher? Children are more excellent today thanks to knowing this type of information. I see no harm in educating them on diversity if it helps them to be more open and understanding when they meet other people who may seem different to them.".

Gender Unicorn TSER

Source: USA Today, Pink News

Photograph: Trans Student Educational Resources

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