Science teachers association: Don’t say ‘parent’, it’s not ‘LGBT-inclusive’By Hans Bader
May 23, 2022
Teachers unions and associations have become woke. That’s true even in the hard sciences.
Don’t say “parent,” urges the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) in a new “gender-inclusive” guide. Instead, ask students to come up with new terms such as “gene-givers” or “biological life transmitters.”
In the guide, the world’s largest science teachers association urges teachers to “Show students that myriad, naturally occurring families exist, such as same-sex swan couples…On our website, we have compiled a Queer Species Database with hundreds of instances of diverse sexual behavior, sex, and gender.”
Also warned against are the terms “mother,” “father,” “male” and “female,”, notes law professor Jonathan Turley. Instead, teachers are advised to refer to “persons with ovaries” and “persons with testes,” as well as “XY individuals” and “XX individuals.”
These admonitions, if enforced by “harassment” or “hostile environment” policies, would violate teachers’ and students’ free speech rights, says Turley, who teaches at George Washington University:
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Source:
https://libertyunyielding.com/2022/05/23/science-teachers-association-dont-say-parent-its-transphobic/
