We Fought the Transgender Activists, and Lost. Here Are 5 Lessons for Every Parent.
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Our defeat was all but inevitable, yet the transgender activists still showed up in matching shirts and waved multicolored flags. Their speakers outnumbered ours 4 to 1, but they still hissed and muttered ugly names at our side while we spoke.
We had gathered for the Arlington County School Board’s meeting on June 18. For four months, the Arlington Parent Coalition had worked tirelessly to get our liberal school board and administrators to reconsider or delay the implementation of policies that would expand accommodations for transgender-identified students.
Those policies were passed four years ago during the summer, when nobody was paying attention. Their timing was not unintentional.
The steady and focused efforts of transgender activists over the last 20-30 years are now bearing fruit. Some of the policy changes coming to Arlington County include biological boys and girls being allowed into each others’ bathrooms and locker rooms, girls having to compete against transgender boys in sports, and schools compelling speech in favor of transgender pronouns.
However, several lessons emerged from our efforts that might be helpful to other grassroots groups.
1. Courage is contagious.
2. Put together a diverse coalition.
3. The gatekeepers have failed parents.
4. Spread the truth about gender-affirming therapy.
5. There are no opt outs for our kids.
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