California School District Invited Students 12 And Up To Lecture On Radical Gender Theory

A school district in California A talk for students on radical gender theory was heavily promoted “transgender young people” Parents were not required to accompany them.

Davis Parent University, a volunteer group in partnership with California’s Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD), hosted a lecture Rachel Pepper, a child sexual change-affirming therapist. “The Transgender Child: A Handbook For Parents And Professionals.” Students 12 years old and older were invited to attend school with any adult over 18 years.

“Do not ever think that withholding care or telling a teen to wait until they are 18 and of age to move forward are suitable options,” Pepper said this in a clip that was posted online from Wednesday’s event.

Rachel Pepper, Author of “The Transgender Child,” You should “not ever think that withholding care or telling a teen to wait until they’re 18 [before transitioning] are suitable options.”

Parents who are pregnant should ask their children if they have any questions. “would prefer a suffering child or even a dead one.” pic.twitter.com/UpveUW0QAi

— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) January 18, 2023

“If you find that you are resistant to providing congruence options for your teen — and the clock is ticking — keep coming back to love and ask yourself if you would prefer a suffering child — or even a dead one — to a child who could receive gender-affirming care,” Pepper said that he relied on a debunked theory. affirm-or-suicide Parents are often used to emotionally manipulate their children by using narrative to get them on cross-sex hormones, puberty blocking drugs, and gender-related surgery.

Pepper was asked by a Q&A segment about extended family members that are ill. “skeptical” Of a “very young trans kiddo, age four.”

“Sometimes families have to make hard decisions because there may be people in extended families who are toxic and who are not safe people for those children to be around,” replied Pepper.

Pepper was asked about the statistics for transgender youths who identify as nonbinary and gender-transgender. claimed That “recent studies of high schoolers” They have proven that “15 to 19% of youth identify somewhere on the spectrum of non-binary, gender diverse, [or] transgender.”

DJUSD students were bombarded With instruction “gender identity” and sexuality in recent years, resulting in a concomitant boom in trans-identification. An average of 6% of surveyed DJUSD students Identify as “nonbinary” Or “neither male nor female,” according to a 2020-2021 school survey — which is 4.3 times the national average, and three times California’s average.

Advertisements for the lecture were posted to Davis Parent University’s social media pages and on a student portal, where homework assignments could be accessed. The Daily Wire received two weeks’ worth of flyers from a mother of a ninth-grade student.

“My concerns are that the school counselors and administrators are promoting one way of dealing with gender dysphoria, and that is telling teens that they are a ‘trusted adult’ and support ‘trans kids’ and their transitions,” The Daily Wire was contacted by a Davis Unified parent who requested anonymity.

Opposition to the event may have influenced the organizers’ decision to host it virtually rather than in person, as originally intended. In the rain, a group of protestors gathered outside Davis Senior High School’s Susan B. Anthony administrative building.

“We were raising awareness at the high school specifically because this talk was really marketed towards kids,” Allie Snyder, a Davis Unified parent, attended the protest. “Even though the Davis Parent University organization said the event was for parents, it was directly promoted to children in the district. A bulletin about the event was sent to all the kids, starting in the seventh grade.”

⁦@ethical_care⁩ ⁦@StandingforXX⁩ ⁦@ChoooCole⁩ ⁦@RubinReport⁩ #knowschoolsecrets. Stop indoctrinating students. Children are beautiful in their natural bodies. ⁦@DJUSD⁩ ⁦⁦@DJUSDPC⁩ pic.twitter.com/8ebtcAmbPL

— DetransAwareness (@DetransAware) January 12, 2023

Signs that read, were held by as many as 30 parents “gender ideology is anti-science,” “Democrats against experimenting on kids,” “transitioning is not suicide prevention,” And “stop telling gay boys they’re trans girls.”

The Davis Joint Unified School District did not respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment in time for publication.

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