{"id":1970965,"date":"2023-07-12T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-school-board-requires-birth-certificate-before-auditioning-for-boys-and-girls-choirs\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T19:36:39","slug":"texas-school-board-requires-birth-certificate-before-auditioning-for-boys-and-girls-choirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-school-board-requires-birth-certificate-before-auditioning-for-boys-and-girls-choirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas School Board mandates birth certificate for auditions in Boys and Girls Choirs."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-school-board-requires-birth-certificate-before-auditioning-for-boys-and-girls-choirs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Texas School District Takes a Stand on Choir Auditions<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent move, a Texas school district has made headlines by implementing a new rule for students auditioning for the Texas Boys Choir or the Singing Girls of Texas. Now, students must provide a birth certificate to ensure they are trying out for the group that aligns with their biological sex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts School Board in Tarrant County voted 4-2 in favor of updating handbook guidelines to separate the choirs by biological sex. This decision, which followed three hours of public comment, has sparked controversy among parents, alums, and students. Supporters of the new rule, including members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-trump-special-counsel-jack-smith-was-involved-in-obama-era-lois-lerner-irs-scandal\/\" title=\"New Trump Special Counsel Jack Smith Was Involved in Obama-Era Lois Lerner IRS Scandal\">conservative nonprofit organizations<\/a>, attended the meeting to show their support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kenya Ayoub Alu, the executive director of Citizens Defending Freedom \u2013 Tarrant County, expressed her thoughts on the matter, stating, \u201cWe\u2019re simply standing up for common sense. Boys should not be allowed to sing in the girls\u2019 choir, and girls should not be allowed to sing in the boys\u2019 choir. It is absurd that we even have to have this debate, but as long as the liberal activists keep pushing their agenda, we will keep fighting back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the artistic directors of both choirs have opposed this decision, arguing that it harms students. Kerra Simmons, artistic director of Singing Girls of Texas, emphasized the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-al-gore-amassed-a-330-million-climate-fortune\/\" title=\"How Al Gore Amassed a 0 Million Climate Fortune\">empowering young women<\/a> and non-binary and transgender individuals. Todd Prickett, the artistic director of the Texas Boys Choir, criticized the imposition of gender roles and called the decision discriminatory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This development comes in the wake of another controversial decision made by the Keller Independent School District, also in Tarrant County. The district recently voted 5-0 to establish a policy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-school-board-requires-birth-certificate-before-auditioning-for-boys-and-girls-choirs\/\" title=\"Texas School Board mandates birth certificate for auditions in Boys and Girls Choirs.\">restricts transgender students&#8217; access<\/a> to bathrooms and requires the use of pronouns consistent with their biological sex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas has strongly condemned both decisions, labeling them as \u201ccruel and unlawful.\u201d The ACLU argues that misgendering or deadnaming transgender students not only violates the law but also causes significant trauma.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellerISD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KellerISD<\/a> passed two discriminatory policies that will harm LGBTQIA+ students, ignoring community opposition and our legal warnings.<\/p>\n<p>These political attacks against kids are cruel and unlawful \u2014 and they create a hostile school climate for all.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SEcPoKF2jL\">https:\/\/t.co\/SEcPoKF2jL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLUTx\/status\/1674466524042604558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tarrant County, with its population of over two million residents, finds itself at the center of this ongoing debate.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County, Texas, has implemented a new policy mandating students to present their birth certificates when auditioning for the Texas Boys Choir or the Singing Girls of Texas. 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