{"id":2024026,"date":"2023-09-06T21:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-new-law-takes-effect-kentuckys-largest-district-prioritizes-transgender-inclusivity-trainings\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T21:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:11:19","slug":"as-new-law-takes-effect-kentuckys-largest-district-prioritizes-transgender-inclusivity-trainings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-new-law-takes-effect-kentuckys-largest-district-prioritizes-transgender-inclusivity-trainings\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky&#8217;s largest district prioritizes transgender inclusivity trainings as new law begins."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fas-new-law-takes-effect-kentuckys-largest-district-prioritizes-transgender-inclusivity-trainings%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=2024026&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>Kentucky School\u2063 District\u200b Offers\u2063 Transgender Inclusion Training to\u200c Teachers<\/h2>\n<p>Kentucky recently\u2063 joined \u200cother Republican majority legislatures across\u2064 the U.S. to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-new-law-takes-effect-kentuckys-largest-district-prioritizes-transgender-inclusivity-trainings\/\" title=\"Kentucky's largest district prioritizes transgender inclusivity trainings as new law begins.\">ban permanent transgender medical treatments<\/a> for minors. In the wake\u200d of Kentucky passing a bill \u200cbanning discussion of \u2064sexuality and gender in schools, one of\u2062 the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-districts-have-not-been-keeping-track-of-teacher-vaccinations-despite-push-to-prioritize-school-staff\/\" title=\"School Districts \u2018Have Not Been Keeping Track\u2019 Of Teacher Vaccinations Despite Push To Prioritize School Staff\">largest school districts<\/a> is \u2064taking\u2064 a\u2062 different approach. The Jefferson County \u2062Public School District (JCPS) is offering a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-actor-gets-best-actress-emmy-nod-first-in-history\/\" title=\"Transgender Actor Gets Best Actress Emmy Nod, First In History\">transgender inclusion<\/a>\u2063 training to teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Each month, the \u2064JCPS \u2064offers its teachers professional development opportunities, including\u200d trainings from the \u2064Department of Diversity, Equity, and Poverty\u2064 (DEP). Starting in September, the JCPS DEP\u2064 office is \u2062offering a variety of trainings on topics\u2063 like equity, diversity, \u200cand transgender inclusion,\u200b among others.<\/p>\n<p>The trainings have names\u2064 like <strong>LGBTQ and\u200b a Sense of Belonging<\/strong>, <strong>LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Classrooms<\/strong>, <strong>Transgender 101: Terminology and Allyship and \u2062Shared Language<\/strong>, and\u200c <strong>Inclusive Spaces<\/strong>. These \u200dtrainings examine how language can be used to make gay and \u200btransgender students feel welcomed and included.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u200c Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/impossible-to-win-canadian-women-powerlifters-disheartened-to-lose-to-stronger-transgender-competitors-5485770\">&#8216;Impossible to Win&#8217;: Canadian Women Powerlifters Disheartened \u2063to\u2063 Lose to \u2063Stronger\u2063 Transgender\u200c Competitors<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/4\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/first-transgender-cricketer-set-to-represent-canada-5484736\">First Transgender Cricketer Set to Represent Canada<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/1\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite Kentucky&#8217;s\u2063 new law prohibiting\u2064 the use of a child&#8217;s preferred pronouns and discussing gender \u2064ideology, \u200dthese \u2064trainings \u2062are still offered each \u200dmonth to teachers.<\/p>\n<p>The DEP office&#8217;s other teacher trainings include \u2062 <strong>Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network<\/strong>, <strong>Transgender Intersectionality<\/strong>,\u200b <strong>Mental Health \u2062and \u200bNon-binary<\/strong>, <strong>Best Practices Serving\u2062 LGBTQ+<\/strong>, and <strong>Religion and Sexuality \u200d(LGBTQ+)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These trainings are not mandatory,\u2064 but teachers can sign up for the ones\u200c that interest \u2063them. Adam Thomas, \u200ba JCPS teacher with an \u200b18-year\u2064 history with the\u200d district, believes\u2062 that transgender trainings \u2063are a part\u2064 of a larger national phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas said, &#8220;The big push in the culture is this acceptance of all sorts of beliefs of gender and sexuality, and so that just \u2062trickles down\u200b into states and localities in school districts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that \u2064most teachers are fine with \u200cthese\u2062 transgender-focused trainings\u200d if it helps the students they are serving. However, some teachers may feel pressured to go along with the trainings\u2064 out of fear of being \u2062labeled as racist,\u200c homophobic, or transphobic.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Kentucky Gov. Andy\u2063 Beshear speaks during a\u200c bill signing \u2062event in Louisville, Ky., on April 9, 2021. (Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In August, the \u2063JCPS School Board approved the \u2064provisions for how \u2062the district will implement\u2062 the new law. The final version of the school district&#8217;s transgender policies \u2062includes a Disclaimer \u2064stating that JCPS thinks\u200d the bill is discriminatory and\u2063 causes harm. It also includes provisions for\u200b students with an official gender dysphoria diagnosis to receive accommodations, such as\u2063 using the bathroom that \u2062matches their chosen gender.<\/p>\n<p>The school \u200bboard also added a provision about misgendering\u2063 a student, stating that intentional, repeated, and ongoing \u200dmisgendering may violate the Education Professional Standards\u200d Board (EPSB) Code of Ethics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/double-jeopardy-princeton-prepares-to-axe-star-professor-who-raised-hell-over-woke-lunacy\/\" title=\"Double Jeopardy: Princeton Prepares To Axe Star Professor Who Raised Hell Over Woke Lunacy\">constitute sexual harassment<\/a> under Title\u200c IX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky, like other Republican-led legislatures, prohibited permanent transgender medical treatments for minors. Despite a bill banning discussions on sexuality and gender in schools, a major school district in the state is providing monthly transgender inclusion training to educators. 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