{"id":2095591,"date":"2023-11-09T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T22:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-played-role-in-high-school-club-raising-money-to-gender-transition-students-behind-parents-backs\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T22:43:36","slug":"federal-agency-played-role-in-high-school-club-raising-money-to-gender-transition-students-behind-parents-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-played-role-in-high-school-club-raising-money-to-gender-transition-students-behind-parents-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agency helped high school club raise funds for gender-transitioning students without parental knowledge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ffederal-agency-played-role-in-high-school-club-raising-money-to-gender-transition-students-behind-parents-backs%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=2095591&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--><div class=\"c-scrollbar__hider\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"slack_kit_scrollbar\">\n<div class=\"c-scrollbar__child\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"c-virtual_list__scroll_container\" role=\"list\" data-qa=\"slack_kit_list\" aria-label=\"Luke Rosiak (direct message, away)\">\n<div id=\"1699558404.840829\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" role=\"listitem\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1699558404.840829\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message p-message_pane_message__message--last\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover c-message_kit__hover--hovered\" role=\"document\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The federal government is\u200c funding gender activist nonprofits that \u2063push <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-cities-where-teachers-unions-are-keeping-schools-shutdown\/\" title=\"Five Cities Where Teachers Unions Are Keeping Schools Shutdown\">local school districts<\/a> to the left on the issue \u2014 including in\u200c one \u2062case where members of an Illinois high school\u2019s \u201cDiversity Club\u201d raised money to\u200c buy \u201cchest\u200b binders\u201d to help peers gender transition \u200bagainst their parent\u2019s wishes, records show.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">An Illinois high school\u2019s \u201cDiversity Club\u201d raised money \u2063to \u2062buy \u201cchest binders\u201d \u2062for girls who wanted to become boys, so that they could gender-transition against their parents\u2019 wishes, records show.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Waterloo High School&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity\u2062 Club&#8221; Supports Gender Transition Against Parents&#8217; Wishes<\/h2>\n<h3>Government-Funded Activist Nonprofits Encourage\u2064 Controversial Actions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Members of an Illinois high school&#8217;s \u2063&#8221;Diversity\u200d Club&#8221; raised funds to purchase &#8220;chest binders&#8221; for students who wanted to transition genders without their parents&#8217; approval.<\/li>\n<li>This controversial initiative is part of\u200d a larger trend \u2062of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-played-role-in-high-school-club-raising-money-to-gender-transition-students-behind-parents-backs\/\" title=\"Federal agency helped high school club raise funds for gender-transitioning students without parental knowledge.\">gender activist nonprofits receiving federal funding<\/a> \u2062to influence local\u2063 school districts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Waterloo \u200bHigh School teacher Maggie Partipilo, who advised the club, shared a list \u200cof requests from the students, including the \u2064fundraising for binders, in an email to a journalist.<\/p>\n<p>According to emails obtained by Parents Defending Education, the Diversity Club successfully bought binders for transgender students who couldn&#8217;t ask their parents due to unsupportive or \u2063homophobic attitudes.<\/p>\n<p>At a meetup,\u200c Partipilo expressed\u200d her concern about what \u2063to\u2064 do next, as some trans students were unable to obtain binders at home. Another \u2062attendee, a representative \u2063from the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC), offered assistance.<\/p>\n<p>PHIMC,\u2062 an organization managing AmeriCorps Members, supports\u2062 left-wing teachers and provides guidance on exploiting loopholes, planning activism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-ags-threaten-legal-action-against-biden-admin-push-for-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"State AGs Threaten Legal Action Against Biden Admin Push for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion\">threatening legal action<\/a>\u2063 against school districts.<\/p>\n<p>President\u200b Donald\u200b Trump\u200b attempted to eliminate\u200d AmeriCorps\/VISTA, the federal program \u2063that funds these\u200b initiatives, as it was deemed inappropriate\u200d for taxpayer dollars \u200cto be used for partisan purposes. However, his efforts were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>PHIMC is currently seeking to hire more federally-funded \u200demployees as part of their &#8220;AmeriCorps VISTA: Support LGBTQ+ Youth\u2064 in Illinois&#8221; program, which aims to promote safety, support, and healthy development for \u2062LGBTQ+ youth in schools and communities.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c email chain involving Waterloo High School mentioned PHIMC&#8217;s willingness to provide support for various issues, including \u2062the enforcement of a mandate to provide free \u200bmenstrual hygiene\u2062 products\u200d in all bathrooms \u2062and\u2062 the provision \u2064of binders\u2063 for Diversity Club members.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, Partipilo expressed her belief that parents should not be involved in \u200cdecisions regarding their children&#8217;s gender identity. She advocated for a policy that would allow transgender students \u200cto use\u200c opposite-sex bathrooms without parental permission.<\/p>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-irreversible-consequences-of-school-closures\/\" title=\"The Irreversible Consequences of School Closures\">school district implemented<\/a> this policy, allowing\u200b non-transgender students to use \u2062the nurse&#8217;s bathroom if they felt uncomfortable, \u200bthe superintendent later \u200clabeled\u2062 it as a disruption and \u2064threatened disciplinary action against those students.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/gender-sexualities-alliance-gsa-advisor-emails-reveal-that-student-club-members-allegedly-pooled-together-money-to-purchase-chest-binders-for-trans-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parents Defending Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the arguments for and against the involvement of government-funded activist nonprofits \u200bin\u2062 supporting gender transition initiatives in \u200cschools? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Were facing resistance from their\u2064 parents regarding \u2064their gender transition. She mentioned that the club wanted \u200cto continue supporting these \u200bstudents and advocated for \u200dfinding ways to provide them with resources and support.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 involvement of\u2064 the federal government in funding gender activist nonprofits has raised eyebrows and ignited \u200ba debate regarding the influence\u200b these organizations have on\u200b local school districts. Critics argue that these nonprofits are pushing an agenda that may not align \u200dwith\u200d the values and beliefs of\u2063 parents and communities, while proponents \u2064claim that they are providing necessary support for marginalized students.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Waterloo High School&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity\u2062 \u200bClub&#8221; sheds light on this issue. By raising\u2063 funds to purchase &#8220;chest binders&#8221; for students who wished to transition genders, the club enabled these individuals to take steps towards their desired identity, even if their \u200bparents did not support their decision.<\/p>\n<p>The purchase of chest binders is a controversial topic,\u200b as it involves physical modifications that can have long-term effects on an individual&#8217;s\u2063 health. Critics argue\u2063 that minors should\u2064 not be making\u2064 such decisions without the guidance and\u2063 consent of their parents,\u200d while supporters argue that these decisions should be based on the individual&#8217;s \u200cown\u2064 feelings \u2064and needs.<\/p>\n<p>This case also raises questions about the role of schools in supporting students&#8217; gender identity and expression. While \u2064schools aim to \u2062create a safe and inclusive environment, they must\u2062 strike a balance between supporting students and respecting parental rights. This delicate balance requires open dialogue and collaboration between all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u200bthe involvement of federal funding \u200din these initiatives raises concerns about the government&#8217;s role \u2063in shaping the values and beliefs\u200d of students. Some \u2062argue \u2064that\u200c federal funding should be allocated to more pressing matters in education, such as improving academic performance and supporting students&#8217; mental \u2063health. Others argue \u200dthat supporting marginalized communities and \u2064promoting inclusivity is an essential part of education.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the case of Waterloo High School&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity\u2062 Club&#8221;\u2062 and their fundraising efforts for chest binders highlights the complex and controversial nature \u200cof gender transition and the involvement of government-funded\u200d activist nonprofits. It raises important questions about parental rights, \u2063the role of schools in supporting students&#8217; gender identity, and the appropriateness of federal funding for such initiatives. Open dialogue and collaboration are\u200c crucial in finding a balance\u200b that respects the rights and beliefs of all stakeholders while ensuring the well-being\u2063 and inclusivity of students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Club&#8221; used funds to purchase &#8220;chest binders&#8221; for students wanting to transition genders, despite parental objections. 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