Florida school board rams through transgender guidelines despite parental outrage

Pro-LGBT forces won a narrow victory Tuesday at the Sarasota County School Board, despite numerous parents attending a board meeting to express displeasure at both the content and handling of new guidelines for students suffering from gender confusion.

Released last month and devised by an “LGBTQIA Task Force,” the guidelines purport to help “make each Sarasota K-12 public school a safer place for all students – with particular emphasis on LGBTQIA community of students.”

The document defines “gender” as a “social construct” different from “biological sex”; calls for addressing “transgender” students by their “name and gender requested” and allows them to wear whatever clothes match their “consistently asserted gender identity”; and guarantees them “equitable” access to extracurricular activities and programs.

More significantly, it also pledges to accommodate students “who want to use the locker room in accordance with their consistently asserted gender identity,” as well as to guarantee their inclusion in overnight field trips.

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