The culture war hit home for one small-town Idaho school district this week when a state senator shouted down board members during a meeting about trans issues.
A retired Marine who survived combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, newly elected Idaho State Sen. Chris Trakel waded into a culture war skirmish over transgender students’ rights this week.
“Before we start, I would like to remind everyone that we conduct our meetings according to the district values: respect, dignity, honesty, responsibility, and teamwork,” she said. “That’s not fair!” cried an adult who, like many culture warriors, seemed to be looking for a grievance. “I'm a firm believer that all students, and not only the Cardwell School District, but across the whole world, deserve to be treated with respect, no matter their sexual, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression,” he said.“The struggles that you might not experience yourself do not mean they do not exist,” he continued.“Many of us here identify with the gender that we were assigned [and feel attraction to the opposite gender,” he continued.
When Trakel got a turn at the lectern, he noted to the board that he had addressed them before as a parent. He was now speaking in ”my official position.” “I understand where they're coming from. They need a policy to follow. …You have a transgender child who doesn't want to use the birth-sex bathroom that he's in, it puts that child in a situation. And it has to have a remedy to it.”
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