Peter Vlaming controversy demonstrates why we need proper education of trans issues & knowledge of transphobic propaganda tactics

High school students stage walkout to support teacher fired for refusing to call female student ‘he.’ @LifeSite #PeterVlaming

Background story: https://t.co/dDGY3FNY0m https://t.co/tSy9od7K5a

— FRC (@FRCdc) December 11, 2018

This is why I really despise the Family Research Council and other anti-LGBTQ groups.  The games they play to undermine the LGBTQ community are downright evil and our kids get caught in the middle of it. The tweets above prove this.

This situation involves Peter Vlaming, a Virginia teacher unanimously fired for not respecting a transgender student. However, thanks to FRC and the anti-LGBTQ conservative echo chamber, the teacher is being seen as a martyr by some, including the student protesting his firing.

Follow me now because situations like this are done via steps:

1. The Family Research Council and anti-LGBTQ groups in general bully schools from educating about the transgender community, particularly transgender children. They generally exploit the fears and prejudices and parents.

2. These same groups deliberately back teachers and administrators who get caught into a situation of their own making by refusing to simply follow policy which serves to respect trans students. Such as Vlaming did. The anti-LGBTQ echo chamber strikes again by pumping the story up, portraying the person as  a victim and seizing the narrative, knowing fully well that it being a policy issue, schools cannot generally comment on the situation. If a right-wing legal agency, such as the Alliance Defending Freedom gets involve, the slanted media blitz becomes enormous. The trans child is ignored  or made to look like a predator or a pitied non-entity.

3. All right-wing groups have to do now is sit and an enjoy the intended results of Part 2 and, in this situation, the unintended results of Part 1. According to the article, the students who took part in this protest claimed that their intent is not to attack the trans student in question. However, they fail to realize that by defending Vlaming, they are in fact defending the action which led to his firing, i.e. the disrespect of the transgender student.

And there is another unfortunate result.

Incidents like this serve to isolate transgender children. This isolation can lead to depression, acts and thoughts of suicide. Is this an intended result by anti-LGBTQ groups.

I sincerely hope not.

Here is what we can do - be aware of the facts in every situation we may hear about trans students and teachers. And especially be aware how anti-LGBTQ groups are working to undermine the rights of the LGBTQ community in general.

Lastly a special note to the American media when featuring a debate on trans issues - Get genuine medical experts to give correct information. If the position of a guest on your show is "transgenderism is wrong because God only made two genders," then that person is NOT a medical expert.