• moistclump@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My friend tried to convince me that a coworker of his pulled a kid out of school because a classmate identified as a cat and all the kids were asked to communciate with the child in meows. I dropped everything and stared at him for a while. Eventually asked, “do you believe that story” and he back tracked a bit.

    I mentioned the way that “kids are identifying as cat gendered” can be the cry of the antitrans movement but friend changed the subject shortly after.

    Any chance to question, inquire, redefine these kinds of stories, try to take ‘em on. Especially with the people you care about that could use help seeing the other side.

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        1 year ago

        IIRC that was true in one school, but it wasn’t to accommodate furries or anything like that – it was to have an emergency bathroom in the event of a school shooting.