A Staten Island elementary school cancelled its traditional father-daughter dance because of the Department of Education’s (DOE) new gender guidelines.
PS 65 had the event scheduled for Friday, February 9, until the school's parent-teacher association realized it would not comply with the Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Student Guidelines, which went into effect in March 2017.
The school’s PTA will reschedule a dance for kids and caregivers of any gender on March 2, according to the DOE.
“Father-daughter dances inherently leave people out. Not just because of transgender status, just life in general,” said Jared Fox, the DOE’s LGBT community liaison. “These can be really uncomfortable and triggering events.”
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WTF has this world come to? Of course it will leave people out...that's why it is called a "Father Daughter Dance"
ReplyDeletewill they have a father and freak dance?
ReplyDeleteGuess that leaves allot of AA out since they DONT HAVE ANY DADDIES?
ReplyDeleteso, don`t have the dance at the school have it somewhere else like a church or vfw.
ReplyDeleteOh my God I'm triggered where's my safe space.
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