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'Refuses to let the court of public opinion and selective prosecution undermine great art and artists'

'The governor has cynically terminated Californians’ rights'

America is now almost $35 trillion in debt. That means every American owes $100,000.

'Kings Island’s focus continues to be on the welfare of the guest and his family'

'Egregious noncitizen'

'That's just my thoughts'

A Colorado school district uses a form asking staff whether a student’s parents know their child identifies as transgender and support that decision. St. Vrain Public Schools, in a Denver suburb, developed a so-called Gender Identity Guidance form for “counselors, interventionists, and administrators to support students dealing with issues related to gender identification.” The document, found on the school district’s website and reviewed by The Daily Signal, includes questions about students’ preferred name, birth name, sex at birth, and gender identity. A section asks whether parents are aware of their child’s gender identity and if they support that, as well as who can advocate on behalf of the child if his or her parents won’t.  Gender-Identity-GuideDownload “Do I understand the parent/guardian support and am I able to identify other supports for the student?” the form asks. Follow-up questions on the school district’s form include: — “Do student’s parents/guardians know of the gender identity?” — “Do parents/guardians support the gender identity?” —”Who can advocate or support the student if not the parents/guardians?” —”What are the communication methods/issues/challenges between school and home?” —“Who are the adult contacts at school for support, concerns, etc.?”  Gender policies such as this one at St. Vrain Public Schools, which allows children to hide their gender identity from parents, undermine parental authority and rights, Lori Gimelshteyn, executive director of the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, told The Daily Signal.  “As parents, our priority is our children’s well-being and safety,” Gimelshteyn said. “No institution should intervene between us and our children, especially during critical times like mental health crises.” St. Vrain Public Schools did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment about whether the district conceals students’ gender transitions from parents.  Another section of the Gender Identity Guidance form inquires about others’ awareness of a student’s gender identity.  The school employee who fills out the form must indicate the status of the child, who currently knows about the child’s transition, whether the transition is public or private, and who else needs to know.  The form lays out how schools in the St. Vrain district should handle communication related to the child’s gender, including how to discuss the transition in an “age appropriate” manner with classmates.  The form also tracks a child’s preferred personal pronouns and how to refer to that student in school records. A bill in the Colorado House of Representatives would require educators statewide to call students by their preferred name upon request. The Gender Identity Guidance form reviews a student’s use of facilities to determine whether the child is using restrooms and locker rooms in line with his or her gender identity.  The St. Vrain district also connects students with “outside resources,” such as Rocky Mountain Equality, the Human Rights Campaign, and other LGBTQ activist groups.  Rocky Mountain Equality offers programs for LGBTQ youth ages 11 to 18. Only those under 12 need parental permission to participate. The group provides children with “gender-affirming clothes” such as chest binders. (“Binders are reserved for those ages 11 to 18,” the website says.) The school district’s form considers “the social dynamics with other students/families/staff” and addresses potential challenges with extracurricular activities, such as sports and clubs. The Colorado High School Activities Association reviews students’ requests to play sports in accord with their “gender identity” if it “differs from their sex assigned at birth.” A bill requiring student athletes to play sports in line with their biological sex failed to pass the Colorado House last year.  The post School District Uses Form to Assess Whether Parents Know Child Transitioning appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Shocker: The White House Doesn't Have a Plan for Gaza

The head of the United Nations is pressuring governments to obliterate all online speech that is allegedly “hateful.” UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement for the June 18 “Day for Countering Hate Speech,” asserting that nations “have an obligation … to prevent and combat incitement to hatred,” especially on “digital platforms.” Guterres totally ignored his own organization’s virulent persecution of Israel and promotion of anti-Semitic jihadi propaganda. Instead, he claimed that anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic speech online illustrates a need for censorship that violates  American Constitutional protections. Guterres insisted on extreme suppression of hate speech without defining his terms. “Hate speech is a marker of discrimination, abuse, violence, conflict and even crimes against humanity,” he declared. “We have seen this play out from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond. There is no acceptable level of hate speech; we must all work to eradicate it completely.” Leftists often label opinions they dislike as “hate speech.”  Guterres fear-mongered about “the power of digital platforms and tools that enable [hate speech] to spread across borders and cultures.” The UN secretary-general went on to use woke terminology in listing groups who can supposedly combat hate speech online, including “minority communities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth.” He promised that the UN “is currently preparing Global Principles for Information Integrity to guide decision makers around these issues.” While paying lip service to freedom of speech, Guterres seemed to argue for oppressive government censorship. “States have an obligation under international law to prevent and combat incitement to hatred and to promote diversity, mutual understanding and solidarity,” he alleged. “They must step up and implement these commitments.”  He later added, “Governments, local authorities, religious, corporate and community leaders have a duty to invest in measures to promote tolerance, diversity and inclusivity, and to challenge hate speech in all its forms.” But the UN certainly is not an objective arbiter and is particularly hypocritical on the topic of anti-Semitism.  The UN came under fire recently for blacklistingthe Israel Defense Forces, using Hamas-issued statistics to smear Israel’s military as “harming children.” The UN has also been deep in scandal after Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant accused at least a dozen UN employees of actively participating in the Hamas Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis. Those accused were part of the UN agency UNRWA, which is reportedly “terrorism-infested,” according to international human rights lawyer Hillel Neuer. UN Relief Chief Martin Griffiths even claimed Hamas is “not a terrorist group.” All the evidence points to the fact that that Guterres and the UN are thoroughly hypocritical and cannot be trusted to determine objectively what “hate speech” is and whether it should be censored. Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on so-called “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using MRC Free Speech America’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.