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Teachers, Staff Say Schools Trained Them to Hide Students’ Gender Identity From Parents

Conservative states not immune from national transgender rights push in education

Teachers, Staff Say Schools Trained Them to Hide Students’ Gender Identity From Parents
Fairfax County resident Lin-Dai Kendall protests at a rally outside Luther Jackson Middle School before a Fairfax County Public Schools board meeting, in Falls Church, Va., on Sept. 15, 2022. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
10/20/2022|Updated: 10/20/2022
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Teachers and staff from Texas to Florida are blowing the whistle on school districts training them to keep a children’s transgender identity a secret from parents.

In Texas, past and present teachers at Conroe Independent School District (ISD) said they were told by training staff to affirm a student’s gender identity by using preferred pronouns and names. They also were instructed to withhold that information from parents.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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