TRANSGENDER: Superintendent wrong to apologize
Confused. Dismayed. Saddened, embarrassed, angered. These were the emotions I felt after reading the article about the public apology from Lakeland School District superintendent Lisa Arnold. Apologizing? For educating students via a traveling theater company with an employee who happens to be transgendered? The only thing more appalling than parents complaining about this situation is the fact that the administrator made the decision to apologize.
Since when did we adopt the need to apologize for promoting equality and human rights? Are we going to “vet” our guests to avoid “exposing” kids to speakers/performers of different races/religions/genders/sexual orientation? This is akin to disallowing a speaker because of their skin color, religion or gender, harkening to a history of discrimination that I thought we had moved beyond.
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