Utopia Talk / Politics / Davis CA schools: 6% students trans-IDed

Rugian Member	Sun Jan 22 11:24:19 New Documents Reveal Shocking Surge in Trans-Identified Students in Davis, CA Schools In Davis schools, trans-identified students rise to over 6 percent. It is now a well documented fact that the rates of youth identifying as transgender has been sharply increasing for over a decade. A 2022 report from the Williams Institute, based on CDC survey data, reveals that “the number of young people who identify as transgender has nearly doubled in recent years.” And going back just over a decade reveals that current rates represent between a 20- to 40-fold rise in youth trans identities. According to the Williams Institute analysis, which relied on government health surveys conducted from 2017 to 2020, an estimated 1.4 percent of children ages 13 to 17, and 1.3 percent of those 18 to 24, identified as transgender. The William’s Institute’s previous report from 2017, using data from 2014 to 2016, estimated the number of trans-identified youth in both of those age ranges was 0.7 percent. In 2013, California passed Assembly Bill 1266 which made it the first state in the nation to enshrine broad rights for transgender K–12 students in state law, including the right to participate in activities, facilities (i.e., bathrooms and locker rooms), and programs (e.g., sports) that are consistent with their self-proclaimed gender identity. Wasting little time, California’s Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD), updated their nondiscrimination/harrassment policy for “transgender and gender-nonconforming students.” This document was saturated with activist language and terminology, and completely erased protections pertaining to a student’s biological sex in favor of “gender identity,” which is defined circularly and subjectively: "Gender identity of a student means the student’s gender-related identity, appearance, or behavior as determined from the student's internal sense, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the student’s physiology or assigned sex at birth." The document also required all students to address one another “by a name and the pronouns consistent with the student’s gender identity,” and contained a “right to privacy” that requires a student’s written consent before their “transgender or gender-nonconforming status” is disclosed to anyone, including their parents. California now has one of the highest rates of trans identifying youth in the US, with 1.93 percent of those between ages 13 and 17 identifying as transgender—almost 38 percent higher than the national average. One mother in Davis, California became concerned about these rising numbers when she began hearing about “clusters” of trans-identified students within the school district: five students in one 6th-grade elementary classroom, a third of kids in one music program, and multiple young teens in friend groups suddenly identifying as non-binary or trans. Her concern grew when she herself was given a “YouthTruth Family Survey” in October of 2022 asking if she identified as “transgender.” This led her to submit a public record request to the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) about the survey instrument and results. What she received was shocking. The YouthTruth survey that was administered to all DJUSD 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students from 2016 to 2021, at a cost of $53,750 just for last year’s survey to some 8,500 students, showed that rates of trans identification in Davis schools soared far above the national average. Questions relating directly to a “transgender” identity were not asked of all grades at all years. For instance, 5th graders were never asked if they identified as “transgender,” and 7th-12th grader DJUSD students were only asked this question for the first time in November, 2021. However, data from 2016 and after contain responses to the question “How do you describe yourself? Boy/Man, Girl/Woman, Non-binary or gender non-conforming, Prefer to self describe/identify (optional).” While this data will not capture those students who identify as the opposite sex, it will capture those who identify as something other than male or female. Fifth grade DJUSD students (who are generally 10-11 years old) from October 2016 through February of 2021 appear to largely identify as either male or female, or they chose to “skip the question.” It is unclear if skipping the question may have been due to students not identifying with either the “boy” or “girl” option. However, only 2 fifth-grade students in the entire district identified as “nonbinary” in November, 2021. Data on 7th and 9th graders from October 2016 through February of 2021 paint a slightly different picture. Instead of the “skip this question” option, students who did not select male or female were required to choose between “I prefer not to say” and “I identify in another way.” Students who selected “I identify in another way” ranged between 3 and 6 percent. However, only 1 percent of students identified as “nonbinary” in November, 2021. The results were similar for 10th and 12th graders. But in November of 2021, 7th–12th grade DJUSD students were directly asked: “Are you transgender?” Results show that 3 percent of 7th–9th graders responded “Yes” and another 5 percent chose “Prefer not to say.” This 3 percent figure alone is more than twice the national average for 13 to 17-year-olds in 2020, and is over 55 percent higher than other California youth of the same age. For 10th–12th graders, 4 percent responded that they identified as transgender with another 4 percent preferring not to say. This 4 percent figure stands 2.8 times higher than the national average, and is more than double California’s average. But the numbers only get worse. Buried within the DJUSD website’s “Climate Data and Surveys” section is a 2020-2021 Main Report of the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) for DJUSD secondary schools, which includes data from 1,443 students in grades 7 (n = 552), 9 (n = 553), and 11 (n = 312), as well as students enrolled in “alternative school types” which are denoted “NT” (n = 26). To my knowledge, these data have not been reported elsewhere. In response to the question “What is your gender?”, 6 percent of 7th graders, 5 percent of 9th graders, 7 percent of 11th graders, and 16 percent of NT students indicated that they were something other than “male” or “female.” For 11th graders, 5 percent claimed a “nonbinary” identity. To the question “Some people describe themselves as transgender when how they think or feel about their gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. Are you transgender?”, 2 percent of those in grades 7, 9, and 11 responded “Yes,” while another 4, 3, and 3 percent of 7, 9, and 11th graders, respectively, indicated that they were “not sure.” Meanwhile, 4 percent of NT students reported being transgender, with another 8 percent selecting “not sure.” The data presented in these tables may appear strange, as “nonbinary” identities are widely considered by trans rights activists to fall within the transgender umbrella. However, not all those who self-identify as “nonbinary” identify as transgender. Further, Table A3.2 that asks about students’ “gender” obscures data on students who may identify as the opposite sex. Therefore, for 11th grade DJUSD students, the 7 percent who identify as “nonbinary” or “something else” should be viewed as the lowest possible estimate for students with transgender identities, because this figure does not include students who identify as the opposite sex. Pooled together, this gives us an absolute floor estimate of 6 percent for surveyed DJUSD students who can be considered transgender for the 2020-2021 sample, as this does not even include students with cross-sex identities. This floor estimate is nearly 4.3 times the national average, and 3 times California’s average. Article continues: http://www...-new-documents-reveal-shocking
Rugian Member	Sun Jan 22 11:27:40 Tl;dr: Davis school systems reports an absolutely floor of 6% for students identified as transgender. This is above-average, but the trendline is consistent with studies showing an explosion in transgender rates among school students. Does anyone disagree with the assertion that our school systems are encouraging young children to question their gender and pushing them towards transgendrism?
Habebe Member	Sun Jan 22 12:01:23 Jesus Christ
obaminated Member	Sun Jan 22 12:03:22 Being a tranny is a fad for people seeking attention to talk about being on social media. In about 10 years there are going to be a ton of people who are going to talk about how their lives and bodies are ruined because they fell for this despicable lie and had zero push back from people who should've pushed back (parents/doctors/teachers) and are now living in weird as bodies because of hormone stoppers and or surgery.
Habebe Member	Sun Jan 22 12:09:58 Yeah, that's the obvious truth. Yes a very tiny fraction of the population may have actual issues, but most are just in it for 1. Attention "look at me, I'm different and a minority" 2. Kids are always unsure about their identities, look at how much thebkiss you went to school with changed from kindergarten to HS, now they have people pushing these ideas on them in a manner consistent with a cult/religion. Can they even decide on how many genders exist? They really just make them up as they go.
Rugian Member	Sun Jan 22 12:11:43 ^ yup. People with legitimate body dismorphia are a tiny minority of the populace. Clearly, children are being pushed into this lifestyle despite not being dismorphic. Trangenderism is a fad, but its an extremely destructive one that can cause lifelong mental and physical mental damage to those that get caught up in it. I can't think of another example in my lifetime where society actively encouraged people to adopt a literal mental illness as a lifestyle choice. And *all* of our institutions are pushing it, from schools to media and entertainment to places of work to the goddamn military. DEI initiatives have transformed all of those places into culture warriors for the LGBTQIA2SFAG agenda. A hundred years from now, society will look at this in the same way we look at social Darwinism or phrenology and wonder WTF was wrong with us. But until then, millions of children will be raised in an educational system that encourages them to become mentally ill. Its literal insanity.
Sam Adams Member	Sun Jan 22 12:12:13 Always an attention seeking loser somewhere. They used to get tatoos now they cut off their privates.
Rugian Member	Sun Jan 22 12:17:06 Sam The difference is that schools never *encouraged* students to get tattoos or piercings or dress like a goth or cut themselves. But they now teach that becoming trans is something to *celebrate.*
Sam Adams Member	Sun Jan 22 12:20:25 True. Left wing brainwashers fucking with kids is wrong and immoral.
murder Member	Sun Jan 22 21:36:57 There's a fuck load of leaping to conclusions in that OP.
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