Global Courant 2023-05-12 18:00:28
A special needs student at a California high school was reportedly called a “bigo” by her teachers for accidentally not using preferred pronouns, objecting to taking a class on “scissors” and refusing to undress in the vicinity of male teachers.
When Marina Vivar enrolled her daughter, Thelma Gonzalez, in a health and relationships course at Glendale High School, she ticked a box apologizing for being taught about “anything LGBTQ+ or sexual acts that are homosexual in nature.” are”.
Speaking to Glendale City Council, Vivar said her decision to release her daughter was not respected by school staff and she was taught about sexual acts such as scissoring and using a female condom.
When Gonzalez told the teachers she wasn’t allowed in class, Vivar claimed that they called her daughter a “bigot, bigot and homophobe.”
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Those terms, Vivar told the council, were not familiar to her daughter and are not words their family uses at home. She added that her daughter would not have known the words unless she had learned them in school and that her disability prevented her from encountering them organically.
“My teachers wanted to send me to headquarters when I told them it was against my beliefs and made me feel uncomfortable,” Gonzalez told the city council.
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Vivar said Glendale High principal Benjamin Wolf conducted an investigation and concluded nothing happened.
“The lesson referred to by Ms. Vivar was a general health textbook lesson on making healthy decisions in your relationships. The teacher has asked Ms. Vivar’s daughter not to make inappropriate comments in response to a reference to LGBTQ+ relationships,” Glendale High That’s what communications director Kristine Nam told Fox News Digital.
“We investigated the interaction and found no evidence whatsoever that inappropriate comments (for example, referring to the student as a ‘bigot’) were used by the teacher. We will continue to investigate it thoroughly,” Nam continued.
Marina Vivar addresses the Glendale City Council as her daughter stands beside her. (Glendale City Council)
Gonzalez said she also felt uncomfortable changing for gym class.
“I once got into trouble in the girls’ locker room for not dressing properly in front of other people,” said Gonzalez. “There are male teachers in the girls’ locker room talking to Ms. Lewis. Her office (which is in the locker room) has her door open and there are male teachers in her office.”
The teen added: “I never wanted to see that, that’s why I don’t dress to PE. I was scared, I was terrified, because I was afraid of a grown man staring at me while I changed. That’s why I do don’t change.”
Nam called Gonzalez’s recollection “inaccurate” and said male teachers have no reason to be in the girls’ locker room.
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“At no point would a male teacher or coach have any reason to enter the girls’ locker room. Male and female coaches have separate offices and these offices are completely separate from the locker room,” Nam said. “Even if a male coach were to enter the female coach’s office, the office has no window to the girls’ locker room. It’s a completely different space, separated by a brick wall.”
Thelma Gonzalez speaks to the Glendale City Council about how her teachers make her feel uncomfortable. (Glendale City Council)
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The Glendale Unified School District has come under heavy criticism in recent months after a policy update allowed teachers to lie to parents about a student’s gender identity, and after the district sent LGBTQ+ educational materials to teachers for use during Pride Month without the knowledge of the school. parents.