'Passing off anti-science and transphobic kids books as righteous will only create the next generation of bullies.'īudd added: 'It’s true that elephants are not birds, but trans women are women, and trans men are men. 'We don’t need the validation of conservative ideologues to love our families, but we know that when kids are taught hate at home they bring it into the classroom and harm LGBTQ+ youth and youth with LGBTQ+ parents,' Budd told. Jordan Budd, executive director of COLAGE, said the fastest growing group among the organization - for people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers - is for people with transgender parents. Definitely not pushing blatant propaganda messaging like The GayBCs,' she said. 'If LGBTQ groups want to get upset, I'm not concerned.

Clair simply replied: 'Believing and being are two different things.' When asked by about kids who believe they were made transgender, St.

'The book really teaches, you're best the way you were made, whatever way that may be,' she said. And regardless, I don't believe children should transition at all.' When asked by if the book could be seen as damaging to transgender children, she replied: 'No, I don't think a singing elephant will be damaging. 'But I believe that the entire concept of transgenderism is confusing to kids, and eventually damaging if they make life altering decisions such as gender transitioning when they may not necessarily be trans,' she said. Clair said that in the end Kevin 'realizes he's better the way he was made and he can like to sing and still be an elephant.' The term 'transgender by proxy' is not supported by scientific or psychological evidence. 'I hope that the values taught in the book can curb what I call 'transgender by proxy' cases, where kids are presented the confusing idea of unlimited and interchangeable genders and get the idea that they are suddenly trans,' St. She was previously dumped as a brand ambassador by Turning Point USA when she was pictured with white nationalists and anti-Semites

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