Canadian school 'standing behind' transgender shop class teacher with enormous prosthetic breasts



Photos and videos of a Canadian shop class teacher have sparked worldwide questions. The transgender high school instructor with enormous prosthetic breasts recently went viral. The school in Ontario stands behind the biological make teacher with preposterously large fake breasts and is bracing for a backlash.

The individual is a Manufacturing and Technology instructor at the Oakville Trafalgar High School in Oakville, Ontario. Video shows the teacher wearing black shorts and a blacked-striped shirt that is stretched to the maximum by the individual's large prosthetic breasts. Video shows the trans teacher is teaching high school students how to use a circular saw during a class at the school.

\u201cThis person is reportedly a teacher in @HaltonDSB\u201d
— Libs of TikTok (@Libs of TikTok) 1663337965

Photos posted online show the transgender teacher wearing tight shirts and enlarged nipples poking through.

Oakville Trafalgar High School is part of the Halton District School Board (HDSB), which has a dress code for students.

"Dress codes must prevent students from wearing clothing that exposes or makes visible genitals and nipples," Halton District School Board declares.

The dress code also prohibits anything that portrays pornography.

The Toronto Sun reported, "Pre-transitioning the teacher was known to students and faculty as a male and went by a man’s name. But the teacher now identifies as a woman and is referenced with a female name."

HDSB Chair Margo Shuttleworth told the Toronto Sun that the district will protect the "gender rights" of employees, and added, "The stance the school board is taking and they are standing behind the teacher."

Shuttleworth stated, "This teacher (who teaches shop) is an extremely effective teacher. All the kids really love being in the class."

She said the school has already received phone calls about the teacher that "haven’t been the most pleasant in nature."

Shuttleworth said the Halton District School Board is concerned there will be backlash against the transgender teacher when classes resume on Monday, and the staff are contemplating "going through creating a safety plan" to ensure the Oakville Trafalgar High School teacher is safe.

The Halton District School Board's policy on gender identity and gender expressions in school:

The HDSB is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe, caring, inclusive, equitable and welcoming learning and working environment for all members of the school community including students, staff, parents/guardians and community members who identify as, or are perceived as Two-Spirit, Queer, trans*1 , Non-Binary, Intersex, and those who are questioning their sexual orientation and/or gender identity(ies).

Transgender HS science teacher tells US Education Dept. senior adviser: Students should be taught that 'not all egg producers are women'



A transgender high school science teacher — during a video conference that included a U.S. Department of Education senior adviser — declared that students should be taught that "not all egg producers are women" along with other gender-inclusive principles.

What are the details?

In a Twitter video posted by Libs of TikTok, the teacher in question — Sam Long — tells other conference participants — including Christian Rhodes, senior adviser to the secretary at the Department of Education — that it's necessary to be a "stickler for inclusive language" in the classroom.

Rhodes — who previously served as chief of staff for the DOE's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — is seen nodding as Long speaks about inclusivity.

Long adds that "I mostly taught biology," which is about "life and living things" — and that "we need to be clear that we're including all living things, including all people ..."

Long then says when teaching about "cell division or reproduction, a lot of textbooks, a lot of existing teaching will say, 'Women produce eggs; males are more likely to be colorblind; the mother carries the fetus for this many months.'" Long then says "some ways we can show our support for trans and non-binary students is to clean up that language ... we can be more accurate and be more inclusive."

The teacher then declares, "I would say, 'No, it's not women that produce eggs; it's ovaries that produce eggs.' That's accurate. That's precise. We're acknowledging that not all women produce eggs, and not all egg producers are women, for example. And we're teaching students that language matters."

Long — the only individual heard speaking in the video — is in the bottom-left square in the following screenshot; Rhodes is in the bottom-right square:

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @libsoftiktok

The date and purpose of the video conference aren't clear, although Libs of TikTok said in the text accompanying the video that the Department of Education "held a training for teachers to learn how to be inclusive" toward "tran[s] and non-binary K-12 students." Libs of TikTok also said the USDE is "promoting" the ideas the teacher espoused in the clip:

The Dept of Education held a training for teachers to learn how to be inclusive of tran and non-binary K-12 students. \n\nThis trans teacher says he teaches inclusive language like not everyone who produces eggs is a woman. \n\nThe official U.S. Dept of Ed is promoting these ideas.pic.twitter.com/V7aEYIlirz
— Libs of TikTok (@Libs of TikTok) 1651028870

The Department of Education on Wednesday didn't immediately reply to TheBlaze's request for comment regarding its position on gender-inclusive language — such as "not all egg producers are women" — or the video conference's purpose.

Anything else?

In the video, Long mentions a website — Gender-Inclusive Biology — that Long founded with "two other trans-identified high school teachers" as well as the site's "language guide" that helped inform Long's inclusive-language push stated in the clip.

Long wrote last month in a National Education Association member spotlight that "when students learn biology, they are entitled to see their lives reflected in this so-called study of life. I grew up learning that a baby is made when a sperm cell from the dad meets the [egg cell] from the mom and that's not good enough. For today, that language doesn't represent our diverse genders, sexualities, and families in our schools. So, I created genderinclusivebiology.com, a growing collection of resources and training on how to teach accurate inclusive and future-ready biology, and I look forward to continuing the work of creating classrooms where every student belongs." The essay's bio states, "Sam Long is a Science Teacher in Denver, Colorado."

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Transgender teacher tells kindergartners: When babies are born, doctors 'guess' if they're boys or girls — 'but sometimes the doctor is wrong'



A transgender first grade teacher told a group of kindergartners, first graders, and second graders that when babies are born, doctors "guess" if they're boys or girls — but the teacher added that "sometimes the doctor is wrong" and "makes an incorrect guess."

What are the details?

The teacher, Ray Skyer, posted a Facebook video last month showing the "Identity Share" Zoom session with elementary-aged students from Brooke Roslindale, a charter public school about 30 minutes south of Boston.

Here's a clip of the transgender portion of Skyer's address to the young students:

.@BrookeSchool 1st grade teacher records an \u201cidentity share\u201d zoom call with K-2 grades where he spoke about being trans. \n\n\u201cWhen babies are born the dr looks & makes a guess on whether the baby is a boy or girl. Sometimes the dr is wrong. If they are right, the baby is cisgender\u201dpic.twitter.com/qYGFm9B7rF
— Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok) 1649623042

Skyer said:

So something that’s really cool and unique about who I am is that I am transgender. [...]

So when babies are born, the doctor looks at them, and they make a guess about whether the baby is a boy or girl based on what they look like. And most of the time that guess is 100% correct; there are no issues whatsoever. But sometimes the doctor is wrong; the doctor makes an incorrect guess. When a doctor makes a correct guess, that’s when a person is called cisgender. When a doctor’s guess is wrong that’s when they are transgender.

So I’m a man, but when I was a baby, the doctors told my parents I was a girl. And so my parents gave me a name that girls typically have and bought me clothes that girls typically wear, and until I was 18 years old everyone thought I was a girl. And this was super, super uncomfortable for me because I knew that wasn’t right. The way I like to describe it is like wearing a super-itchy sweater. The longer you wear it the itchier it gets, and the only way to make the itching stop is to have everyone see and know the person that you really are. So when I was 18, I told my family and my friends that I’m really a boy, and it was like this huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, and I had the freedom to be who I truly am. And even though this experience is super-challenging sometimes ... it made me the person I am, and I’m super-proud to be transgender.

The text accompanying Skyer's longer Facebook video of the Zoom call is titled "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN??” It reads as follows:

Whenever there are bills introduced targeting trans youth, we always hear the argument that these laws are “protecting” their peers and “preventing confusion.” At this point, I’ve had many conversations with many young children (I’m a 1st grade teacher) about what being transgender is and never once have I been met with any fear or confusion. I’ve even been the recipient of a group hug! Children just get it, it’s as simple as that.

This is a video from an Identity Share I did yesterday over Zoom with many of our kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade students. When I opened up my classroom’s Zoom room immediately after, here are some things my students said:

“Great job, Mr. Skyer!”
“I think my family is a lot like yours!”
“How did you grow a beard?” (My answer was just that I grew up!)
“Where are you in those pictures?”
“Your brother is taller than you AND has a bigger beard!” (Thanks, friend.)
“Who is the homework leader for today??”

Learning about and embracing differences is something that comes naturally and is exciting to children. Let’s follow their lead.

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'I talk to my students about what it means to be trans all the time'

On the day of the 2020 presidential election, Skyer shared on Facebook about starting a letter-writing campaign called "Friends of Marsha" — named after trans "trailblazer" Marsha P. Johnson — to "provide LGBTQ+ youth with a sense of hope and connection in the form of a physical, handwritten letter (by yours truly), something tangible that they can hold on to."

On March 31 — the Trans Day of Visibility — Skyer posted on the Friends of Marsha Instagram page that "it seems fitting that on today of all days one of my first graders asked me what my favorite part of my identity is. I talk to my students about what it means to be trans all the time, to the point where they now ask other adults in our school community whether they are cisgender or transgender. It has been so meaningful to 1. even be able to talk about LGBTQ topics in school 2. be open and visible about being trans and 3. have students see trans individuals like Marsha P. Johnson and @lavernecox as inspirational leaders. I’m looking forward to the day where my experience is not a unique one and all trans individuals can visibly exist without fear."

Anything else?

Brooke Charter Schools "is a network of tuition-free, public charter schools providing an academically rigorous education to students from Boston and Chelsea. Admission is based on a random lottery. There are no admissions applications or interviews, and there is no tuition fee. All students in Boston Public Schools and Chelsea Public Schools — including English language learners, limited English proficient students, and special education students — are encouraged to apply through the lottery."

(H/T: The Daily Wire)