Steven Crowder's 'Change My Mind' takes an unexpected turn toward civility on a typically polarizing issue



In the latest edition of "Change My Mind," Steven Crowder spoke with Gabriella, a partially-deaf lady, and had a civil discussion about an extremely polarizing topic — gender ideology. In this clip, Crowder and Gabriella engaged in a warm-hearted conversation and proved that two people can vastly disagree but still come together to discuss a complex topic without yelling, screaming, or calling each other names.

In this video, Gabriella argued that the terms gender and sex mean two different things. But Crowder made the case that considering sex and gender separate is a modern way of approaching the topic and that the left is inconsistent in the way men and women are defined throughout society. Watch the clip to witness this polarizing topic discussed with empathy and care.

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Despite progressive push, most Americans — including Democrats — agree with JK Rowling's stance that there are only 2 genders: Survey



Even as questions surrounding gender identity and biological sex have swirled in the U.S. in recent years, most Americans still hold to the belief that there are only two genders.

What are the details?

The large majority of Americans — 75% to be exact — still agree that there are "only two genders," male and female, with 63% strongly agreeing, according to the results of a new Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday.

Eighteen percent of respondents, however, disagreed with the statement. The poll was conducted Dec. 21-22 and interviewed 1,000 American adults.

The lopsided results could catch some observers by surprise considering the onslaught of lecturing Americans have received from the progressive left regarding gender identity issues in the U.S. over the past several years.

Progressive transgender ideology, which holds the male-female gender binary to be discriminatory, has leaked into nearly every facet of American life, sparking debate on issues ranging from gender pronouns to public restroom use to whether or not hormone therapy and sex-change surgery should be allowed for children. Social media giant Facebook allows users to select from a list of 58 gender identity options.

Americans have debated the fairness of transgender athletes (biological males) competing in women's sports, as well, and public figures — such as comedian Dave Chappelle and "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling — have been denounced for daring to scrutinize the absurdity of transgenderism.

What else?

Yet despite the progressive push, majorities in every political category — including Democrats, Republicans, and independents — agreed that there are only two genders. Nearly 50% of Democrats and 60% of independents said they strongly agreed with the statement.

The general unison continued from there into the particular hot-button issue of counseling schoolchildren about gender identity without parental consent.

The Rasmussen survey reportedly found that a hefty 80% of Republicans, 54% of Democrats, and 72% of those unaffiliated with either major party were "opposed to schools counseling children on gender identity without informing parents." Taken together, 68% of respondents said they were opposed to counseling without parental knowledge.

Anything else?

Respondents were slightly less comfortable with how public the debate has become. When asked specifically about Rowling's public comments supporting the gender binary, 58% sided with her, while 17% characterized her comments as a "hate crime." The remaining 25% said they weren't sure.

HS football player — suspended for game allegedly for saying there are 'only two genders' when he was off campus — is suing school district



A New Hampshire high school football player who was suspended for a game allegedly for saying there are "only two genders" is suing his school district, the Portsmouth Herald reported.

What are the details?

The Exeter High School freshman and his mother filed the Nov. 4 suit in Rockingham Superior Court against New Hampshire School Administrative Unit 16 through attorney Ian Huyett of Cornerstone Action, a nonprofit Christian advocacy organization, the paper said.

The lawsuit says the student's September suspension violated his constitutional free speech rights as well as the state's bill of rights since he voiced his Catholic belief that there are only male and female genders, the Herald said.

According to the lawsuit, the student was speaking with two friends on a bus after school about using Spanish third-person pronouns to refer to themselves when a female student overheard the chat and interjected that there are "more than two genders," the paper said.

The student filing the suit responded that there are "only two genders" — and later actually got a text from the student who confronted him, the Herald said, citing the suit.

"[The student] pressed [the student now suing the school] on the topic of gender, demanding, 'Give me one valid reason why there's only two genders,'" the lawsuit adds, according to the Herald. "The two then had a contentious exchange of texts on the issue."

Texts allegedly turned over to administration

The lawsuit states that those texts were turned over to the school's administration and that Assistant Principal Marcy Dovholuk and Bill Ball — athletic director and varsity football coach — pulled the student filing the suit out of class, the paper said.

"Dovholuk and Ball stated that the texts showed that [the student now suing the school] was 'not respecting pronouns' and that he needed to 'respect how people identify,'" the lawsuit states, according to the Herald.

The paper said Ball then allegedly said he was suspended from playing football for a week, which was later reduced to one game after the student's mother told Ball her son did nothing wrong, the suit says. He also was punished for using "inappropriate language" in his texts such as "bozo" and "stfu" (i.e., "shut the [expletive] up"), the Herald said.

Gender Nonconforming Students policy

Besides seeking nominal damages, the lawsuit also takes issue with the school district's policy regarding gender-nonconforming students, the paper said.

The lawsuit states that the policy penalizes students who, due to their religious beliefs, don't address non-binary students with their chosen gender-identity pronouns, the Herald added.

"[The student] does not deny that he violated the Gender Nonconforming Students policy," the lawsuit states, according to the paper. "He in fact denied, and will continue to deny, that any person can belong to a gender other than that of 'male' or 'female.' … [The student] will never refer to any individual person using plural pronouns such as 'they,' using contrived pronouns such as 'ze,' or with any similar terminology that reflects values which [the student] does not share."

The Herald reported that, according to the policy, a "student has the right to be addressed by a name and pronoun that corresponds to the student's gender identity" and that "the intentional or persistent refusal to respect a student's gender identity … is a violation of this policy."

The lawsuit adds that the high school administration did not have the authority to punish the student in question because the content of the student's text messages were the result of an off-campus conversation initiated by another student, the paper said.

SAU 16 Superintendent David Ryan told the Herald that district officials "are in the process of reviewing this complaint with legal counsel and will be able to share a statement once we have completed that review."

Anything else?

In June, Exeter High School marked the hands of prom attendees according to their COVID-19 vaccination status, which upset a number of parents and students — as well as a state lawmaker — but was defended by Principal Michael Monahan.