This screenshot was shared by Franchesca Ramsey on her Facebook account. This is related: Over on TikTok, there’s a transgender woman who commented that nonbinary people don’t have the same experiences as transgender people, and she’s been attacked for being a transmedicalist. Basically, transmedicalism* is the belief that you can’t be “truly” transgender unless you’ve…

I believe one of the reasons for the “rise” in Autism is that the modern world is increasingly hostile to Autistics, especially those of us with sensory issues (which is one of the four “must have two of these” criteria). That was reinforced at yesterday’s PD. My school’s library is one of the worst places…

The Gulf of Mexico story is more insidious than it may superficially seem. In the aftermath of the 9/11/01 attack, the US government got annoyed enough with the French that it changed the name of julienned deep-fried potato sticks to “Freedom Fries”. This name change primarily affected the cafeterias in the Federal buildings, and was…

This is Common Sense: Students should be allowed to practice their faith in school in a way that doesn’t disrupt others and isn’t belittled by the school. Which is the way things currently are. There is not a war on Christians or Christianity, and the only way that Christians are at all oppressed is if…

Dear parents, I’m a high school teacher. I don’t really want to teach your children moral values. Even though school was originally set up to teach students how to be productive and patriotic members of society, I’d rather let your children figure out most of the details on their own. There’s one moral value that…

A true conversation means that everyone involved is actually willing to change. “Our side” of the transgender debate has been willing to compromise and seek a middle ground for decades, but over that time, the other side has just dug in more with arrogant claims about mental illness and patently false claims about p3d0philia (the…

I am an atheist. I do not believe in any gods. Nonetheless, when Bishop Budde was in the news recently, I used her correct title and spoke respectfully of her within her own belief system. This is how I treat all clergy. I don’t question it, I don’t tell them what I think of their…

So, about Autistic Self-Diagnosis. I’ve seen people who question self-dx mention the people who giggle about their tidy desks with “I have a touch of the OCD.” This leads me to wonder, though: When someone says that, are they REALLY diagnosing themselves with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or are they making a casual, arguably callous and dismissive,…